Featured in La Verita (August 9th), by Franco Battaglia Steven Koonin is what most people would call an enfant prodige: he graduated from high school at the age of 16, and at the age of 24, as an Assistant Professor in theoretical physics, he became one of the youngest-ever faculty members at [...]
by Javier Vinós & Andy May “These shifts are associated with significant changes in global temperature trend and in ENSO variability. The latest such event is known as the great climate shift of the 1970s.” Anastasios A. Tsonis, Kyle Swanson & Sergey Kravtsov (2007) 4.1 Introduction While the study of weather variability has a [...]
Originally posted by Matt Briggs at his blog. I am one of the more than one thousand scientists and related professionals who signed the World Climate Declaration, an effort started by a friend of ours, Marcel Crok, and Guus Berkhout. Together, they run Clintel. From Climate Intelligence. You can visit them. Now you’d think a [...]
The NSW Premier handed down the 2022 Flood Inquiry report last week and at the same time many of the 1,498 written submissions were made public. The submissions make for harrowing reading, especially the first-hand accounts from the Lismore community. There are very personal stories explaining how there had been limited flash-flooding up to [...]
By Michelle Stirling Reposted from Cision Over 1,100 scientists and scholars agree that there's no climate emergency, natural factors are most influential and we do have time to adapt. See World Climate Declaration The World Economic Forum has published an op-ed pushing for Artificial Intelligence to manage on-line harms and disinformation, which [...]
By Judith Curry Original post on Climate Etc. The Inflation Reduction Act that has passed in the US Senate contains a healthy dose of funding for energy and climate initiatives. There is much discussion as to why this bill looks like it will pass, when previous climate bills (carbon tax, carbon [...]
Click picture to see video By Andy May Update: You may be able to watch the debate at this link. The debate I announced here between Steve Koonin and Andy Dessler took place Monday August 15th, it was very educational and illuminating. I will try and write more about it in a few days. [...]
By Javier Vinós & Andy May Reposted from Climate Etc. “The atmospheric heat transport on Earth from the Equator to the poles is largely carried out by the mid-latitude storms. However, there is no satisfactory theory to describe this fundamental feature of the Earth’s climate.” Leon Barry, George C. Craig & John Thuburn (2002) [...]
Heat wave in Paris in 2019. Originally published at the blog Science Under Attack. In a warming world, it would hardly be surprising if heat waves were becoming more common. By definition, heat waves are periods of abnormally hot weather, lasting from days to weeks. But is this widely held belief actually [...]
By Javier Vinós & Andy May Reposted from Climate Etc. “The complicated pattern of sun-weather relationships undoubtedly needs much further clarification, but progress in this field will be hindered if the view prevails that such relationships should not be taken seriously simply because the mechanisms involved in explaining them are not yet identified.” Joe W. [...]
