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I've been using Google Reader recently, following the lamented death of Planet Fleck, and I suppose I have to admit its better.
Here are some "shared items" if, for some reason, you want to read what I read.
August 31, 2007
Category: septic tripe
For a long time the AAPG enjoyed the dubious distinction of being the only organisation with any kind of scientific credibility that maintained an officially septic position on climate change, as reported by the official journal of record, wikipedia. That...
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Posted by William M. Connolley at 5:15 PM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: septic tripe
Tim Lambert provides the abstract of Zhen-Shan and Xian; MW was kind enough to send the text. I've seen it before... probably via Monckton or one of the std.septic channels. Lambert describes it as "just a rubbish paper that should...
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Posted by William M. Connolley at 8:32 AM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 30, 2007
Category: climate science
Two sources point me towards a Neville Nicholls letter about a 35 year old paper by Sawyer, but Inel gets the hat tip. Nicholls uses the paper to demonstrate that concern about GW is nothing new (it also blows the...
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Posted by William M. Connolley at 5:53 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: septic tripe
Back to the septic tripe I fear (thanks Fergus). From dailytech.com, whatever that is, we have someone "updating Oreskes". And the work has been submitted to... yes you guessed it, E+E. Bit of a hint there re quality. Does this...
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Posted by William M. Connolley at 7:07 AM • 22 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 29, 2007
Category: septic tripe
Have a look at this edit, where Lumidek loses his rag. Slightly less wacko, but not losing touch with the septic, the AAPG seems to be coming closer to reality whilst being careful not to get there. Meanwhile someone calling...
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Posted by William M. Connolley at 6:07 PM • 10 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: climate communication
There have been various attempts to survey scientists opinions about climate change. Wiki has an article on this: Scientific opinion on climate change. Check the recent history for another attempt... :-) All of these attempts have various methodological problems which...
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Posted by William M. Connolley at 9:35 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 24, 2007
Category: climate communication
NERC has a new strategy draft out (I think its public - if you can't read it, its not...). And it has an ambitious goal: UK to lead the world in the prediction of the regional and local impacts of...
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Posted by William M. Connolley at 5:03 AM • 13 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 23, 2007
Category: wikipedia
From The Onion, Hard To Tell If Wikipedia Entry On Dada Has Been Vandalized Or Not. Sadly the actual article is boringly factual (or it was; I've had a go at improving it but I doubt it will last. I...
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Posted by William M. Connolley at 5:12 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: climate communication
I'm now hopelessly confused about the distinction between climate projection and prediction. I used to be happy with what I thought was the case: that given the range in model results, and no good way of knowing the best, calling...
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Posted by William M. Connolley at 12:22 PM • 18 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 21, 2007
Category: photo
We recently visited Bayeux, to see the famous tapestry, but I thought the cathedral was better. And its free! So I shall bore you with my photos, if you click here....
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Posted by William M. Connolley at 5:57 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks