Week in review – science edition

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

Shattered records show climate change is an emergency today, scientists warn [link]
Earth monitoring: Cinderella science [link]
From Urban to National Heat Island: New paper finds changes in energy consumption can affect national temperatures [link] …
The science is in — city trees are enormously good for us. But in many cities, they’re struggling [link]
Evidence of rising & poleward shift of storm surge in W. North Pacific. [link]
A layer of solid ice could be speeding up the flow of an Antarctic ice shelf into the ocean [link]
Coral reefs are helped by better fisheries governance, with participation and property rights [link]
Summer temperature trends in Greenland [link]
Study finds climate scientists are more credible when they practice what they preach [link] … Duh
The First Mammal Has Gone Extinct Due To Climate Change [link]
#Didyouknow the Grindelwald Fluctuation 1560-1630 was one of the coldest periods of the LIA? [link] …
A chiral link to life’s origins? Scientists find mirror molecules in interstellar cloud [link]
The Atlantic:  How trigger warnings are hurting mental health on campus [link]
“Risks are real and endless, so prioritize risks as opposed to trying to avoid all risk.” [link] …
Newest photo of Pluto stuns scientists [link]
Fascinating historical perspective on empiricists vs rationalists re medical knowledge [link] …
Dan Kahan: On the Sources of Ordinary Science Knowledge & Ignorance [link]
Half of extension educators, who R tasked with “translating research from universities to farmers” skeptical of AGW [link]
CliSci in the vanguard of conservatives’ loss of confidence in science shown in this study: [link]…
How a “liberal” bias is killing science.[link]
“Ten Simple Rules for Effective Statistical Practice”: [link] …
All human knowledge is there—so why can’t everybody access it?
We paid for the research with taxes, and Internet sharing is easy. What’s the hold-up? [link]
Jason Box’s overview of this Season’s Greenland melt [link]
Ecological Consequences of Sea-Ice Decline [link]  …
GOP AGs warn Dems that if climate skeptics can be prosecuted for ‘fraud,’ so can alarmists [link]
Why Texas is prime flood territory, and how #climatechange is making the problem worse [link]
Research: Permafrost thawing below shallow Arctic lakes [link] …
Emergency rescue launched for ill worker at South Pole [link]
Paper: “quantification of influence of solar flux variability on climate system remains an open scientific question” [link] …
With iPhones and computer models, do we still need weather forecasters? [link]
Examination of two kinds of political correctness [link]
A CHANGING RIVER: MEASURING NUTRIENT FLUXES TO THE SOUTH CHINA SEA [link]
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