by Judith Curry
A few things that caught my eye this past week.
Massive icebergs can slow global warming, says new study [link]
Scientists say human greenhouse gas emissions have cancelled the next ice age [link]
In a new study, researchers have worked out a formula for what triggers an ice age to start [link]
Does Gaia end Ice Ages? [link]
Uncertainty in Model Climate Sensitivity Traced to Representations
of Cu Precip Microphysics (Zhao al.) in J.Clim. [link] …
It’s the clouds: Scientists just found an unexpected factor that could be driving Greenland’s ice loss [link]
Relative roles of dynamic and thermodynamic processes in causing evolution asymmetry between El Nino and La Nina [link]
Carbon sequestration in managed temperate coniferous forests under climate change [link]
Engineering plants to get by with less water—and hotter temperatures. [link] …
Ocean circulation changes may have killed cold-water corals [link]
Measuring error in ocean warming [link]
#CO2 Annual Mean Growth Rate 2015 all time high: [link]
Volcanoes
Did explosive #volcanic eruptions cause onset of #climatechange during the Last #Glacial? [link] …
The 40,000-Mile Volcano [link]
Impact of stratospheric volcanic aerosol on decadal climate predictions [link]
Warmest year?
Berkeley Earth reports a record-breaking warm year for 2015. [link]
Paul Homewood: “2015 Only 3rd Warmest Year According To Satellites” [link]
Steve McIntyre has an informative model-obs comparison through 2015 [link]
“accuracy of our estimates of the entire Nino3.4 region is only about plus or minus 0.3C” [link]
How Strong Was That El Niño or La Niña? – No One Knows For Sure [link]
Weather and extremes
Great article on American vs. Euro weather forecast model, via @PhysicsToday [link]
The Sardeshmukh paper is now published: Need for caution in interpreting extreme weather statistics [link] …
MunichRe: 2015 saw lowest losses from natural catastrophes since 2009 [link]
Climatology of the frequency and spatial distribution of Atlantic hurricane landfalls [link]
Nature: Downturn in scaling of UK extreme rainfall with temperature for future hottest days [link]
About science and scientists
phys.org: Why you really don’t want “overwhelming” evidence without dissent. Honest skepticism is a good thing. [link]
Friends of Science: The 97% consensus myth [link]
Interesting essay: Confessions of a doomer [link]
An interesting read: Democracy and expert advice on scientific issues [link] …
Two recent interviews with Richard Tol [link]
Arctic Methane mischief: misleading commentary published in Nature [link]
Gavin points out the signers are mostly associated with AMEG (Arctic Methane Emerg. Group) http://ameg.me/
Physics Today: Climatologist Judith Curry calls attention to a new kind of attack on climate denial [link]
On blogging and the growing irrelevance of academic peer review in multi-disciplinary fields [link]
How misinformation spreads online, with reference to echo chambers and polarization. [link]Filed under: Week in review