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Unforced variations: Aug 2024

1 Aug 2024 by group

This month’s open thread on climate topics.

Filed Under: Climate Science, Open thread, Solutions

Unforced variations: July 2024

30 Jun 2024 by group

This month’s open thread on climate science topics.

Filed Under: Climate Science, Open thread, Solutions

Unforced variations: June 2024

1 Jun 2024 by group

This month’s open thread on climate topics. Please stay focused, minimize repetitive comments, and maintain a half-way decent level of decorum. Thanks!

Filed Under: Climate Science, Open thread, Solutions

Unforced Variations: May 2024

30 Apr 2024 by group

This month’s open thread on climate topics. Many eyes will be focused on whether April temperatures will be the 11th month in row of records…

Note that we have updated the data and figures from the Nenana Ice Classic and Dawson City river ice break up pools (the nominal 13th and 5th earliest break-ups (or 15th and 4th, w.r.t. to the vernal equinox) in their respective records)).

And a quick note about moderation: If your comment is a personal attack on another commenter instead of a substantive argument, it will just be deleted. As will your subsequent complaints. Ain’t nobody got time for that.

Filed Under: Climate Science, Open thread, Solutions

Unforced variations: Apr 2024

1 Apr 2024 by group

This month’s open thread on climate topics. Lots more discussion about 2023, aerosols, heat content and imbalances to come I expect…

Note, comments should be substantive even if you are arguing with who you perceive to be the worst person in the world. Comments that are mainly personal attacks will just get deleted.

Filed Under: Climate Science, Open thread, Solutions

Unforced variations: March 2024

2 Mar 2024 by group

The month’s open thread on climate topics. More record monthly warmth, but only the second lowest Antarctic sea ice though (growing since 2023!).

Filed Under: Climate Science, Open thread, Solutions

Unforced variations: Feb 2024

31 Jan 2024 by group

This month’s open thread for climate topics. This month’s climate highlight will likely be the PACE launch at some point between Feb 6th and Feb 8th, that will hopefully provide information on aerosols and ocean color with more detail than ever before. Fingers crossed!


A few notes on the blog and commenting. We have an open thread (this one!) for random discussions or new topics. Comments on specific posts should be related to the topic. Random contrarian nonsense is just going to get deleted (as are the complaints about it). Additionally, excessive and argumentative commenting is tiresome – remember this is a blog and (almost) no-one reads the comments, but they never will if it’s dominated by only one or two people shouting past each other. Please stick to the one substantive comment per day rule if you can (and the moderation will help if you can’t).

Secondly, there have been some complaints about the lack of comment previews (which we used to have) and the lack of ability to move nonsense to the Crank Shaft or Bore Hole threads. This functionality was provided by old plugins that worked really well until they didn’t. The ‘Ajax Comment Preview’ plugin hasn’t been updated in years and no longer works at all, and the move comment plugin we used has been identified as being a security risk. If readers know of alternatives that are being actively developed and keeping up with WordPress versions, please let us know, we will be happy to try them out.

Thanks for continuing to engage with the topics and ideas here.

Filed Under: Climate Science, Open thread, Solutions

Unforced variations: Jan 2024

1 Jan 2024 by group

New year, new open thread on climate topics. Note that summaries and updates to include 2023 data will be posted on the surface temperature graphics page and model-observations comparison page over the next couple of weeks as the data becomes available.

Filed Under: Climate Science, Open thread, Solutions

Unforced Variations: Dec 2023

1 Dec 2023 by group

Well, that year went quickly. This month, there is the COP28 hoopla, the ongoing El Niño and the speculation about the 2023 temperature ranking (which will not be that surprising). An open thread for climate topics…

Filed Under: Climate conference report, Climate Science, Open thread, Solutions

Unforced Variations: Nov 2023

1 Nov 2023 by group

This month’s open thread on climate topics.

Filed Under: Climate Science, Open thread, Solutions

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