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Yamal and Polar Urals: a research update

posted to RealClimate on Mon 3rd Jun 13

Guest commentary from Tim Osborn, Tom Melvin and Keith Briffa, Climatic Research Unit, UEARecords of tree-ring characteristics such as their width (TRW) and density (usually the maximum density of the wood formed towards the end of the growing season the maximum
Unforced Variations: June 2013

posted to RealClimate on Sat 1st Jun 13

June’s open thread…
Introducing PubPeer.com

posted to RealClimate on Sat 25th May 13

Guest post from PubPeer.comThe process of reviewing published science is constantly occurring and is now commonly being called post-publication peer review. It occurs in many places including on blogs such as this one, review articles, at conferences around

The CRU hack

posted to RealClimate on Fri 20th Nov 09

As many of you will be aware, a large number of emails from the University of East Anglia webmail server were hacked recently (Despite some confusion generated by Anthony Watts, this has absolutely nothing to do with the Hadley Centre which is a completely
An open letter to Steve Levitt

posted to RealClimate on Fri 30th Oct 09

Dear Mr. Levitt,The problem of global warming is so big that solving it will require creative thinking from many disciplines. Economists have much to contribute to this effort, particularly with regard to the question of how various means of putting a price
Evaluating a 1981 temperature projection

posted to RealClimate on Mon 2nd Apr 12

Guest commentary from Geert Jan van Oldenborgh and Rein Haarsma, KNMISometimes it helps to take a step back from the everyday pressures of research (falling ill helps). It was in this way we stumbled across Hansen et al (1981). In 1981 the first author of this

Drumbeat: May 20, 2013

posted to The Oil Drum - Discussions about Energy and Our Future on Mon 20th May 13

Wells Dry, Fertile Plains Turn to Dust Vast stretches of Texas farmland lying over the aquifer no longer support irrigation. In west-central Kansas, up to a fifth of the irrigated farmland along a 100-mile swath of the aquifer has already gone dry. In many
Blowing In The Wind: Is Global Warming Over?

posted to EconoSpeak on Sat 4th May 13

There has recently been much huffing and puffing about an apparent slowdown in the rate of global warming, with a recent article in The Economist on the matter getting lots of attention. The supposed "reduced climate sensitivity" (to CO2 concentration
Noted for January 10, 2013

posted to Grasping Reality with Both Hands: Economist Brad DeLong's Fair, Balanced, and Reality-Based Semi-Daily Journal on Wed 9th Jan 13

Worth Reading:Tom Slee: No One Makes You Shop at Wal-Mart: The Surprising Deceptions of Individual ChoiceRoger Farmer: How effective is fiscal policy?: "I do not share the consensus view of self proclaimed Keynesians that a large fiscal expansion is the solution