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Unforced variations: Dec 2022

3 Dec 2022 by group

This month’s open thread for climate discussions. Please be constructive and polite.

Filed Under: Climate Science, Open thread, Solutions

Unforced variations: Nov 2022

1 Nov 2022 by group

This month’s open thread. Anyone read Greta Thunberg’s book? or have an opinion about soup?

Be substantive, be polite, be talking about climate.

Filed Under: Climate Science, Open thread Tagged With: greta thunberg

Unforced variations: Oct 2022

7 Oct 2022 by group

This month’s open thread on climate-related topics (sorry for the slight delay in setting it up). As usual, try to limit yourself to one comment a day, don’t be unnecessarily aggressive and try to be substantive.

Filed Under: Climate Science, Open thread, Solutions

Unforced variations: Sep 2022

1 Sep 2022 by group

This month’s open thread on climate topics. Check out the new State of the Climate in 2021 report from NOAA and BAMS. A blast from the past, though yamal-age may vary…

As always, please stay civil, on topic, and limit comments to one a day.

Filed Under: Climate Science, Open thread, Solutions

Unforced variations: Aug 2022

1 Aug 2022 by group

This month’s open thread on climate-related topics.

Please be substantive, one comment per person per day, no bickering.

Filed Under: Climate Science, Open thread, Solutions

Unforced Variations: July 2022

4 Jul 2022 by group

This month’s open thread. Please keep to climate-related issues, stay substantive, no abuse, no repetition, one-comment per day.

Filed Under: Climate Science, Open thread, Solutions Tagged With: open thread

Unforced variations: June 2022

1 Jun 2022 by group

This month’s open thread. New commenting rules (as described last month) remain in effect. Basically, be substantive, one comment a day, remain polite.

Filed Under: Climate Science, Open thread, Solutions

Unforced Variations: May 2022

7 May 2022 by group

Sorry for delay posting this month, but we’ve been considering how (or if) to go forward with open threads and comments. Looking at the multitude of constructive comments on the “End of blog comments” thread, it’s clear that many people appreciate the possibility of comments here, but that too often it disappoints by devolving into tedious bickering. There were many theories for why! Without necessarily subscribing to any particular diagnosis (there are many that capture some elements of what happens), we have decided to continue with comments for the time being, but with a few modifications.

To encourage people to post less often, but more substantively, we will limit commenters to one comment a day (so make it count!). Additionally, we will try to enforce a ‘one comment, one point’ rule to avoid people just cramming ten comments into one. Moderation of insulting, abusive, or just tedious comments will continue. Think more ‘Letters to the Editor’ than graffiti on the bathroom wall. This will hopefully also allow for more engagement from the RC scientists.

Back in the day, one of the goals of setting up the ‘Forced Variations’ threads was to segregate the more contentious arguments around solutions into one place, but that seems to have run it’s course. Thus we are going to revert to a single open thread, with a slightly broader climate theme than previously. Comments on generic political arguments or other issues that are not directly tied to climate will still be excluded.

We will let this play out for a couple of months and then reevaluate. Let us know what you think.

So with no further ado, let this month’s open thread begin…

Filed Under: Climate Science, Comment Policy, Open thread, Solutions

Forced responses: Mar 2022

5 Mar 2022 by group

This month’s open thread on climate solutions.

Filed Under: Open thread, Solutions

Unforced variations: Mar 2022

5 Mar 2022 by group

This month’s open thread on climate science issues.

Filed Under: Climate Science, Open thread

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