Just like every year going back for the last three decades…
Category: Attribution
Attribution and Misattribution
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach Well, my previous post with this title got lost in the process of the WattsUpWithThat design update. And sadly, I didn’t have a copy of…
Hey, Carbon Brief, Quit Conflating Model Based ‘Attribution Study’ Outputs with Real Weather Data
Get this through your head: Models do not produce actual data.
CERES team presentations at the DDP conference in El Paso, TX, July 2024
In this post, we will provide links to the slides and videos of all three presentations (courtesy of the DDP). Videos for the other presentations at this conference (and many…
Drought in Southern Africa — Officially NOT Climate Change
“The rains this year began late and were lower than average. In February, when crops need it most, parts of Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Angola, Mozambique and Botswana received a fifth…
An Inconvenient Attribution
Changes in air pollution linked with dry spells in Asia and summer heatwaves in Europe
Politics of Attributing Extreme Events and Disasters to Climate Change
We caution awareness: climate change never causes loss or damage independently of the social conditions on the ground in specific places; the degree to which climate change can trigger disaster…
Pielke Jr. On Recent Climate Attribution Claims
I can think of no other area of research where the relaxing of rigor and standards has been encouraged by researchers in order to generate claims more friendly to headlines,…
State AG’s and activists trying to forge attribution link between weather and climate
From Climate Litigation Watch, the war to link weather and climate from a legal standpoint is about to heat up: Activist AG Admission: Washington State AG Declined Climate Nuisance Suit Because…
Whales are changing their tune and its likely our fault. Here’s why.
From The Weather Network. It could be x, but but but…Climate Change! HT/Marcus
Why I Don’t Deny: Confessions of a Climate Skeptic — Part 1
Guest Essay by Kip Hansen I have often been asked “Why do you deny climate change?” I am always stumped by the question. It is rather like being asked “Why…
Attributing Hurricane Harvey to climate change is 'murky science'
Hurricane Harvey and Climate Change Extreme weather events attribution science yields murky results By Ronald Bailey, Reason Magazine Ronald Bailey Rainfall from Hurricane Harvey so far has averaged around 30 inches,…
A Note on the 50-50 Attribution Argument between Judith Curry and Gavin Schmidt
Guest essay by Bob Tisdale | Judith Curry and Gavin Schmidt are arguing once again about how much of the global warming we’ve experienced since 1950 is attributable to human-induced…
Extreme Weather Attribution or Just Sharpshooting in Texas?
Look out, folks! There’s a new rodeo in town – one that goes by the name of ‘Climate Attribution’. It’s got its sights set on every extreme weather event that…