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Happy 35th birthday, global warming !

28 juillet, par stefan

Global warming is turning 35 ! Not only has the current spate of global warming been going on for about 35 years now, but also the term “global warming” will have its 35th anniversary next week. On 8 August 1975, Wally Broecker published his paper “Are we on the brink of a pronounced global (...)

An icy retreat

26 juillet, par group

Guest Commentary by Dirk Notz, MPI Hamburg It’s almost routine by now : Every summer, many of those interested in climate change check again and again the latest data on sea-ice evolution in the Arctic. Such data are for example available on a daily basis from the US National Snow and Ice Data (...)

The Montford Delusion

22 juillet, par group

Guest commentary by Tamino If you don’t know much about climate science, or about the details of the controversy over the “hockey stick,” then A. W. Montford’s book The Hockey Stick Illusion : Climategate and the Corruption of Science might persuade you that not only the hockey stick, but all of (...)

A Eulogy to Stephen Schneider

19 juillet, par mike

We were greatly saddened to learn that our revered colleague Stephen Schneider passed away this morning. We are posting a personal account by Ben Santer of Steve’s amazing accomplishments and contributions. Ben’s account provides a glimpse into what made Steve so special, and why he will be so (...)

Revisiting the Younger Dryas

17 juillet, par group

Younger Dryas, North Atlantic circulation, MOC, abrupt climate change, last glacial maximum

Information levels

11 juillet, par gavin

Rasmus’ recent post on the greenhouse effect raised some interesting points concerning the technical level at which posts or other public communications should be written. This was a relatively technical article as these things go, eschewing the very basic ‘the greenhouse effect is like a (...)

The Muir Russell report

7 juillet, par group

Muir-Russell report, climategate, climate science emails and the exoneration of the Phil Jones and the other scientists at CRU.

A simple recipe for GHE

5 juillet, par rasmus

According to some recent reports (e.g. PlanetArk ; The Guardian), the public concern about global warming may be declining. It’s not clear whether this is actually true : a poll conducted by researchers at Stanford suggests otherwise. In any case, the science behind climate change has not (...)

Penn State reports

1er juillet, par group

The last part of the Penn State inquiry has now reported unanimously that Mike Mann did not engage in any activity that violated scientific norms. Quoting from the report conclusions, Conclusion of the Investigatory Committee as to whether research misconduct occurred : The Investigatory (...)

The uncertainty prayer

29 juin, par gavin

Seen at a meeting yesterday : Grant us… The ability to reduce the uncertainties we can ; The willingness to work with the uncertainties we cannot ; And the scientific knowledge to know the difference. (Drawn from a white paper on the use of climate models for water managers). (...)

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