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Spanish Expedition
I have returned from Madrid, where the conference went moderately well. My part was acceptable, but I could have done a better job, which I'll explain in a moment. Iberia…
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Afternoon at GISS
Tim Hall at the Goddard Institute for Space Studies invited me to give a seminar on statistical hurricane modeling. A link to my presentation is below. Tim, with Stephen Jewson,…
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Heartland Climate Conference Summary
This is an editorial that I sent out to various places. I am one of the scientists that attended the recent Heartland Climate Conference in Manhattan, where I live. It…
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Heartland conference: day 2
In the morning, there were enormous piles of bacon, which is, as all competent doctor's should recommend, the best way to start a day. Robert Balling of Arizona State gave…
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Heartland conference: day 1
For the next three days, I'll be reporting on the Heartland Conference on Climate Change. Day started late with a cash bar at the at the Marquis hotel. I live…
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People take off their shirts when it gets hot: peer-reviewed study
I am finding it difficult to breathe after reading this abstract from a peer-reviewed scholarly article in a respected journal1. This paper describes the application of a methodology designed to…
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An excuse I hadn’t thought of
A few weeks ago I speculated what would happen if human-caused significant global warming (AGW) turned out to be false. There might be a number of people who will refuse…
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Consensus in science
In 1914, there was a consensus among geologists that the earth under our feet was permanently fixed, and that it was absurd to think it could be otherwise. But in…