by Judith Curry
A few things that caught my eye this past week.
Fossil leaves bear witness to ancient carbon dioxide levels [link]
Paul Homewood: Two satellite datasets agree: The Pause lives on: ‘No warming for the last 18 years’ [link]
Wood stoves rapidly overtaking traffic as major cause of poor air quality in UK [link] …
What differences exist between severe & nonsevere high-shear, low-CAPE convective events? [link]
Global #Ocean circulation may be more vulnerable to shutdown than thought – [link]
A very good history of the ice age climate science: [link]
Incredible maps of long-term global surface water occurrence. [link] …
Antarctic sea ice gain does not compensate for increased solar absorption from Arctic ice loss [link]
“Why do general circulation models overestimate the aerosol cloud lifetime effect?” [link] …
New paper in discussion how the **shape** of the Greenland ice sheet amplifies meltwater release [link]
Fredericke Otto: Yes, Some Extreme Weather Can Be Blamed on Climate Change [link]
The Term ‘Severe Weather’ May Not Mean What You Think [link]
USA FLOOD RISK INCREASE: Flood threats changing across regions; #Water in storage critical factor [link] …
REWRITING THE CODE OF LIFE. Through DNA editing, researchers hope to alter the genetic destiny of species and eliminate diseases. [link]
‘Official data shows snow extent in northern hemisphere last autumn was 2nd greatest on record since 1967’ [link]
Andreas Munschow on the potential for for a break in the Peterman glacier [link]
The Smoking Gun of Arctic Warmth Leads To A Stunning Indictment [link]
The importance of ENSO nonlinearities in tropical Pacific response to external forcing [link]
Sea level rise from ocean warming underestimated, scientists say [link]
#Arctic Research Plan gives goals for next 5 years including ocean & atmos observations [link] …
The Antarctic circumpolar current is 30% more powerful than scientists realized [link]
#Greenland Ice Sheet surface mass balance has risen 100 billion tons above the 1990-2013 average. [link]
What can a medieval climate crisis teach us about modern-day warming? [link]
During last period of global warming, Antarctica warmed 2 to 3 times more than planet average [link] …
Snow data from satellites improves temperature predictions, [link] …
Researchers study sea spray to improve hurricane intensity forecasting [link] …
Reassessment of temperature variations and trends from global reanalyses and monthly surface climatological datasets [link]
Why is atmospheric methane surging? (Hint: it’s not fracking) [link]
Most records in Arctic display clear evidence for warmer- and cooler-than-present conditions at millennial timescale [link]
New paper finds “Atlantic cooling & Mediterranean winter rain maxima are generally associated with SOLAR minima” [link] …
New paper attributes warming patterns in China to the amount of surface solar radiation & precipitation [link]
Moderate Cold Kills More People Than Extreme Heat [link]
The largest glacier in East Antarctica is melting rapidly and could raise sea level by 11 feet, scientist say. [link]
Another reason to dump ethanol biofuel: Study finds corn ethanol land use change warms climate [link] …
A bunch of carbon dioxide that’s been trapped in the soil is starting to escape [link]
Policy and social sciences
BBC on the Bank of England: ‘The only function of economic forecasting,’ JK Galbraith once said, ‘is to make astrology look respectable.’ [link]
Does it matter if Donald Trump has a science adviser? [link]
Pathological anxiety associated with increased risk, but not loss aversion. [link] …
Unsettled science: Feds preparing to drop warnings on cholesterol [link] …
#Greenland’s melting fuels more melting, setting up problems for the future. [link]
Great article by @CoralMDavenport in NYT summarizing the various POVs of incoming cabinet members on #climatechange. [link]
The coming battle between the Trump team and economists over the true cost of climate change [link]
About science and scientists
This is good article: Understanding the rhetoric of climate science debates [link]
Important essay on what’s most essential to learn in math class: “number sense” [link]. This one really resonated with me as I challenge my grand daughter (first grade) in learning math (she loves it!)
Mark Steyn: The “Craziness” of the Climate Science Echo Chamber [link]…
“Peer reviewers do not understand the difference between results that they don’t like and scientific flaws” [link] …
Chris Essex writes:Gallant Scientists Remembered & Climate Politics 2016 [link]
Media And The Game Of Climate Change Denialism [link]
Stephen Pinker on entropy [link]
Does Funding Influence the Results of Science? conflicts of interest abound! [link]
“The Unbearable Asymmetry of Bullshit” [link]
Skeptical climate scientists coming in from the cold [link]
New York Times confirms GMO industry ties at National Academies of Sciences [link]
More details on the #GMO conflict-of-interest culture at National Academies of Sciences [link] …
Excellent review by @JannaLevin on the vital role women have played in the exploration of space:[link]
This is a very insightful essay: Beware Anti-“Pseudo-Science” Agitation [link]
Perverse incentives of scientific publishing: It’s Too Hard to Publish Criticisms and Obtain Data for Replication | [link]
Tribute to astronomer Vera Rubin, with many quotes from her excellent writing in @PhysicsToday [link]
Ethics and statistics [link]. Very good collection of essays.
In praise of (admitting) ignorance, by Simon Cullen: [link]
Beware anti-pseudo science agitation. [link]
Alex Epstein: The Church Of Climate Scientology: How Climate Science Became A Religion [link]
The post-trust era (not ‘post-truth’) [link]
Very interesting paper by Jean Goodwin about Kevin Folta: IGMOs in public discussions, trust, objectivity [link] …
Astronaut and NASA administrator Piers Sellers has died of pancreatic cancer [link]
Dept of Energy gov’t scientist fired for answering Congressional questions contrary to DOE management views. [link]…
Scott Adams: I invent the term Cognitive Blindness and apply it to the climate change debate: [link]
“Scientists want to do good, but the problem is that they don’t understand the world” Hans Rosling [link]
Research: Publication bias and the canonization of false facts [link] Perfect antidote to ‘fake news’ phenomenaFiled under: Week in review