WUWT reader Gary writes in with this: Gavin Schmidt gave a lecture at my University yesterday and I thought you might like to see it. He starts at 21 minutes…
Tag: Climatology
New branch of science coined on WUWT
While we wait for Nick Stokes and David Appell to work up excuses for their embracing the “climate scientists get death threats” fiasco, I thought I’d share this spinoff of…
McIntyre gets some new Yamal data – still no hockey stick
Steve McIntyre writes: Yesterday, I received updated Yamal data (to 2005) from Rashit Hantemirov, together with a cordial cover note. As CA and other readers know, Hantemirov had also promptly…
The Minnesota "drought flood"
Guest post by Scott Gates Much as with the UK – where their “drought” is demonstrated by severe flooding … in Minnesota it is much the same. The government forecasters…
Why climate science is a textbook example of groupthink
In groupthink, organizations value consensus more than free thought. The emphasis on consensus leads to group polarization, in which a group’s positions become more extreme than any individual would come…
Madrid 1995: Was this the Tipping Point in the Corruption of Climate Science?
Reposted with permission from Enthusiasm, Scepticism and Science John Haughton writes of it under the heading: Meetings that Changed the World. He may be right but not only in the…
NSIDC fixes their Arctic Sea Ice graphing problem
As I mentioned yesterday, NSIDC had an oops moment, but with the help of skeptical blogs, was notified of the problem and responded timely and appropriately. They posted this update…
Friday Funny – expert opinion
While Dr. Richard Feynman famously said: Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts. Josh notes that climatologists do it with crystal balls…
Cambridge professor Michael Kelly on "deniers" and climate change: "science has been consistently over-egged to produce alarm."
UPDATE: 9:50AM 2/28 Professor Kelly responds in comments. It seems the Times saw fit to remove an important portion of his first paragraph. I’ve highlighted the missing text in red.…
Peter Gleick lecturing the U.S. Senate on "deceitful tactics"
“Copner” alerts us in comments to this public document: Testimony of Dr. Peter Gleick, February 7, 2007 Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Table 1 Categories of Deceitful Tactics and Abuse…
Not quite Friday Funny– “Fakegate”
Josh from CartoonsbyJosh.com writes: Another ‘Gate’ – but this one turned round and bit the owner. Leo Hickman and co at the Guardian thought they had a bona fide leak…
New paper and stunning video from the Space Station – UHI much?
Professor Ross McKitrick has just released a new paper on UHI, after reading it, it reminds me of this video from the space station. Weather stations exist in the points…
Cites and Signs of the times
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach I’ve been involved in climate science for a while now, this is not my first rodeo. And I’ve read so many pseudo-scientific studies that I’m…
Quote of the week – always happy to help
At WUWT, one thing we pride ourselves in is helping visitors learn about the issues and the science, even if those visitors should already know what these things mean. Take…
Burt Rutan on Schooling the Rogues
Burt Rutan writes in via email about an exchange he had with the proprietor of the website Scholars and Rogues, Brian Angliss. Burt writes: I recently read a treatise showing…
Comparing climate skepticism to "creationism" in the classroom
Alternate title: Science education gets Gleicked From AAAS: “Is climate change education the new evolution, threatened in U.S. school districts and state education standards by well-organized interest groups? A growing…
The climate science peer pressure cooker
Will Replicated Global Warming Science Make Mann Go Ape? By Patrick J. Michaels – from World Climate Report About 10 years ago, December 20, 2002 to be exact, we published…
Getting the year off to a good start
It always helps to review the topics discussed here, as doing so always provides an educational opportunity for everyone. Given we are starting a whole new year of bringing the…
Unified Climate Theory May Confuse Cause and Effect
Guest Post by Ira Glickstein The Unified Theory of Climate post is exciting and could shake the world of Climate Science to its roots. I would love it if the…
Shocker – Ken Caldeira resigns as IPCC AR5 lead author
(via Tom Nelson) Ken Caldeira resigns as IPCC lead author, saying: “…it is not clear how much additional benefit there is to having a huge bureaucratic scientific review effort under…
Two separate examples show 2007 NRC review panel was stacked, except for a "token" skeptic and worked to supress dissenting science
This is pretty ugly. In 2007 the NRC was setup to review the state of climate science. The usual players were involved. Today we have two separate examples of inappropriate…
Quote of the Week- Climategate 2.0 reaction to Mann's errors: "not honest"
The website Gore Lied wrote: …he also actually pondered, “how do we avoid sounding religious or arrogant?”, but I’m getting ahead of myself.
"…somebody had to say it"
Dr. Judith Curry writes about the UCAR meeting she attended: Some insight into the dynamics that resulted in a substantial change in emphasis in climate research is provided by a…
June 10th is Hug a Climate Scientist Day
Hal Jordan, via the Submit Story feature submits this brief entry: Apparently, Australian AGW advocates are not well liked. Aussie climate scientists need random hugs from strangers to reassure them…
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