Category Archives: Climate sensitivity

The secretive Royal Society

Posted on December 1, 2013 by ...and Then There's Physics

I wrote. a couple of days ago, about Nigel Lawson’s meeting with the Royal Society. The meeting was apparently held under Chatham House Rules. This means that those involved can use the information presented at the meeting but cannot disclose … Continue reading →

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A lower climate sensitivity from Ring et al.

Posted on November 30, 2013 by ...and Then There's Physics

I was wondering if anyone had any particular insights into the Ring et al. (2012) paper Causes of the Global Warming Observed since the 19th Century? The study use a simple climate model (SCM) to model the change in global … Continue reading →

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Salby comment 1

Posted on November 14, 2013 by ...and Then There's Physics

Murry Salby has now completed his tour of Britain and there have been a few posts discussing his presentations. Some positive, others not. I’ll be quite honest and say that I think Salby’s ideas are scientifically incorrect and that it’s … Continue reading →

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Watt about Spencer and Braswell?

Posted on November 12, 2013 by ...and Then There's Physics

There’s a new post on Watts Up With That (WUWT) called New study – climate system is only about half as sensitive to increasing CO2 as previously believed. It refers to a new paper by Roy Spencer and William Braswell … Continue reading →

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No, David Stockwell, it’s not the Sun

Posted on November 5, 2013 by ...and Then There's Physics

A few days ago I posted a video that, in less than 4 minutes, rebutted 10 common climate myths. The most amusing was the emphatic No to the claim that it’s because the Sun is getting hotter. To a certain … Continue reading →

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David Rose on Judith Curry’s stadium wave

Posted on November 3, 2013 by ...and Then There's Physics

I notice that David Rose has an article in the Daily Mail that is mainly about Government ministers and eco-zealots, but that also includes a discussion of Judith Curry’s recent Stadium Wave paper. I haven’t read the paper in great … Continue reading →

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Watt about David Stockwell?

Posted on November 1, 2013 by ...and Then There's Physics

There is a new post a Watts Up With That (WUWT) called a a sea change for climate science. It’s by David Stockwell who is, apparently, an Adjunct Researcher at the Central Queensland University. David starts with Climate models can … Continue reading →

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Okay, Roger, an acknowledgement

Posted on October 24, 2013 by ...and Then There's Physics

I wrote, yesterday, a rather snarky – and insulting – post about what I thought was an embarrassing blunder by Roger Pielke Sr in his recent WUWT post. Roger responded with the following tweet Misinterpretation by @wottsupwiththat See http://t.co/fADmzTu23T and … Continue reading →

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An acknowledgement, but not really a correction

Posted on October 20, 2013 by ...and Then There's Physics

A few days ago I wrote a post (what matters is the radiative imbalance) in which I claimed that a post by David Stockwell was wrong. David made a few comments on my post, claiming that I had made a … Continue reading →

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What matters is the radiative imbalance

Posted on October 16, 2013 by ...and Then There's Physics

I started this blog because I was getting frustrated by how often I saw scientific claims being made, with regards to global warming, that were just simply wrong. I was following, and partially involved with, a brief exchange between Joanne … Continue reading →

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