by Judith Curry A thought-provoking article from my new favorite blog, The Ethical Skeptic. The Ethical Skeptic My new favorite blog is The Ethical Skeptic. From the About page: “It is the intent of this author and purpose of this … Continue reading →
by Judith Curry
“The atmosphere bias of climate science makes it impossible for them to see geological forces and therefore, impossible for them to understand the earth’s climate.” – Thongchai
by Judith Curry
Politics versus science in attributing extreme weather events to manmade global warming.
by Ross McKitrick
Ben Santer et al. have a new paper out in Nature Climate Change arguing that with 40 years of satellite data available they can detect the anthropogenic influence in the mid-troposphere at a 5-sigma level of confidence. This, they point out, is the “gold standard” of proof in particle physics, even invoking for comparison the Higgs boson discovery in their Supplementary information.
by Judith Curry
A careful look at the early 20th century global warming, which is almost as large as the warming since 1950. Until we can explain the early 20th century warming, I have little confidence IPCC and NCA4 attribution statements regarding the cause of the recent warming.
by Judith Curry
How can the fundamental disagreement about the causes of climate change be most effectively communicated?
I have made numerous posts related to this topic, see especially
by Judith Curry
In looking for causes, I have applied the ‘Sherlock Holmes procedure’ of eliminating one suspect after another. The procedure has left us without any good suspect. Thermal expansion was the candidate of choice at the time of the first IPCC review. The computed steric rise is too little, too late, and too linear. – Walter Munk
by Judith Curry
In looking for causes, I have applied the ‘Sherlock Holmes procedure’ of eliminating one suspect after another. The procedure has left us without any good suspect. Thermal expansion was the candidate of choice at the time of the first IPCC review. The computed steric rise is too little, too late, and too linear. – Walter Munk
Introduction
by Judith Curry
Suggestions for the climate ‘red team’ response.
