Week in review – science edition

by Judith Curry
A few things that caught my eye this past week.

How better weather forecasting can help stretch water supplies. [link]
Science:  New scrutiny for a slowing conveyor [link]
Forecasting winter precipitation extremes in California using the North Pacific High sea level pressure anomaly [link]
Even psychologists respond to meaningless rewards [link]
FOIA E-Mails: Politically Inexperienced, Publicity-Hungry Scientists Get Burned In Political Arena [link]
Science not there: global warming NOT fueling Alberta’s wildfire [link]
New (low) estimate of the climate sensitivity [link] …
The Conversation:  A brief history of climate science [link]
Knowledge and data gaps hamper a proper understanding of the Himalayan glaciers and the impact of climate change in the upper Indus basin  [link]
‘Thrown on the scrapheap’: Global sea-level expert John Church made to walk the plank by CSIRO [link] …
Arctic Sea Ice Loss Not Leading to Colder Winters [link]
The pressure to publish pushes down quality [link]
For Richard Feynman’s birthday, @JamesGleick on the source of The Great Explainer’s genius [link] …
Humanity’s health may rely on what sits on the Arctic seabed [link]
Causal inference in statistics: an overview [link]
The effectiveness, costs and coastal protection benefits of natural and nature-based defences: [link]
“We find that black carbon resides in oceans for tens of thousands of years…”
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Headlines ‘exaggerated’ climate link to sinking of Pacific islands [link]
13 leading climate experts answer impossible Q: “Gut feelings” on climate sensitivity! -> [link]
Dueling visuals of global warming:

  • Ed Hawkins: Spiralling global temperatures from 1850-2016 (full animation)  [link]
  • @ed_hawkins This one is way better than yours. It has spaceships, & frisking lazers![link]
  • Hi @ed_hawkins! Here is a cartoon version with a few more years in ;-) [link]

“How much does groundwater contribute to sea level rise?” Prior ‘consensus’ off by 3X [link] …
A Few Facts For Climate Alarmists Waging War Against Astrophysicist Willie Soon [link] …
John Oliver exposes how the media turns scientific studies into “morning show gossip” http://ow.ly/Vsmb3003Txu
Why Cliff Mass is a very dangerous weather person [link]
Scientists’ credibility unhurt by #climatechange advocacy, study suggests [link]
Cutting to the core: CSIRO to end long-standing Antarctic ice, atmosphere research [link] …
How the Pacific Ocean alters the pace of Arctic warming [link]
Deep sea microbes may be key to oceans’ climate change feedback [link]Filed under: Week in review

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