by Judith Curry
A few things that caught my eye this past week.
Analysis of 1930s ‘Dust Bowl’ drought finds heat waves were preconditioned by unusually dry springs [link]
538 by Gavin Schmidt: Why We Don’t Know If It Will Be Sunny Next Month But We Know It’ll Be Hot All Year [link]
Over 200 years of deadly London air: smogs, fogs, and pea soupers [link]
When climate change meets sprawl: Houston’s flooding problem [link]
Hudson Bay could be ice-free in winter within 5-10 years, says seal researcher [link] …
Greenland ice sheet less stable than previously thought [link]
During last warming period, Antarctica heated up 2 to 3 times more than planet average [link]
Extreme rainfall risks could triple in the U.S. under climate change, scientists warn [link] …
This is cool: Time lapse of land use change and natural variation. [link]
Why do climate models disagree on the size of global temperature variability? [link]
Large differences in regional precipitation change between a first and second 2K of global warming. [link] …
New ROV sets out to explore deep sea vents. [link]
New #JClimate modeling study projects changes to #ElNino & related tropical circulation & precip as #climate warms: [link]
This paper in Science says cosmic ray variability not affecting climate. [link] …
Tornado swarms are on the rise, but don’t blame climate change [link]
Brazil’s Amazon #deforestation grows 29% in a year, 7,989 square kilometers of forest cover removed http://xhne.ws/6QxtA
Scientists just affirmed a major (and long feared) climate feedback involving the Earth’s soils [link]
Check out great research from @dougwbird on burning & biodiversity [link]
#Urbanization & anthropogenic #aerosols affect characteristics of E. Asian #summermonsoon. See new #JClimate paper: [link]
New @NatureClimate study on island freshwater stress [link]
Bird poop helps cool the Arctic in summer, new study finds [link]
Precipitation, temperature, and moisture transport variations associated with two distinct ENSO flavors… [link]
A key glacier in Antarctica is breaking apart from the inside out, suggesting that the ocean is weakening ice [link]
Great collection of toy climate related models w/ extensive documentation: from @airscottdenning [link]
Nice blog from Michael Grose on regional temp change + variability [link] …
Scientists find huge reduction in African dust plume led to more Saharan monsoons 11,000 years ago. [link]
What’s behind the record low Antarctic sea ice (which was at record highs 2 yrs ago): [link]…
An interesting newcomer to the public discussion of arctic sea ice; fabulous visualizations and good insights [link]
ARCTIC CRISIS: Loss of sea ice, changes to tundra: Study says Arctic faces 19 tipping points [link] …
Speedy Antarctic drills start hunt for Earth’s oldest ice [link] …
Analysis: Atlantic hurricane season is growing longer: [link]
Environment Canada tests new supercomputer to forecast weather [link]
Policy and social sciences
Link between #climatechange and Syria’s war is nonlinear, so let’s not oversimplify. [link]
Ronald Bailey: Energy poverty is much worse for the poor than climate change [link]
Navigating Complexity: Climate, Migration, and Conflict [link] …
Outdated USDA regs can block sustainable farm practices – this HAS to change. [link] …
Hefty paper argues for more social science in conservation science, [link] …
Arctic Ecosystems and their Services Under Changing Climate: Predictive-Modeling Assessment [link]
From Richard Muller: How does climate change affect your personal life plans? [link]
New report helping to build a fuller picture of the climate effects of biofuel feedstock production – [link]
The Corn Ethanol mandate has been an environmental disaster, & IMHO, the worst environmental policy in U.S. history [link]
About science and scientists
Academic freedom and authority are fundamentally about responsibilities. [link]
Free Speech is the Most Effective Antidote to Hate Speech [link] …
The Politics of Data: The rising prominence of a data-centric approach to scientific research. [link]
‘Some were on the verge of tears’: Scientists outraged by ’sexist’ banquet joke at Arctic conference [link]
“The Not-Talking Cure”: the student journalist and the student terrorist. [link]
Why Scientists Are Scared of Trump: A Pocket Guide [link]…
It’s time for researchers to challenge scientific falsehoods and misinformation on the Internet [link]
From Kevin Folta: A new low. When you can’t silence scientists, scare the media from interacting with them. [link] …
The death of facts: the emperor’s new epistemology [link]
Sharing & discussion of scientific work has changed drastically in a world of blogs, online repositories & Twitter. [link] …
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