Week in review – science edition

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

“New Paper finds ocean circulation drives the climate on the surface”  [link]
The significance of the 1976 Pacific climate shift to the climatology of Alaska [link]  …
Heat related death projections don’t square with observations [link]
New paper attempts to explain why the Ordovician Ice Age occured when CO2 levels were 8X higher than today [link] …
Should academics be expected to change policy? Six reasons why it is unrealistic for research to drive policy change [link]
NGeo: Antarctic sea ice expanding due to decadal variability in the tropical Pacific [link]
New #JHydrometeor paper reveals importance of #atmosphericrivers & Sierra barrier jet to high-precipitation events in Northern California [link]
New Research Shows Wind, Not Water, Responsible For California Drought [link]
The usefulness of useless knowledge [link]
Government funded medical studies all have one think in common and it isn’t good [link]
University of Chicago professor: The death of campus speech — and how to revive it [link]
Ken Caldeira: “We will not solve the climate problem by telling people they can’t have toast, …” [link] …
The Real Reason Why US Farmers Are Sceptical Of Climate Change [link]
Super-slow circulation allowed world’s #oceans to store huge amounts of #carbon during last ice age  [link]
How 300 social scientists are collaborating to synthesize knowledge for policymakers [link]
California Megaflood: Lessons from a Forgotten Catastrophe [link] …
A counter to the 100+ Nobel winners, none of whom study agriculture and the environment, on claims GMOs are okay. [link]
Has Physics Gotten Something Really Important Really Wrong? [link]
Warming unlikely to limit chances of UK soggy summers [link]
Dan Kahan: On the Sources of Ordinary Science Knowledge and Extraordinary Science Ignorance [link]Filed under: Week in review

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