SkS Weekly Digest #27

SkS Highlights

Two original articles adressing hot-button issues were posted by Dana. The first, Climategate 2.0 in Context - Solar Warming, adresses a query from Rob Wilson to Tim Osborn in 2005 regarding the solar contribution to relatively recent global warming.  The second, Temporarily Frozen Planet, Permanently Frozen Objectivity, deals with a set of myths and misconceptions recently promulgated by Nigel Lawson, a British former conservative politician and journalist.  

Toon of the Week

 Kudos to jg, SkS's resident artist.

The Week in Review

 Here's a list of the articles posted on SkS during the past week.

  • Separating signal and noise in climate warming by John Hartz
  • La Niña reappears: still weak, but expected to slightly strengthen by John Hartz
  • Temporarily Frozen Planet, Permanently Frozen Objectivity by Dana
  • Climategate 2.0 in Context - Solar Warming by Dana
  • 2011: World’s 10th warmest year, warmest year with La Niña event, lowest Arctic sea ice volume by John Hartz
  • Changing the Direction of the Climate by Andy S
  • Peter Hadfield addresses the recent email release by Rob Honeycutt
  • Climate Solutions by Daniel Bailey by Daniel Bailey
  • Klimafakten.de - Leveraging Skeptical Science content by Baerbel W
  • Economic Growth and Climate Change Part 2 - Sustainable Growth - An Economic Oxymoron? by Perseus
  • Coming Soon

    Here's a list of articles that are in the  SkS pipeline. Most, but not necessarily all, will be posted during the week. 

    SkS in the News

    Rob Painting's Arctic Sea Ice Hockey Stick: Melt Unprecedented in Last 1,450 years was re-posted on Climate Progress, which also referenced Dana's post Schmittner et al. (2011) on Climate Sensitivity - the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.

    John Cook and Stephan Lewandowsky's Debunking Handbook is widly popular, with over 220,000 downloads in its first 5 days, and re-posts by countless websites, including DeSmogBlog, Think Progress, Daily Kos, Planet 3.0, ClimateBites, and many others.  The handbook has even been suggested for debunking other types of myths by Richard Dawkins and others.

    Posted by John Hartz on Monday, 5 December, 2011


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