The CO2 control knob fallacy?
Judith Curry has a recent post called CO2 ‘control knob’ fallacy (?). Admittedly there is a bracketed question mark at the end, but I get the impression that Judith thinks that using the term ‘control...
View ArticleThe economic benefits of climate change?
Writing about this is definitely outside my comfort zone, so this post should not be seen as something from which others could learn but maybe a way for me to learn via the comments. There have been...
View ArticleWatt about wondering Willis Eschenbach?
Firstly, credit to Sou at HotWhopper for the wondering part of the title. It seems too apt to not use it. It appears that either Willis Eschenbach is back from his tour of Great Britain or he’s had a...
View ArticleWatt about Roger Pielke Jr?
Watts Up With That (WUWT) has a Weekly climate and energy news roundup in which they normally include a quote of the week. This week’s quote is by Roger Pielke Jr and is A difficult question for the...
View ArticleWatt about Bob’s book?
I notice that Bob Tisdale has a post on Watts Up With That (WUWT) introducing his new book called Climate Models Fail. My, rather mean, first thought was that he should have included a colon between...
View ArticleNic Lewis and the UK Met Office
Nic Lewis (an independent climate scientists) and the UK Met Office seem to be having a public debate about climate sensitivities and about the Met Office’s climate models. I find it quite interesting...
View ArticleJudith Curry and the Ocean Heat Content
Judith Curry has a new post called the relentless increase of ocean heat content. It mentions two – very good in my opinion – alarming blog posts, one by Stefan Rahmstorf and the other by Joe Romm....
View ArticleAndrew Montford and the BBC News
Andrew Montford, who writes the Bishop Hill blog is a noted climate science “skeptic”. In the run-up to the release of the IPCC’s AR5 SPM, the BBC had a number of news reports about climate science....
View ArticleTim Minchin – Storm
Yesterday, I tweeted a link to a Graduation speech by Tim Minchin. Tim Minchin is one of a current group of comedians who seem to be remarkably scientifically literate (David Mitchell and Dara O’Briain...
View ArticleIPCC AR5 WG1
Just in case you aren’t that involved in the climate change/global warming debate, the acronyms in my post title mean Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Assessment Report 5 (AR5) Working...
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