The end of our warm interglacial
“Evidence is increasing, therefore, that a rapid reorganisation of atmospheric and ocean circulation (time-scales of several decades or more) can occur during inter-glacial periods without human interference.” from IPCC TAR - Working Group I: The Scientific Basis Image licensed under CC-BY: Becker, D., Verheul, J., Zickel, M., Willmes, C. (2015): LGM paleoenvironment of Europe - Map. CRC806-Database, DOI: 10.5880/SFB806.15 A lot has been said about why our current ice age (yes, we live in an ice age) has warmer periods roughly every 100000 years called interglacials.
Climatechange · English · Globalwarming · Uncategorized
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Climate variability in Northern Europe
A report from the World Bank is making rounds in media today. While portraying catastrophic scenarios, it contains no new actual research and is simply extrapolating statistical possibilities. Unfortunately the media headlines aren’t really reflecting the content - not unusual regardless of the topic. However, it does give me an opportunity to post about some actual research that has taken place since the last IPCC report, while we wait for the new one to come out next year.
Climatechange · Globalwarming · Scandinavia · Science · Uncategorized
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An availability cascade is a self-sustaining chain of events, which may start from media reports of a relatively minor event and lead up to public panic and large-scale government action. On some occasions, a media story about a risk catches the attention of a segment of the public, which becomes aroused and worried. This emotional reaction becomes a story in itself, prompting additional coverage in the media, which in turn produces greater concern and involvement.
Book · Climatechange · Consciousness · English · Globalwarming · Science · Uncategorized
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Here is the text broken up into paragraphs: In our daily exposure to science, we’ve been told that there exists a quality metric that allows us to distinguish between "bad science" and "good science". Peer review; the concept of scientific works being sent to certain publications, where editors then asks other scientists in (hopefully) related fields for their opinions, and if the paper "passes" it will be published. Some publications are taken to be "better" than others at this, and there’s a sense of pride and justification between scientists depending on how many papers, and where, they’ve managed to get published through the peer review process.
Climatechange · English · Globalwarming · Media · Science · Uncategorized
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You’re not charging me - I choose to pay
I’m currently paying [a group of people](http://www.piratpartiet.se/international/english "a group of people") to further a political agenda I find important I’m currently paying [someone](http://www.henrik-alexandersson.se/ "someone") to continue digging into the facts behind important political decisions I’m currently paying [the initiator of a cause](http://wattsupwiththat.com/ "the initiator of a cause") to continue exposing myths that otherwise might be used as support in creating an authoritarian super-state or economic system … by choice It’s likely that I would be doing the same with other things as well, music and various forms of entertainment comes to mind, if opportunity arose.
Business · Climatechange · English · Fascism · Globalwarming · P2p · Pirateparty · Uncategorized
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…is this diagram. It’s from [probably the best climate blog](http://wattsupwiththat.wordpress.com/2008/06/15/more-signs-of-the-sun-slowing-down/ "probably the best climate blog") I’ve ever read, and while there’s no question of the author’s own opinions it’s very well researched throughout. [While I’ve claimed](http://blog.troed.se/2007/03/16/its-the-sun-dammit/ "While I’ve claimed") the sun to be the culprit behind not only most other climate shifts in history, but also the latest slight warming (that stopped in 1998!), it’s from reading Watt’s entries I’ve become more than sure.
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“Thus, we need to abandon the Kyoto process”
I’ve just spent 1.5h this day before Christmas Eve doing something I wholeheartedly recommend everyone else to do as well - reading Bjorn Lomborg’s book on climate change. Named “Cool It” (and yes, while I am a quick reader it is quite short) it makes an excellent case explaining that even though humans indeed cause some of the climate change in the world our response to that should be to basically continue on the same path as we already are instead of throwing money on projects like Kyoto that actually might cause more harm than good.
Book · Climatechange · English · Globalwarming · Uncategorized
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I’ve just finished watching The Great Global Warming Swindle - a Channel 4 documentary that basically states that something we’ve begun taking for granted, is really resting on shaky scientific grounds. YouTube link Key arguments: CO2 in the atmosphere lags behind temperature changes by about 800 years. It’s the old "correlation does not equal causation" again - there might indeed be causation between CO2 and temperature, it’s just the other way around.
Climatechange · English · Globalwarming · Uncategorized
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