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Forced Responses: Jan 2018

1 Jan 2018 by group

This is a new class of open thread for discussions of climate solutions, mitigation and adaptation. As always, please be respectful of other commentators and try to avoid using repetition to make your points. Discussions related to the physical Earth System should be on the Unforced Variations threads.

Filed Under: Open thread, Solutions

Unforced Variations: Jan 2018

1 Jan 2018 by group

Happy new year, and a happy new open thread.

In response to some the comments we’ve been getting about previous open threads, we are going to try separating out OT comments on mitigation/saving the planet/theories of political action from ones related to the physical climate system. This thread remains a place for climate science issues, questions, & news, but we have started a new Forced Responses thread where people can more clearly discuss mitigation issues. We realise that sometimes it can be hard to cleanly separate these conversations, but hopefully folk can try that out as a new year’s resolution!

Note we will be updating the Model/Data comparisons over the next few weeks as the various observational data sets get updated for calendar year 2017. The main surface temperature datasets will be released around Jan 18.

Filed Under: Climate Science, Open thread

Unforced Variations: Dec 2017

3 Dec 2017 by group

Last open-thread of the year. Tips for new books for people to read over the holidays? Highlights of Fall AGU (Dec 11-15, New Orleans)? Requests for what should be in the end of year updates? Try to be nice.

Filed Under: Climate Science, Open thread

Unforced variations: Nov 2017

4 Nov 2017 by group

This month’s open thread. Lawsuits about scientific disputes, the new Climate Science Special Report from the National Climate Assessment, and (imminently) the WMO State of the Climate statement for 2017.

Filed Under: Climate Science, Open thread

Unforced variations: Oct 2017

1 Oct 2017 by group

This month’s open thread. Carbon budgets, Arctic sea ice minimum, methane emissions, hurricanes, volcanic impacts on climate… Please try and stick to these or similar topics.

Filed Under: Climate Science, Open thread

Unforced Variations: Sep 2017

1 Sep 2017 by group

This month’s open thread…. and let’s stay on climate topics this month. It’s not like there isn’t anything climate-y to talk about (sea ice minimums, extreme events, climate model tunings, past ‘hyperthermals’… etc.). Anything too far off-topic will get binned. Thanks!

Filed Under: Climate Science, Open thread

Unforced Variations: August 2017

2 Aug 2017 by group

This month’s open thread.

Filed Under: Climate Science, Open thread

Unforced variations: July 2017

1 Jul 2017 by group

So, big news this week: The latest update to the RSS lower troposphere temperatures (Zeke at Carbon Brief, J. Climate paper) and, of course, more chatter about the red team/blue team concept. Comments?

Filed Under: Climate Science, Open thread

Unforced Variations: June 2017

1 Jun 2017 by group

Absolutely nothing of consequence happening today in climate news. Can’t think of what people could discuss…

Filed Under: Climate Science, Open thread

Unforced Variations: May 2017

1 May 2017 by group

This month’s open thread. Topics this month? What should a conservative contrarian be writing op-eds about that avoids strawman arguments, and getting facts wrong? What do you really think about geoengineering? Tracking the imminent conclusion of the Nenana Ice Classic (background)?

Usual rules apply.

Filed Under: Climate Science, Open thread

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