This is a follow-on post to the previous summary of interesting work related to the temperatures in 2023/2024. I'll have another post with a quick summary of the AGU session on the topic that we are running on Tuesday Dec 10th, hopefully in the next couple of weeks. 6 Dec 2024: This is perhaps the most interesting of the papers so far that look holistically at the last couple of years of … Read Full Article about Nature 2023: Part II
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Unforced Variations: Dec 2024
This month's open thread on *climate* topics. Obviously, last month's events lent themselves to broader discussions, but this month (and going forward), we remind you that comments have to be climate-related. Note too that there are plenty of dying websites where you can troll to your heart's … Read Full Article about Unforced Variations: Dec 2024
Operationalizing Climate Science
There is a need to make climate science more agile and more responsive, and that means moving (some of it) from research to operations. … Read Full Article about Operationalizing Climate Science
Unforced variations: Nov 2024
This month's open thread on climate change topics. How are we in November already? And why is it still so warm... ? Anyway, please stay on topic and avoid insulting other commenters. … Read Full Article about Unforced variations: Nov 2024
Science is not value free
An interesting commentary addressing a rather odd prior commentary makes some very correct points. … Read Full Article about Science is not value free
Cold extremes do in fact decrease under global warming
The title of this post might seem like a truism, but for about a decade some people have claimed the opposite, and many people have spent much time and effort trying to understand why. Much of that effort was wasted. … Read Full Article about Cold extremes do in fact decrease under global warming
Unforced Variations: Oct 2024
This month's open thread for climate topics. Please stay vaguely on topic and do not abuse other commenters. … Read Full Article about Unforced Variations: Oct 2024
Phantastic Job!
A truly impressive paper was published this week with a new reconstruction of global temperatures over the last ~500 million years. … Read Full Article about Phantastic Job!
Unforced Variations: Sep 2024
This month's open thread on climate topics. Try to be constructive! … Read Full Article about Unforced Variations: Sep 2024
Oh My, Oh Miocene!
A recent paper suggested that 'climate sensitivity' derived from a new paleo-CO2 record is around 7.2ºC (for equilibrium climate sensitivity ECS) and ~13.9ºC (Earth System Sensitivity - ESS) for a doubling of CO2. Some press has suggested that this means that "Earth’s Temperature Could Increase by … Read Full Article about Oh My, Oh Miocene!
The need for pluralism in climate modelling
How should we allocate resources for climate modelling if the goal is to improve climate-related decisions? Higher resolution, machine learning and/or storylines? A call for a deeper discussion on how we should develop the climate modelling toolbox. Guest post by Marina Baldissera Pacchetti, … Read Full Article about The need for pluralism in climate modelling