Category Archives: Vulnerability Paradigm
A New Paper “Vulnerability To Temperature-Related Hazards: A Meta-Analysis And Meta-Knowledge Approach” By Romero-Lankao Et Al 2012
I was alerted by Professor Karen O’Brien of the University of Oslo to an important new paper that reports on the need to complete textual vulnerabiltiy assessments of risks to key societal and environmental vulnerabilities, as we propose in our article Pielke … Continue reading
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Candid Statement On The Shortcomings Of Multi-Decadal Climate Model Predictions By Early Career Scientists At An NCAR Workshop
There was a candid statement about climate models that were made at the Advanced Study Program/Early Career Scientist Assembly Workshop on Regional Climate Issues in Developing Countries held in Boulder, Colorado on 19–22 October 2011. The Workshop is reported on in the … Continue reading
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Presentation Titled Promoting “The Value Of Water Cycle Remote Sensing Missions And Climate Studies To Non-Traditional Consumers” By Faisal Hossain
I want to alert you to an excellent powerpoint slide presentation by Faisal Hossain of Tennessee Technological University titled Promoting the Value of Water Cycle Remote Sensing Missions and Climate Studies to Non-Traditional Consumers The talk was presented on March 12 … Continue reading
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News Article “Global Climate Models ‘Need Regional Sensitivity’” by Christine Ottery In SciDev.Net
There is an informative news article that illustrates why multi-decadal regional predictions of changes in climate statistics are of no value, The news article is on SciDev.net by Christine Ottery is titled Global climate models ‘need regional sensitivity’ “The organization which is … Continue reading
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Guest Post By Madhav Khandekar – “Record Grain Yield Estimated By Indian PM For 2011/12″
Madhav Khandekar requested posting the following information on Indian agriculture Record Grain Yield estimated by Indian PM for 2011/12 by Madhav Khandekar India’s PM Mr Manmohan Singh announced in New Delhi on February 20th that India expects a record grain yield of about 250 Million … Continue reading
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An Example Of The Application Of The Bottom-Up, Resource-Based Approach To The Assessment Of Vulnerability
We have been alerted by Robert Webb of NOAA to a study which applies the bottom-up, resource-based perspective that is discussed in my February 9 2011 post An Insightful Post By Bill Hooke And Judy Curry – “Human Choice And Climate Change” This … Continue reading
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An Insightful Post By Bill Hooke And Judy Curry – “Human Choice And Climate Change”
UPDATE February 9 2012: Bill Hooke has announced my post on his weblog Living on the Real World (see). Since comments are permitted there, if you would like to comment, you can do that there, and I will respond there if … Continue reading
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Candid Admission On The Limitations In Multi-Decadal Climate Model Predictions In A BBC News Article On The UK Climate Impact Plan
On January 26 2012, David Shukman of the BBC published the news article First report on UK climate impact The article contains climate predictions decades from now, which as discussed in our new article Pielke Sr., R.A., and R.L. Wilby, 2012: … Continue reading
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Guest Post By Madhav Khandekar “Winter 2011-2012: Another Cold & Snowier Winter For India”
January 20, 2012 Winter 2011-2012: Another cold and snowier winter for India Commentary by Madhav Khandekar, former research scientist from Environment Canada and IPCC reviewer 2007 The winter season of 2011-12 has been significantly colder since mid- December and as of mid-January, … Continue reading
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Sahara Snow On January 17 2012 – Is It Unprecedented?
Figure caption: This picture above from NASA is from a snowstorm on January 26 and 27 2005. *************************************************************************************** A news story on the Denver Channel 9 NBC station on January 18 2012 appeared [but does not seem to be picked … Continue reading
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