Week in review – science & policy edition

by Judith Curry

A few things that caught my eye this past week.

New study finds most of East ice sheet should remain stable. [link]

Linking global temperature and Arctic sea ice changes [link]

On the possible contribution of natural climatic fluctuations to the global warming of the last 135 years [link]  Punchline: half

Identification of the driving forces of climate change using the longest instrumental temperature record [link] Punchline: solar, El Nino

An astonishing Antarctic ice core could give us new insights into the Earth’s atmosphere from 2,700,000 years ago: [link]

Bias in ground-truths can lead to an overestimation of albedo by up to 10%, a study finds. [link]

Observations, Reanalyses and the Elusive Absolute Global Mean Temperature [link]

Linking the Tropical N Hemisphere Pattern to the Pacific Warm Blob and Atlantic Cold Blob [link]

On the inherent predictability of precipitation across the United States [link]

China: Warm periods in the 20th century are not unprecedented during the last 2,000 years [link]

Scientists have discovered 91 more volcanoes lurking beneath the melting West Antarctic Ice Sheet. [link]

Ocean-induced melt beneath Petermann Glacier Ice Shelf in Northwestern Greenland [link]

Evidence for ice-ocean albedo feedback in the Arctic Ocean shifting to a seasonal ice zone [link]

Internal and external forcing of multidecadal Atlantic climate variability over the past 1200 years [link]

Contribution to sea level rise from the melting of ice sheets & glaciers has increased significantly in last 10 yrs [link]

Excellent article: Peter Bauer explains past, present and future of climate modeling towards in a European setting [link]

Connecting Tropical Climate Change with Southern Ocean Heat Uptake [link]

Remote control of the North Atlantic Oscillation predictability via the stratosphere [link]

Impact of Volcanic Aerosols on Stratospheric Ozone Recovery [link]

Space and time variability of the Southern Ocean carbon budget [link]

Three-dimensional Southern Ocean upwelling pathways [link]

Contributions of climate feedbacks to changes in atmospheric circulation [link]

Dodgy greenhouse gas data threatens Paris accord [link]

Atmospheric circulation and hydroclimate impacts of alternative warming scenarios for the Eocene [link]

Proistosescu and Huybers followup:  Sensible questions on climate sensitivity [link]

Astrophysicists explain the mysterious behavior of cosmic rays [link]

Draft IPCC  Working Group I AR6 outline submitted to the Plenary for consideration. Outline and background info: [link]

Impacts and adaptation

New global analysis shows that urban floods are intensifying, countryside drying up [link]

‘s inferno: how will the world’s hottest city survive climate change? [link]

Long-term trends in daily temperature extremes in Iraq [link]

NE U.S. at particular risk for effects of climate hazards. [link]

Global Warming Reality Check: India’s Foodgrain Output Up 5-Fold In 60 Years [link]

Uncertainty of climate change impacts on long-term hydropower generation—case of Ecuador [link]

The Radical Plan to Cool Down Los Angeles as the World Heats Up [link]

It wasn’t Florida’s imagination–sea level rise really did get worse recently. [link]

Potential to save lives with heat warning forecasts in Bangladesh: [link]

Social, hydro-ecological and climatic change in the southwest coastal region of Bangladesh [link]

From Basket Case to Test Case: Bangladesh as a “Weak Power” Climate Leader [link]

How climate change impacted Viking societies [link]

Pielke Jr: ‘World is presently in an era of unusually low weather disasters’ [link]

Social science & policy

“What Are Oceans Laws Trying to Protect?”[link]

An alternative framework for negotiating climate policies [link]

This is a solid analysis of the uber-politicization of the climate issue in the US. [link]

Decision support method for GHG emission management in industries [link]

Extreme insurance and the dynamics of risk [link]

About science

Tracing the links between basic research and real-world applications [link]

How far should you go to secure academic impact in policy making? [link]

 

via Climate Etc.

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August 19, 2017 at 12:54PM

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