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Richard Betts Puts the Frighteners on Eli
September 6, 2015 0

Richard Betts Puts the Frighteners on Eli

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— Gavin Schmidt (@ClimateOfGavin) September 4, 2015 and Eli had a few things to say along that line.  Eli and Gavin were not pleased by Richard Betts’ tweeting, and perhaps in response, he posted some remarks on Facebook September 4: If global greenhouse gas emissions do not begin to decline in the next few years, the chances are that global warming will exceed the 2°C “guardrail†that the EU and UN aim to stay below. HELIX is researching the impacts of higher warming levels, specifically 4°C and 6°C

If the Foo Shits
September 3, 2015 0

If the Foo Shits

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Tweet Stefan Rahmstorf has been having fun analyzing Bjorn Lomborg’s scientific publication record.  Stefan has not been impressed, 20 publications, 54 total citations and an h index of 3 using the Thompson Reuters Web of Science

Dear Bishop Hill: read your links. Also, take a look at this graph.
August 29, 2015 0

Dear Bishop Hill: read your links. Also, take a look at this graph.

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And Stern 2015 : …Professor Stern, the chair of the Grantham research institute on climate change and the environment, said that it was a false dichotomy to posit growth against climate action. “To portray them as in conflict is to misunderstand economic development and the opportunities that we now have to move to the low-carbon economy,†he said. “To pretend otherwise is diversionary and indeed creates an ‘artificial horse race’ which can cause real damage to the prospects for agreement.†Green parties in Europe have often argued that decarbonisation requires an end to the model of economic growth “at all costsâ€

Brother Tap
August 27, 2015 0

Brother Tap

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Eli Rabett Eli Rabett Eli Rabett is a not quite failed professorial techno-bunny, a chair election from retirement, at a wanna be research university that has a lot to be proud of but has swallowed the Kool-Aid. The students are naive but great and the administrators vary day-to-day between homicidal and delusional.

What Climate Change Adaptation Looks Like
August 26, 2015 0

What Climate Change Adaptation Looks Like

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Eli Rabett Eli Rabett Eli Rabett is a not quite failed professorial techno-bunny, a chair election from retirement, at a wanna be research university that has a lot to be proud of but has swallowed the Kool-Aid. The students are naive but great and the administrators vary day-to-day between homicidal and delusional.

Open Thread – Meta Climate Division
August 23, 2015 0

Open Thread – Meta Climate Division

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Tweet Some things which caught Eli’s Eye, but, it being summer, only a few comments from the meadow are likely. – Andy Revkin don’t take criticism lightly and is not above manipulating a few words to benefit his self image

August 18, 2015 0

Time Series Homeopathy

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Tweet Recently Doug Keenan has again taken up the cudgels against the Met Office with backing from the usual suspects and indeed, the Met Office has taken a decision not to engage further.   While the Met Office thinks  that some things Keenan says are interesting and very brave, with the greatest respect and they will hear what he says and bear it in mind, well, they choose not to devote further time to dealing with him.  A feature of these attacks are Keenan’s claims that the best time series analysts tend to be in finance ( see comment ).

The End of This Road
August 16, 2015 0

The End of This Road

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Many have remarked about how hot the world is this year.  Not too surprising given the shift to a strong El Nino, with the global temperature anomaly moving up.