Week in review – science edition

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

NASA Study: Mass Gains of Antarctic Ice Sheet Greater than Losses [link]
Predicting arctic shipping routes circa 2050 and 2100 [link]
18 Major Flood Events Have Hit Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Arkansas Since March 2015 [link]
Induced climate change ‘tug of war’ keeps scientists guessing on storm tracks [link]
New work from @Scripps_Ocean  shows landfalling typhoons have intensified
[link]
When using GCM’s to simulate tropical cyclones, it’s important to include the “cold wake” phenomenon. [link]…
Ever wonder what the inside of an ARGO float looks like ? [link]
Smart buoy for measuring water pollutants [link]
Corn Ethanol Is Now a Climate-Change Scandal [link]
Climate Change, #Arctic Security, and Methane Risks  [link]
NOAA: Climate change fueled deadly Louisiana floods [link]
CO2-Enrichment Boosts the Growth and Water Use Efficiency of Two Tomato Cultivars [link] …
Permafrost carbon-climate feedback [link]
Drought-induced vegetation shifts in terrestrial ecosystems: The key role of regeneration dynamics [link]
Massive ‘Donut’ Reef Discovered Behind Australia’s Great Barrier Reef [link]
Climate-induced changes in ecological dynamics of the Alaskan boreal forest: fire-permafrost interactions [link] …
Study: Computer Models Can’t Predict Extinctions From Global Warming [link]
As permafrost thaws, trees grow faster in Alpine Tibetan forests  [link]
Research Breakthrough: #Solar-Powered Reaction 100 Times Faster [link]
About science and academia
Publication bias and the canonization of false facts: [link]
Popular mis-estimations of error rates of different forms of forensic proof [link]
“Cognitive bias cheat sheet” [link]
How curiosity can protect the mind from bias [link]
A provocative essay: Science in the age of ‘selfies’ [link]
Uncertainty in the Era of Precision Medicine — NEJM [link] … …
Peter Gluckman: ‘the place of scientific evidence in policy making is neither straight ford nor guaranteed’ [link]
Should we embrace failure in science more? [link]
Nature: Stop ignoring misconduct [link]
“Influence is born of trust and relationships, not having a clever paper” on science<-> policy [link]
“Good enough practices in scientific computing” by @swcarpentry & @datacarpentry wizards http://arxiv.org/abs/1609.00037
All papers at @nature titles now must include info “on whether and how others can access the underlying data” http://www.nature.com/news/announcement-where-are-the-data-1.20541?WT.ec_id=NEWSDAILY-20160909
Student Expelled Without Fair Hearing After University Misrepresented His Inoffensive Comment [link]
The war against free speech on campus [link]
Senior scientists must engage in the fight against harassment [link]
The Church Of Climate Scientology: How Climate Science Became A Religion [link]
Why academics are losing relevance in society – and how to stop it [link] …
Climate experts already fine-tune their analysis to appease policymakers [link] …
Great news for climate science in Australia  [link]
More great news for climate science in Australia. Dr John Cook gets a new job at George Mason University. [link]
Michael Mann:  The Madhouse Effect [link]
And finally, from a tweet from Tom Nelson:
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