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Unforced Variations: Sep 2021

1 Sep 2021 by group

This month’s open thread for climate science topics. Not sure about you, but we are still reading the details of the IPCC report.  We are watching the unfolding hurricane season with trepidation, with particular concern related to the impacts of compound events (and not just those associated with climate), and anticipating another low, if not record, Arctic sea ice minimum.  

PS. At some point this month we will be switching Internet service providers, so don’t be surprised if there are some oddities as we switch everything over.

Filed Under: Climate Science, Open thread

Unforced Variations: Aug 2021

2 Aug 2021 by group

This month is IPCC month – the Sixth Assessment Report from Working Group 1 is out on Monday August 9. We’ll have some detailed comments once it’s out, but in the meantime, feel free to speculate widely (always considering that IPCC is restricted to assessing existing literature…).

Open thread – please stick to climate science topics.

Filed Under: Climate Science, IPCC, Open thread

Forced Responses: July 2021

2 Jul 2021 by group

A new bi-monthly open thread for climate solutions discussions. Climate science threads go here.

Filed Under: Open thread, Solutions

Unforced Variations: July 2021

2 Jul 2021 by group

This month’s open thread for climate science. Probably a good time to discuss attribution for extreme heat, wildfires, hurricane intensity and intense precipitation.

Lytton's Main Street, before and after yesterday's devastating fire.

(Photo from a Chilliwack Fire Department member) pic.twitter.com/OaoRvg1ch3

— Justin McElroy (@j_mcelroy) July 1, 2021

Filed Under: Climate Science, Open thread

Unforced Variations: Jun 2021

2 Jun 2021 by group

This month’s open thread for climate science. Start of the meteorological summer, official hurricane season (outlook), the final stretches of the IPCC AR6 review process and a rare conjunction of Father’s Day and the summer solstice. Please stay on topic.

Filed Under: Climate Science, Open thread

Forced Responses: May 2021

2 May 2021 by group

A bimonthly open thread on climate solutions. Perhaps unsurprisingly this is always the most contentious comment thread on the site, but please try and be constructive and avoid going off on wild tangents.

Filed Under: Open thread, Solutions

Unforced Variations: May 2021

1 May 2021 by group

This month’s open thread for climate science topics.

Filed Under: Climate Science, Open thread

Unforced Variations: Apr 2021

1 Apr 2021 by group

This month’s open thread for climate science discussions. Be nice, it’s Earth month.

Filed Under: Climate Science, Open thread

Forced responses: Mar 2021

1 Mar 2021 by group

A bi-monthly open thread on climate solutions.

Filed Under: Open thread, Solutions

Unforced Variations: Mar 2021

1 Mar 2021 by group

This month’s open thread. Northern Hemisphere Spring is on it’s way, along with peak Arctic/minimum Antarctic sea ice, undoubtedly more discussion about the polar vortex, and the sharpening up of the (currently very uncertain) ENSO forecast for the rest of this year.

Filed Under: Climate Science, El Nino, Open thread

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