by Judith Curry
A few things that caught my eye this past week.
Good food for thought on “intellectual & institutional mashup” of forest & #wildfire management realities. [link]
Mars wobbles its way out of an ice age [link]
Crocodiles and Palm Trees in the Arctic? New Report Suggests Yes. [link]
Current Atmospheric Models Underestimate The Dirtiness Of Arctic Air [link] …
NGeo: Is the recent decline in Atlantic Overturning a recovery from earlier invigoration? [link]
Thermohaline instability and the formation of glacial North Atlantic super polynyas at the onset of Dansgaard-Oescher warming events [link]
Permafrost warming in parts of Alaska ‘is accelerating’ [link]
Cliff Mass: Real world data disputing earlier springs in the northwestern USA [link] …
Greenhouse gas emissions from lakes & inland waterways may be 45% greater than previously thought: [link] …
Important paper shows that our knowledge of CO2 spectroscopy and radiative forcing is robust < 1% error [link] …
Scientists Improve Maps of Subsidence in New Orleans [link]
New paper finds Greenland ice sheet flow has decelerated over the past 9000 years [link] …
El Nino has devastated reefs, but there’s reason for optimism. Palau’s Improbably Healthy Coral Reefs [link]…
Six recent papers demonstrating solar influence on climate [link]
How the boundary layer can control the efficacy of climate forcings in warming/cooling the surface [link] …
Strongest El Nino in nearly 20 years ends: Australian weather bureau [link]
Terrific infographic: The Changing American Diet [link]
How and Why Scientists Fudge Results, and What We Can Do About It [link] …
Good essay by John Fyfe on the 21st century global warming slowdown [link]
“…if microbes convert injected carbon dioxide to methane…it would defeat the purpose of sequestration.” [link]
The Plan to Avert Our Post-Antibiotic Apocalypse [link]
Nasa reveals why sea ice in Antarctica has INCREASED while the Arctic melts [link]
Brainpickings: Against Self-Criticism – wonderful read on how our internal critics enslave us and how to break free [link]
Lowering the Bar: Does diagnosis always mean disease, or does it sometimes mean opportunity? [link]
1959 Paper Shows Most Warming Occurred Before 1945 …Arctic Warmed 7.7°C, Sea Level Rose 8 mm/yr!! [link]
Jonathan Foley: Remembering the stories of nature [link]
Camille Paglia: Today’s College Students Worship Authority and That’s Destroying American Universities. [link]
Too much politicitization on #climate or not enough? [link]
Arctic set for record-breaking melt this summer. [link]
Fabius Maximus: Are we choking the oceans with plastic? [link]
Australia scrubbed from UN climate change report after government intervention to avoid damaging tourism [link]
Unprecedented? Central England Warming Of 1692 – 1737 Twice As Fast As Late 20th Century Warming! [link]
Look to gray rhinos to anticipate a black swan [link]
Good article on the complexities of the GMO debate [link]
Filed under: Week in review