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Unforced variations: Dec 2014

3 Dec 2014 by group

This month’s open thread. Think history, Lima, and upcoming additions of a single data point to timeseries based on arbitrary calendrical boundaries.

Filed Under: Climate Science, Open thread

Unforced variations: Nov 2014

2 Nov 2014 by group

This month’s open thread. In honour of today’s New York Marathon, we are expecting the fastest of you to read and digest the final IPCC Synthesis report in sub-3 hours. For those who didn’t keep up with the IPCC training regime, the Summary for Policy Makers provides a more accessible target.

Also in the news, follow #ArcticCircle2014 for some great info on the Arctic Circle meeting in Iceland.

Filed Under: Climate Science, IPCC, Open thread

Unforced variations: Oct 2014

4 Oct 2014 by group

This month’s open thread.

Filed Under: Climate Science, Open thread

Unforced variations: September 2014

2 Sep 2014 by group

This month’s open thread. People could waste time rebunking predictable cherry-picked claims about the upcoming Arctic sea ice minimum, or perhaps discuss a selection of 10 climate change controversies from ICSU… Anything! (except mitigation).

Filed Under: Climate Science, Open thread

Unforced variations: Aug 2014

5 Aug 2014 by group

This month’s open thread. Keeping track of the Arctic sea ice minimum is interesting but there should be plenty of other climate science topics to discuss (if people can get past the hype about the Ebola outbreak or imaginary claims about anomalous thrusting). As with last month, pleas no discussion of mitigation strategies – it unfortunately does not bring out the best in the commentariat.

Filed Under: Climate Science, Open thread

Unforced variations: July 2014

2 Jul 2014 by group

This month’s open thread. Topics of potential interest: The successful OCO-2 launch, continuing likelihood of an El Niño event this fall, predictions of the September Arctic sea ice minimum, Antarctic sea ice excursions, stochastic elements in climate models etc. Just for a change, no discussion of mitigation efforts please!

Filed Under: Climate Science, Open thread

Unforced variations: June 2014

1 Jun 2014 by group

June is the month when the Arctic Sea Ice outlook gets going, when the EPA releases its rules on power plant CO2 emissions, and when, hopefully, commenters can get back to actually having constructive and respectful conversations about climate science (and not nuclear energy, impending apocalypsi (pl) or how terrible everyone else is). Thanks.

Filed Under: Climate Science, Open thread

Unforced variations: May 2014

2 May 2014 by group

This month’s open thread. In order to give everyone a break, no discussion of mitigation options this month – that has been done to death in previous threads. Anything related to climate science is totally fine: Carbon dioxide levels maybe, or TED talks perhaps…

Filed Under: Climate Science, Open thread

Unforced variations: Apr 2014

6 Apr 2014 by group

More open thread. Unusually, we are keeping the UV Mar 2014 thread open for more Diogenetic conversation and to keep this thread open for more varied fare.

Filed Under: Climate Science, Open thread

Unforced variations: Mar 2014. Part II

28 Mar 2014 by group

This is mid-month open-thread for all discussions, except those related to Diogenes’ comments. People wanting to discuss with commenter Diogenes should stick to the previous UV thread. All such discussion on this thread will be moved over. Thanks.

Filed Under: Climate Science, Open thread

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