Comment on Week in review 1/27/12 by Bruce
And if you sort by year, with 116 being the hottest year, 2011,2010,2009 and 2008 didn’t even break 100. The 1930s had 4 years ranked 100 or above. The 1950s had 2 years ranked 100 or above. 1921 was...
View ArticleComment on Keith Seitter on the ‘uncertainty monster’ by Joshua
incandecentbulb – blockquote>“too much concern” is “too much” but otherwise political correctness is okay, is that it? I think that concern about what is “politically correct” is valid – because it...
View ArticleComment on Keith Seitter on the ‘uncertainty monster’ by Anteros
Jim D Surely there is a whole dimension not considered here. To my mind the bigger argument is how to characterise the effect of, say, 1 or 2 degrees warming. Some people (Hansen for instance) want to...
View ArticleComment on Keith Seitter on the ‘uncertainty monster’ by Jim D
Anteros, I agree there is a dimension of harm, and we should plot views along two axes: warming and harm/benefit. Generally those who believe in more warming also believe in more harm, but I would...
View ArticleComment on Keith Seitter on the ‘uncertainty monster’ by Jim D
Warming versus Harming. Neat in some way.
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Comment on Keith Seitter on the ‘uncertainty monster’ by Anteros
Joshua - If I may jump in here. Are you not getting a tad ahead of yourself with people who ‘self-describe’ as realist? You rarely describe yourself in any specific terms – which is fair enough – and...
View ArticleComment on Keith Seitter on the ‘uncertainty monster’ by GaryM
There are many in the climate debate who intentionally conflate AGW and CAGW. Poll questions are most commonly worded in a way as to make no distinction – doubting that AGW is “primarily” causing...
View ArticleComment on Keith Seitter on the ‘uncertainty monster’ by Jeff Norris
Omno Do not thwart an enemy retreating home. If you surround the enemy, leave an outlet; do not press an enemy that is cornered. These are the principles of warfare. Unless it is personal then I...
View ArticleComment on Week in review 1/27/12 by mike
Josh, Let’s see now, lefties are on a roll on the Hayhoe case. And you, Josh, as Climate etc.’s alpha greenshirt leg-humper, are in the forefront of that “big-move” in your (hump! hump!) leg-humping...
View ArticleComment on Keith Seitter on the ‘uncertainty monster’ by Joshua
And Anteros - I hope that you realize that even though I may come off as condescending in my responses to you, I have a deep and abiding respect for anyone who has the ability to comprehend the game of...
View ArticleComment on Week in review 1/27/12 by lolwot
We don’t get given the possibility that global warming will suddenly accelerate to 0.5C/decade over the first half of the 21st century. But that’s a possibility too isn’t it? It’s interesting to...
View ArticleComment on Week in review 1/27/12 by lolwot
“Now we have Dr. Curry stating that, in her opinion, we may not see much warming for the first half of the 21st century. The implications of this cannot be understated.” I wish Dr. Curry had attached a...
View ArticleComment on Week in review 1/27/12 by Tonyb
Richard In the draft the Ipcc make assertions concerning abyssal warming. There are no citations to back up these assertions therefore there is no number and no reference and therefore the ipcc will...
View ArticleComment on Week in review 1/27/12 by Bart
Of course warming will come "roaring back". Then, it will diminish again. Then, it will increase again. Then... The half cycle period is roughly 30-35 years. It is a <a...
View ArticleComment on Week in review 1/27/12 by Paul Matthews
Anteros, yes, Hadcrut4 will be out in time. Crutem4 is already out at J Geophys Res. Conveniently, Crutem4 shows that Jones and his team have magically discovered the 21st century warming that...
View ArticleComment on Keith Seitter on the ‘uncertainty monster’ by lolwot
yea yea yea initial conditions and all that. But I forgot how this all started and I am unsure of what point you are trying to make. Evidentially chaos isn’t preventing climate models from providing...
View ArticleComment on Assessing climate data record transparency and maturity by Joshua
cap’n Now let’s look and see what we can find upthread, shall we? Oh, here it is. Louise and Joshua, They are both evidence of change with time. So – evidence of change over time? Is that why RP...
View ArticleComment on Assessing climate data record transparency and maturity by David...
John B. “we need something more like engineering standards that are fully traceable and reproducible. Research quality simply doesn’t fully comply with engineering standards.” I endorse upgrading...
View ArticleComment on Assessing climate data record transparency and maturity by Jacob
“Weather disasters are responsible for annual losses in the billions” Wasteful and useless “renewables” are responsible for losses in the hundreds of billions – 250 billion worldwide in 2010 alone to...
View ArticleComment on Assessing climate data record transparency and maturity by Chad...
Good point, professor, and I would add, in addition to the time constraint issue, the possibility of a budgetary issue offering some sort of impediment.
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