Category: geophysics

• The CWSLab workflow tool: an experiment in community code development

  climate . climate education . climate models . computation . differential equations . dynamical systems . environment . forecasting . geophysics . global warming . IPCC . mathematics . mathematics education . maths . meteorology . model comparison . NCAR . oceanography . open source scientific software . physics . Principles of Planetary Climate . Python 3 . rationality . reasonableness . science . science education . state-space models . statistics . time series . transparency

  Jun 2.2015
• “Feedback temperature dependence determines the risk of high warming”

  bifurcations . Cauchy distribution . chance . climate . climate change . climate disruption . climate education . differential equations . dynamical systems . ecology . environment . forecasting . geophysics . global warming . mathematics . maths . meteorology . physics . Principles of Planetary Climate . rationality . Ray Pierrehumbert . science

  Jun 2.2015
• “All large oil companies now use a shadow price of carbon”

  carbon dioxide . Carbon Tax . citizenship . clean disruption . climate . climate change . climate disruption . decentralized energy . economics . energy . environment . exponential growth . forecasting . fossil fuel divestment . geophysics . global warming . investing . investment in wind and solar energy . meteorology . natural gas . physics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science . science education . temporal myopia . zero carbon

  Jun 1.2015
• on the state of New England wind power

  climate change . climate disruption . geophysics . hurricanes . meteorology . nor’easters . oceanography . rationality . reasonableness . science education . sea level rise . WHOI . wind power

  Jun 1.2015
• carbon dioxide and saturation

  astrophysics . carbon dioxide . chemistry . climate . climate change . climate disruption . climate education . climate zombies . geophysics . meteorology . physics . Ray Pierrehumbert . science . science education

  May 31.2015
• A promise forward …

  chance . citizenship . ecology . ENSO . environment . floods . forecasting . geophysics . meteorology . politics . precipitation . rationality . state-space models . statistics . stochastics

  May 24.2015
• “Response” (to “…I would be interested to see how one can prove from such varying data that the warming has accelerated over time”), by Tamino

  anemic data . Anthropocene . carbon dioxide . chance . climate . climate change . climate disruption . climate education . denial . ecology . education . forecasting . geophysics . global warming . maths . obfuscating data . open data . physics . politics . rationality . science . science education . sea level rise . statistics . sustainability . time series

  May 19.2015
• The pending disintegration of the Larsen B Ice Shelf, Antarctica

  Antarctica . carbon dioxide . climate . climate change . climate disruption . environment . geophysics . global warming . meteorology . NOAA . oceanography . physics . rationality . reasonableness . science . science education . sea level rise . statistics . Uncategorized . WAIS

  May 15.2015
• Climate Scientist Katharine Hayhoe

  carbon dioxide . citizenship . civilization . climate . climate change . ecology . geophysics . risk . science . sociology . the right to know . UU Humanists

  May 13.2015
• Brian Swett discusses Boston’s climate future | NOAA Climate.gov

  Boston . climate change . climate disruption . ecology . economics . environment . forecasting . geophysics . global warming . history . investment in wind and solar energy . living shorelines . mass transit . meteorology . NOAA . oceanography . physics . politics . population biology . Principles of Planetary Climate . public transport . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science . science education . sea level rise . sociology . statistics . temporal myopia . the right to know . time series . wind power . zero carbon

  May 10.2015
• “Hot Water”, from Tamino

  bridge to nowhere . citizenship . civilization . climate . climate change . environment . ethics . geophysics . living shorelines . meteorology . oceanography . politics . rationality . reasonableness . science . science education . sea level rise . temporal myopia . the right to know

  May 10.2015
• Oklahoma: Not OK

  bridge to nowhere . carbon dioxide . citizen science . citizenship . clean disruption . climate . climate change . climate education . education . environment . ethics . forecasting . fossil fuel divestment . fracking . geophysics . maths . natural gas . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science . statistics . time series

  Apr 24.2015
• Eli Rabett on the APS “Draft Statement on Earth’s Changing Climate”

  carbon dioxide . Carbon Tax . chemistry . citizenship . civilization . climate . climate change . climate education . diffusion processes . ecology . environment . fossil fuel divestment . geophysics . meteorology . methane . NCAR . NOAA . oceanography . open data . politics . Principles of Planetary Climate . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science . science education . Scripps Institution of Oceanography . sea level rise . solar power . testing . the right to know . time series . WHOI . wind power

  Apr 21.2015
• “Climate Change, the Elevator Pitch”

  Antarctica . Arctic . astrophysics . carbon dioxide . citizenship . civilization . climate . climate change . climate education . consumption . geophysics . IPCC . meteorology . NCAR . physics . Principles of Planetary Climate . rationality . Ray Pierrehumbert . risk . science . science education . statistics

  Apr 13.2015
• “Women in Oceanography”, on WHOI’s R/V Knorr; “Ice, Eddies, and Climate Change” by Scripps’ Pinkel

  Antarctica . Arctic . carbon dioxide . climate . climate change . climate education . ecology . environment . geophysics . IPCC . meteorology . oceanography . physics . science . Scripps Institution of Oceanography . sea level rise . WHOI

  Apr 12.2015
• Earth Day, my hope

  carbon dioxide . Carl Sagan . Charles Darwin . citizen science . citizenship . civilization . clean disruption . climate . climate change . climate education . compassion . conservation . Darwin Day . demand-side solutions . ecology . economics . education . efficiency . energy reduction . environment . ethics . forecasting . fossil fuel divestment . geophysics . history . humanism . investing . investment in wind and solar energy . IPCC . mathematics . maths . meteorology . NCAR . NOAA . oceanography . open data . open source scientific software . physics . politics . population biology . Principles of Planetary Climate . privacy . probit regression . R . rationality . Ray Pierrehumbert . reasonableness . reproducible research . risk . science . science education . scientific publishing . Scripps Institution of Oceanography . sociology . the right to know . Unitarian Universalism . UU Humanists . WHOI . wind power

  Apr 9.2015
• 2014

  Anthropocene . carbon dioxide . citizenship . civilization . climate . climate change . climate education . consumption . ecology . economics . environment . forecasting . fossil fuel divestment . geophysics . IPCC . meteorology . NOAA . oceanography . physics . population biology . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science . science education . sea level rise . statistics . time series

  Mar 27.2015
• Twelvefold acceleration in Antarctic shelf ice loss over two decades

  Antarctica . Anthropocene . carbon dioxide . civilization . climate . climate change . climate education . environment . geophysics . oceanography . physics . rationality . science . sea level rise . spatial statistics . statistics . WAIS . WHOI

  Mar 27.2015
• “Human activity has nothing big enough to affect Earth”

  Anthropocene . biology . bridge to nowhere . carbon dioxide . Carbon Tax . citizenship . civilization . climate . climate change . climate education . consumption . ecology . economics . energy . energy reduction . engineering . environment . ethics . fossil fuel divestment . geophysics . history . investing . investment in wind and solar energy . IPCC . meteorology . methane . natural gas . notes . open data . physics . politics . population biology . reasonableness . risk . science . science education . solar power . statistics . the right to know . time series . wind power

  Mar 14.2015
• Dynamic Linear Models package, dlmodeler

  Bayesian . geophysics . mathematics . maths . oceanography . open source scientific software . Python 3 . R . science . sea level rise . state-space models . statistics . stochastic algorithms . time series

  Mar 13.2015
• Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, online Nuclear Notebook

  Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists . Carl Sagan . citizenship . civilization . climate . ecology . ethics . geophysics . meteorology . nuclear weapons . open data . open source scientific software . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science

  Mar 6.2015
• Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and Woods Hole, in deep winter

  geophysics . NOAA . oceanography . WHOI

  Mar 3.2015
• “Merchants of Doubt: What Climate Deniers Learned from Big Tobacco”

  carbon dioxide . climate . climate change . climate education . ecology . economics . education . environment . ethics . fossil fuel divestment . geophysics . history . humanism . investing . IPCC . meteorology . new forms of scientific peer review . obfuscating data . physics . politics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science . science education . scientific publishing . sociology

  Feb 26.2015
• “I don’t want Earth to look like Venus”

  astronomy . astrophysics . Carl Sagan . civilization . climate . climate change . climate education . education . geophysics . meteorology . Neill deGrasse Tyson . oceanography . physics . Principles of Planetary Climate . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science . science education . sea level rise

  Feb 18.2015
• Warming is proportional to CUMULATIVE CARBON EMISSIONS, not emission intensity

  astrophysics . carbon dioxide . climate . climate change . climate education . consumption . differential equations . ecology . engineering . environment . forecasting . geophysics . IPCC . mathematics . maths . meteorology . oceanography . physics . Principles of Planetary Climate . reasonableness . risk . science

  Feb 16.2015
• “Barking mad”

  astrophysics . bridge to nowhere . carbon dioxide . carbon dioxide capture . carbon dioxide sequestration . Carbon Tax . citizenship . civilization . climate . climate change . climate education . demand-side solutions . diffusion processes . ecology . economics . engineering . environment . ethics . forecasting . games of chance . geoengineering . geophysics . history . humanism . IPCC . meteorology . NCAR . NOAA . oceanography . physics . Principles of Planetary Climate . rationality . Ray Pierrehumbert . reasonableness . science . science education . sea level rise . the right to know

  Feb 10.2015
• Richard Muller: “I Was Wrong On Global Warming, But It Didn’t Convince The ‘Sceptics’”

  astrophysics . Bayes . carbon dioxide . citizenship . civilization . climate . climate change . climate education . differential equations . ecology . environment . geoengineering . geophysics . IPCC . mathematics . maths . meteorology . model comparison . NASA . NCAR . NOAA . oceanography . physics . population biology . rationality . Ray Pierrehumbert . reasonableness . reproducible research . risk . science . science education . sea level rise . the right to know

  Feb 9.2015
• The B-Team

  astrophysics . biology . Boston Ethical Society . carbon dioxide . carbon dioxide capture . carbon dioxide sequestration . Carbon Tax . citizenship . civilization . climate . climate change . climate education . compassion . conservation . consumption . demand-side solutions . ecology . economics . environment . ethics . forecasting . geoengineering . geophysics . investing . investment in wind and solar energy . IPCC . meteorology . NOAA . oceanography . physics . rationality . reasonableness . science . sociology . the right to know . wind power

  Feb 6.2015
• Models don’t over-estimate warming?

  astrophysics . carbon dioxide . chemistry . citizen science . citizenship . civilization . climate . climate change . climate education . differential equations . diffusion processes . ecology . education . energy . forecasting . geophysics . IPCC . mathematics . meteorology . model comparison . NASA . NCAR . NOAA . oceanography . physics . Principles of Planetary Climate . rationality . Ray Pierrehumbert . reasonableness . science . statistics . the right to know

  Feb 2.2015
• engineering and understanding with stable models

  approximate Bayesian computation . Bayesian . citizen science . climate . climate change . climate education . differential equations . diffusion processes . ecology . economics . forecasting . geophysics . information theoretic statistics . IPCC . mathematics . mathematics education . maths . meteorology . model comparison . NOAA . oceanography . physics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science . science education . stochastic search . the right to know

  Feb 2.2015