This month’s open thread about climate science topics. For discussions about solutions and policy, please use the Forced Responses open thread.

This month’s open thread on climate science issues. Remember that discussions about climate solutions go here.

This month’s open thread on climate science topics.

This month’s open thread for climate science discussions.

This year’s first open thread on climate science topics. Usual rules apply – and let’s make a particular effort to stay substantive and not devolve into empty bickering (you still have Facebook for that).

Any expectations or predictions for climate science in 2019?

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This month’s open thread for climate science topics. Please use the Forced Responses thread for solutions and politics.

This month’s open thread on climate science issues.

A lot of interest in the new Resplandy et al paper (WaPo), with some exploration of the implications on twitter i.e.

Interesting new paper “Quantification of ocean heat uptake from changes in atmospheric O2 and CO2 composition”
But I’m not sure about their argument on the consequences on future warming. 1/https://t.co/g29m3SzIvN

— Reto Knutti ETH (@Knutti_ETH) November 1, 2018

and

That new ocean heat content estimate https://t.co/3ZQlKcj4jd

— Dr James Annan (@jamesannan) November 1, 2018

Meanwhile, the CMIP6 model output is starting to come out…

This month’s open thread on climate science topics. Dominant theme this month will probably be the release of the IPCC Special Report on 1.5ºC. The final report will be released later this week, and when it does we’ll give a brief summary. The hastag to follow on Twitter is #SR15.