Category Archives: Michael Mann

Watt about another Maunder Minimum?

Posted on October 29, 2013 by ...and Then There's Physics

There’s a recent post on Watts Up With That (WUWT) which seems to simply be a copy of a BBC blog post by Paul Hudson. The blog post is titled Real risk of a Mauder Minimum “Little Ice Age” says … Continue reading →

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Engaging with “skeptics”

Posted on October 26, 2013 by ...and Then There's Physics

Sou has a recent post about why scientists talk to contrarians. This all started when Andrew Montford (Bishop Hill) reported on a talk by Rob Wilson. In this talk Rob discussed the analysis used by Michael Mann and colleagues to … Continue reading →

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Hockey Sticks and things

Posted on October 23, 2013 by ...and Then There's Physics

There’s been a somewhat unfortunate spat involving Michael Mann, Robert Wilson and Tamsin Edwards, amongst others. I don’t really want to discuss the details of the spat (Sou has a post about it that includes some interesting comments) but there … Continue reading →

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Michael Mann on tipping points

Posted on October 2, 2013 by ...and Then There's Physics

I’m sure many would disagree, but although I’m clearly aligned with those who are regarded as alarmists, I’ve tried quite hard to avoid alarmist rhetoric. That doesn’t mean I’m not concerned/alarmed, just that my intent here was to discuss (mostly) … Continue reading →

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Watt about sticking it to the Mann?

Posted on August 26, 2013 by ...and Then There's Physics

Watts Up With That (WUWT) has a new post by Lord Christopher Monckton called Sticking it to the Mann. In this post, Christopher Monckton responds to Michael Mann’s recent Richmond Time’s Dispatch article. I would explain why what Christopher says … Continue reading →

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Science and belief

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

There’s a common statement made by people on both sides of the global warming/climate change debate. It goes something like this Science isn’t about belief, it’s about evidence. The basic argument is that you don't believe the science, you consider … Continue reading →

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Science and policy

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

Tamsin Edwards wrote an article for the Guardian yesterday called Climate scientists must not advocate particular policies. After reading the article, I largely agreed and wrote the first comment. My main issue with the article was the idea that scientists … Continue reading →

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Watt about Michael Mann at the AGU Chapman conference?

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

There’s another recent post on Watts Up With That (WUWT) called watch Michael Mann’s self aggrandizing AGU presentation. It’s referring to a presentation given by Michael Mann at the recent AGU Chapman conference called Communicating Climate Science: A Historic Look … Continue reading →

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The PAGES 2k consortium

Posted on April 23, 2013 by ...and Then There's Physics

The Past Global Changes (PAGES) project has released a progress article that has just appeared in Nature Geoscience. The article’s title is Continental-scale temperature variability during the past two millennia (this article is paywalled unfortunately). Watts Up With That (WUWT) … Continue reading →

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The Daily Kos Poll on Michael Mann

Posted on April 15, 2013 by ...and Then There's Physics

The Daily Kos is an American political blog. One of their writers recently read Michael Mann’s new book The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars. This writer was so taken with the book and with what Michael Mann has gone … Continue reading →

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