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The Beginners Guide to Representative Concentration Pathways - Part 2 27 Aug 2013 | 10:35 am
This post is part 2 of a three part series exploring the Representative Concentration Pathway (RCP) scenarios that have replaced the IPCC Special Report on Emissions Scenarios (SRES). Part 1 is availa...
2013 SkS Weekly Digest #34 25 Aug 2013 | 12:56 pm
SkS Highlights John Cook's Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: Closing the Consensus Gap generated the most buzz (number of comments) of the articles posted on SkS this past week. It is a summary of C...
2013 SkS Weekly News Roundup #34B 24 Aug 2013 | 02:35 pm
Are Americans ready to rebel over climate? Are we cooling our way to a warmer planet? Australia's flooding rains briefly slowed sea level rise Climate change: speaking the unspeakable Fears for se...
Fasullo (2013) Seeks Some Levelheadedness Regarding Sea Level Variability 23 Aug 2013 | 09:20 pm
In 2011 an anomalous drop in sea level occurred that was so strong that the altimeter-era trend of about +3.2 mm/yr was temporarily reversed (Fig. 1). The drop was the largest to occur in the altimete...
2013 SkS News Bulletin #16: Leaked IPCC Report 23 Aug 2013 | 01:03 am
5 terrifying statements in the leaked climate report Carbon emissions sure to prompt rise of sea levels Climate change deniers live in ignorant bliss as seas keep rising Climate leaks are 'misleadi...
Carbon Economics and the Cost of Inaction 22 Aug 2013 | 05:17 pm
This post is a new 'basic' level rebuttal of the myth: "CO2 limits will damage economic growth." What the science says: the costs of inaction far outweigh the costs of mitigation. If climate change....
2013 SkS Weekly News Roundup #34A 22 Aug 2013 | 01:38 am
AGU’s new climate change statement emphasizes human role Carbon capture and storage: global warming panacea, or fossil fuel pipe dream? China's voyage of discovery to cross the less frozen north Co...
Coumou & Robinson on Extreme Heat: Choose Your Own Adventure 21 Aug 2013 | 11:52 am
Dim Coumou and Alexander Robinson from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research have published a paper in Environmental Research Letters (open access, free to download) examining the frequenc...
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: Closing the Consensus Gap 20 Aug 2013 | 05:04 pm
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists is a prestigious journal, established in 1945 to warn the public about the consequences of using nuclear weapons. They've published the writings of Hans Bethe, Al...
2012: One of the 10 Warmest Years on Record 19 Aug 2013 | 03:11 pm
This article is a reprint of a news release posted by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) on Aug 6, 2013. The end of weak La Niña, unprecedented Arctic warmth influenced 2...
