by Judith Curry
A few things that caught my eye this past week.
Urban Heat Island effect in Hong Kong accounts for most ‘warming’ since 1970 [link] …
While the North Pole warms beyond the melting point, it’s freakishly cold in Siberia [link]
Where Trees Meet Tundra, Decoding Signals of Climate Change [link]
@richardabetts | What will the world actually look like at 1.5°C of warming? [link]
Just when you’ve thought that every conceivable angle has been covered…There is a major climate issue hiding in your closet: #FastFashion [link] …
New Research Shows Coral Reefs Will Handle Global Warming Just Fine [link]
Moss — yes, moss — could be part of the solution to air pollution in our towns and cities [link]
Which Coastal Cities Are at Highest Risk of Damaging Floods? [link]
“Deciphering deep ocean circulation changes between the present & the last glacial maximum” [link]
New #JHydrometeor study suggests more/stronger large-scale baroclinic events as reason for precip increase in NE US: [link]
Recent increases in the retreat rate of chalk cliffs in southern England [link]
What happens in the Arctic doesn’t stay in the Arctic. Scientist Peter Wadhams explains: [link]
Advancing #Polar Prediction Capabilities on Daily to Seasonal Time Scales @ametsoc [link] …
“Southern Ocean absorbed much of excess heat and carbon generated by humanity” [link]
Here is the most recent paper on measures of hurricane wind and resulting damage: [link]
Evidence that ocean patterns – via their cloud impact – explains decadal variability in global warming [link] …
New paper explains the 2-3 delay between Kelvin wave convection and tropical cyclogenesis: [link]
Policy
Marine Corps University Journal: Special Issue on Climate Change & Policy [link]
Why it’s time to radically overhaul UN climate summits [link]
How Climate Change May Speed Democratic Turnover, and Beyond a “Naïve” Understanding of Drought and Conflict [link]
Annual Climate Poker: UN Talks Tangle Over Cash [link]
Worth reading re use carrots not sticks to keep US in Paris Climate Agreement [link]
Washington state carbon tax initiative voted down: Was opposed by leading environmentalist groups [link]
Science in the Age of Trump
Who will advise Trump on science? [link]
Trump takes aim at NASA’s climate budget [link]
NASA under Trump [link]
Science wars in the age of Donald Trump [link]
The Higgs boson versus Donald Trump [link]
An open letter from and to female scientists [link]
Students’ temper tantrum over Trump [link] …
American Physical Society retracts Trump-friendly press release [link]
About science, scientists and academia
Why scientists need training in diplomacy and viceversa? [link] …
The Harvard Crimson gets it exactly right on viewpoint diversity: [link] …
Pielke Jr and Wikileaks: How climate campaigners drove out a moderate climate researcher [link]
Marshall Shepherd: When Does Skepticism Become Bias In Science? [link]
How Infantilized Campuses Threaten Our Nation’s Future [link]
Good news: Treatment may become available for terrifed climate activists [link]
“The mathematics of science’s broken reward system” [link]
How the Charles Koch Foundation aims to be a leader in higher education philanthropy [link]
Pro-Publica cracks open the seamy and lucrative world of academic economists for hire–and names names.[link]
Why science couldn’t predict a Trump presidency [link]
Filed under: Week in review