Category: geophysics

• David Suzuki on the 59th minute and exponential growth

  astronomy . astrophysics . biology . bridge to nowhere . carbon dioxide . carbon dioxide capture . Carl Sagan . citizenship . civilization . climate . climate change . climate education . demand-side solutions . ecology . economics . engineering . environment . ethics . forecasting . geophysics . IPCC . mathematics . maths . meteorology . physics . population biology . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science . science education . sociology . statistics

  Jan 31.2015
• The designers of our climate

  astrophysics . bridge to nowhere . carbon dioxide . carbon dioxide capture . carbon dioxide sequestration . Carbon Tax . Carl Sagan . citizenship . civilization . climate . climate change . climate education . differential equations . ecology . economics . engineering . environment . ethics . forecasting . fossil fuel divestment . geoengineering . geophysics . humanism . IPCC . mathematics . mathematics education . maths . meteorology . methane . NASA . NCAR . Neill deGrasse Tyson . NOAA . oceanography . open data . open source scientific software . physics . politics . population biology . Principles of Planetary Climate . probabilistic programming . R . rationality . reasonableness . reproducible research . risk . science . science education . scientific publishing . sociology . solar power . statistics . testing . the right to know

  Jan 27.2015
• Nor’easter

  environment . forecasting . geophysics . meteorology . NOAA . oceanography . risk . statistics

  Jan 25.2015
• It’s the Trend, Stupid

  carbon dioxide . citizen science . climate . climate change . climate education . ecology . energy . environment . forecasting . geophysics . history . mathematics . mathematics education . maths . meteorology . NOAA . obfuscating data . physics . rationality . reasonableness . science . science education . statistics . Uncategorized

  Jan 20.2015
• US$60/ton of Carbon

  carbon dioxide . carbon dioxide capture . carbon dioxide sequestration . Carbon Tax . civilization . climate . climate change . climate education . ecology . economics . efficiency . engineering . environment . fossil fuel divestment . geoengineering . geophysics . IPCC . meteorology . physics . science . science education

  Jan 16.2015
• Where are sea levels? Why? And things which affect measurements

  astronomy . astrophysics . climate . climate change . climate education . ecology . environment . forecasting . geophysics . meteorology . NOAA . oceanography . physics . rationality . reasonableness . science . science education . statistics

  Jan 14.2015
• Hestia: A glimpse at greenhouse gas emissions enforcement

  bridge to nowhere . carbon dioxide . Carbon Tax . citizen science . citizenship . civilization . climate . climate change . climate education . conservation . consumption . decentralized electric power generation . demand-side solutions . ecology . economics . education . efficiency . energy reduction . engineering . environment . ethics . fossil fuel divestment . geophysics . investing . investment in wind and solar energy . IPCC . meteorology . methane . natural gas . NOAA . oceanography . physics . politics . population biology . Principles of Planetary Climate . rationality . reasonableness . science . science education . sociology . solar power . statistics . wind power

  Jan 13.2015
• AIP’s surprisingly good summary of climate change, in detail

  astronomy . astrophysics . bridge to nowhere . carbon dioxide . Carl Sagan . civilization . climate . climate change . climate education . environment . forecasting . geophysics . IPCC . meteorology . NASA . NOAA . oceanography . physics . Principles of Planetary Climate . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science . science education

  Jan 8.2015
• “Atmospheric lifetime of fossil fuel carbon dioxide” (2009)

  astrophysics . carbon dioxide . carbon dioxide capture . carbon dioxide sequestration . Carbon Tax . chemistry . citizenship . civilization . climate . climate education . conservation . consumption . demand-side solutions . differential equations . ecology . economics . education . energy . energy reduction . engineering . environment . fossil fuel divestment . geoengineering . geophysics . IPCC . meteorology . methane . natural gas . NCAR . NOAA . oceanography . physics . Principles of Planetary Climate . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science . science education

  Jan 6.2015
• More on ice sheets and 400 ppm CO2

  carbon dioxide . carbon dioxide capture . carbon dioxide sequestration . Carbon Tax . citizen science . citizenship . civilization . climate . climate education . conservation . ecology . environment . forecasting . geophysics . meteorology . oceanography . physics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science . science education . the right to know

  Jan 4.2015
• On nested equivalence classes of climate models, ordered by computational complexity

  approximate Bayesian computation . Bayes . Bayesian . biology . ecology . environment . forecasting . geophysics . IPCC . mathematics . maths . MCMC . meteorology . NCAR . NOAA . oceanography . optimization . population biology . Principles of Planetary Climate . probabilistic programming . R . science . stochastic algorithms . stochastic search

  Jan 2.2015
• climate internal variability is just residual variance from modeling with a smooth curve?

  cat1 . citizen science . climate . climate education . forecasting . geophysics . mathematics . mathematics education . maths . meteorology . physics . rationality . reasonableness . science . statistics

  Dec 27.2014
• struggling with problems already partly solved by others

  approximate Bayesian computation . Bayes . Bayesian . biology . climate . climate education . differential equations . ecology . engineering . environment . geophysics . IPCC . mathematics . mathematics education . meteorology . model comparison . NCAR . NOAA . oceanography . physics . population biology . probabilistic programming . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science . science education . statistics . stochastic algorithms . stochastic search

  Dec 26.2014
• “… making a big assumption …”

  Bayes . Bayesian . climate . climate education . environment . geophysics . information theoretic statistics . mathematics . maths . meteorology . model comparison . oceanography . physics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . statistics

  Dec 25.2014
• Understanding mechanisms in climate over short periods and in local regions

  carbon dioxide . climate . climate education . differential equations . ecology . energy . environment . forecasting . geophysics . IPCC . mathematics . mathematics education . maths . meteorology . NCAR . NOAA . oceanography . physics . rationality . reasonableness . science . statistics . stochastic algorithms

  Dec 23.2014
• “Can we trust climate models?”

  Bayes . Bayesian . climate . climate education . differential equations . ecology . forecasting . geophysics . IPCC . mathematics education . meteorology . NCAR . NOAA . physics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science . science education . statistics . stochastic algorithms

  Dec 20.2014
• carbon dioxide

  carbon dioxide . climate . environment . geophysics . meteorology . physics . science . the right to know

  Dec 18.2014
• Direct Air Capture of Carbon Dioxide

  carbon dioxide . carbon dioxide capture . carbon dioxide sequestration . civilization . climate . climate education . consumption . economics . efficiency . energy . engineering . environment . ethics . geoengineering . geophysics . physics . politics . rationality . reasonableness . risk

  Dec 12.2014
• Bloomberg on why gasoline consumption isn’t soaring with drop in oil prices

  carbon dioxide . citizenship . climate . conservation . consumption . demand-side solutions . ecology . economics . energy . energy reduction . environment . fossil fuel divestment . geophysics . humanism . investing . investment in wind and solar energy . meteorology . politics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . wind power

  Dec 11.2014
• Climate Science: What You Need To Know

  astronomy . astrophysics . carbon dioxide . chemistry . citizen science . citizenship . civilization . climate . climate education . consumption . ecology . economics . education . energy . engineering . environment . forecasting . fossil fuel divestment . geophysics . humanism . investment in wind and solar energy . meteorology . methane . NOAA . oceanography . physics . politics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science . science education . scientific publishing . solar power . the right to know . wind power

  Dec 11.2014
• Climate Variability Diagnostics Package

  climate . differential equations . engineering . environment . geophysics . mathematics . maths . meteorology . NCAR . NOAA . physics . science . statistics . testing

  Dec 9.2014
• Exciting if improbable news

  biology . Boston Ethical Society . carbon dioxide . carbon dioxide capture . carbon dioxide sequestration . Carbon Tax . citizenship . civilization . climate . climate education . consumption . ecology . economics . energy . energy reduction . environment . fossil fuel divestment . geophysics . investing . investment in wind and solar energy . IPCC . meteorology . methane . nuclear power . oceanography . physics . politics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . solar power . wind power

  Dec 8.2014
• example of Bayesian inversion

  Bayesian . climate education . ecology . environment . forecasting . geophysics . Gibbs Sampling . JAGS . mathematics . maths . MCMC . physics . probabilistic programming . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science . statistics

  Dec 7.2014
• extrapolations

  carbon dioxide . climate . climate education . conservation . consumption . demand-side solutions . ecology . economics . energy reduction . engineering . environment . forecasting . fossil fuel divestment . geophysics . humanism . investment in wind and solar energy . mathematics . maths . meteorology . NOAA . oceanography . physics . politics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science . statistics

  Dec 4.2014
• El Nino, the scientific story (by Daniel Gross)

  climate . differential equations . energy . environment . forecasting . geophysics . mathematics . maths . meteorology . NASA . NOAA . oceanography . physics . rationality . reasonableness . science . statistics

  Dec 4.2014
• “A pause or not a pause, that is the question.”

  climate . climate education . environment . forecasting . geophysics . mathematical publishing . mathematics . maths . meteorology . obfuscating data . physics . rationality . reasonableness . science . statistics . Uncategorized

  Dec 4.2014
• “Bank of England to examine financial risks linked to fossil fuels”

  carbon dioxide . Carbon Tax . citizenship . civilization . climate . consumption . demand-side solutions . education . efficiency . energy . environment . forecasting . fossil fuel divestment . geophysics . investing . oceanography . physics . politics . rationality . reasonableness . science

  Dec 3.2014
• Terminate Climate Change

  climate . climate education . environment . geophysics . meteorology . physics . politics . rationality . reasonableness . science . Uncategorized

  Dec 3.2014
• Tsonis, Swanson, chaos, and “s__t happens” (slightly revised and expanded)

  climate . geophysics . physics . science

  Dec 1.2014
• Culpable?

  climate . climate education . environment . ethics . forecasting . geophysics . meteorology . NOAA . physics . rationality . reasonableness . science

  Nov 30.2014