{"id":152913,"date":"2021-07-24T11:52:29","date_gmt":"2021-07-24T09:52:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=152913"},"modified":"2021-07-24T11:52:31","modified_gmt":"2021-07-24T09:52:31","slug":"week-in-review-science-edition-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=152913","title":{"rendered":"Week in review \u2013 science edition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/9f9bd684db48a315d32892614ba17a27.jpg?resize=723%2C871&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-152915\" width=\"723\" height=\"871\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Judith Curry<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A few things that caught my eye these past several weeks<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Early humans escaped the worse impacts of massive volcanic eruption [<a href=\"https:\/\/news.ucar.edu\/132799\/early-humans-escaped-worst-impacts-massive-volcanic-eruption\">link<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSince 1951, the number of heavy rainfall days per year for the whole of Germany has hardly changed, almost independently of their definition\u201d&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ruEC7TZftq?amp=1\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/mdpi.com\/2073-4441\/12\/7\/1950\/htm\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wild boars pose greater climate risk than a million cars [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/wild-boars-pose-greater-climate-change-risk-than-a-million-cars-t3c6t8vsp\">link<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Summer flooding in Europe is scarcer than in the past. Summer flooding in western Europe over past 500+ years (red line) Bl\u00f6schl et al 2020&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yMf1xIwHns?amp=1\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/nature.com\/articles\/s41586-020-2478-3<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Observed extreme precipitation trends in Central Europe [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S2212094719301720?via%3Dihub\">link<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Observational evidence of positive cloud feedback [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pnas.org\/content\/118\/30\/e2026290118\">link<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Long-term decrease in Asian monsoon rainfall and abrupt climate change events over the past 6,700 years [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pnas.org\/content\/118\/30\/e2102007118\">link<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yet another new analysis of &gt;8000 stations with daily rainfall data confirming that that heavy precipitation events have become more frequent when aggregated globally. (Thread: 1\/n)&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bu731sGToa?amp=1\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/epdf\/10.1029\/2018WR024067<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Flood costs are declining (2nd row), not only for rich countries but for developing countries Costs are declining for almost all extreme weather for rich and poor for flood, flash flood, coastal flood, cold and drought and for all extreme weather&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dGp9JARF7a?amp=1\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0959378019300378<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to UNDRR report out on drought today, human-caused climate change is expected to have a discernable effect on drought, but that effect is not generally expected to be detectable today&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/99EEqc97Gd?amp=1\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/undrr.org\/publication\/gar-special-report-drought-2021<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur study stresses that from the long-term (1851\u20132018) perspective there are no generally consistent trends in droughts across Western Europe.\u201d&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/k0adKj3DN3?amp=1\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/joc.6719\u2026<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RogerPielkeJr\/status\/1405525741878448138\/photo\/1\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Blocking and its response to climate change [<a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s40641-018-0108-z\">link<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s not the heat, its the humidity that\u2019s killing us&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apple.news\/AR9EJkhk3SUy4gzcgT9dRxw\">[link<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A new study points to microbial sources of methane , such as livestock, landfills, wetlands &amp; more.&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EjNrdnyika?amp=1\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/research.noaa.gov\/article\/ArtMID\/587\/ArticleID\/2769\/New-analysis-shows-microbial-sources-fueling-rise-of-atmospheric-methane<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A study of 700-million-year-old banded iron formations suggests that changes in Earth\u2019s orbit may have allowed complex life to emerge and thrive during the most hostile climate episode the planet has ever experienced [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/davidbressan\/2021\/07\/09\/changes-in-planets-orbit-allowed-life-to-survive-snowball-earth\/?sh=455ff0db58e9\">link<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These tree rings from Redding, California show burn scars every 3 to 5 years until ~1855. Natural fires and Indigenous burning practices were suppressed as European settlers arrived, allowing fuels to reach to dangerous levels and ignite in wildfires.&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HVHmzlqiRD?amp=1\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/vox.com\/21507802\/wildfire-2020-california-indigenous-native-american-indian-controlled-burn-fire<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A \u201cprofound\u201d ~1\u00b0C cooling trend has swept through E. Antarctica (1979-2018). Cooling extends across most of the continent and into the Southern Ocean. Madden-Julian Oscillation forcing is \u201clikely to accelerate\u201d the cooling in coming decades.&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ewCW656xr1?amp=1\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/advances.sciencemag.org\/content\/7\/26\/eabf9903.full<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earth Has a 27.5-Million-Year \u2018Heartbeat\u2019, But We Don\u2019t Know What Causes It [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/our-planet-has-a-27-5-million-year-old-pulse-says-study-we-don-t-know-what-causes-it\">link<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Is the marine ice cliff hypothesis collapsing? [<a href=\"https:\/\/science.sciencemag.org\/content\/372\/6548\/1266\">link<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Multidecadal poleward shift of the southern boundary of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current off East Antarctica [<a href=\"https:\/\/advances.sciencemag.org\/content\/7\/24\/eabf8755\">link<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOutsize Influence of Central American Orography on Global Climate\u201d 1\/&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1029\/2020AV000343#.YMI6Ugjsb_U.twitter\">https:\/\/agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1029\/2020AV000343#.YMI6Ugjsb_U.twitter<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Data-driven reconstruction reveals large-scale ocean circulation control on coastal sea level\u2019&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KI7z91CHlb?amp=1\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/nature.com\/articles\/s41558-021-01046-1\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">8 century record of Atlantic hurricanes [<a href=\"https:\/\/agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/full\/10.1029\/2007PA001427\">link<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Miraculous mosquito hack cuts dengue fever by 77% [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/health-57417219\">link<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Compound natural disasters in Australia: An historical analysis [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/17477891.2021.1932405\">link<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jZI5FZR84z?amp=1\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">P<strong>olicy and technology<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Carbon removal technologies can make electric sector deep decarbonization more affordable and alter investment decisions Summary:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/esca.epri.com\/pdf\/Back-Pocket-Insights\/EPRI-CDR-Impacts.pdf\">https:\/\/esca.epri.com\/pdf\/Back-Pocket-Insights\/EPRI-CDR-Impacts.pdf<\/a>&nbsp;Full manuscript:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41467-021-23554-6\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41467-021-23554-6<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Characterizing the role of socioeconomic pathways in shaping future urban heat-related challenges.&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UZzxBZqQIc?amp=1\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.scitotenv.2019.133941<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Combining socio-economic &amp; climate projections to assess heat risk. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/wild-boars-pose-greater-climate-change-risk-than-a-million-cars-t3c6t8vsp\">link<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bjorn Lomborg: Climate change and deaths from extreme heat and cold. Global warming may be saving 100,000 lives a year from extreme cold. [<a href=\"https:\/\/financialpost.com\/opinion\/bjorn-lomborg-climate-change-and-deaths-from-extreme-heat-and-cold\">link<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How the American South is paying the price for Europe\u2019s \u2018green\u2019 biomass energy [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/interactive\/2021\/07\/us\/american-south-biomass-energy-invs\/\">link<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Congressional testimony from Roger Pielke Jr [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.banking.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/Pielke%20Testimony%207-20-21.pdf\">link<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBeyond bouncing back? Comparing and contesting urban&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/resilience?src=hashtag_click\">#resilience<\/a>&nbsp;frames in US and Latin American contexts\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0169204621001365?dgcid=coauthor\">link<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wildfires, floods and other crises are influenced by climate, but we can do much more to save lives and property by focusing on urgent practical changes on the ground [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/the-key-to-avoiding-future-climate-disasters-adapting-11626443600?reflink=share_mobilewebshare\">link<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Carbon capture isn\u2019t economically effective. And Chevron wasted $3 billion finding that out. [<a href=\"https:\/\/reneweconomy.com.au\/chevron-concedes-ccs-failures-at-gorgon-seeks-deal-with-wa-regulators\/\">link<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How markets adapt to climate change [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.perc.org\/2021\/07\/19\/how-markets-adapt-to-climate-change\/\">link<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">South Asia risks water security as warming affects Himalayas [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/article\/current-affairs\/a-billion-south-asians-face-water-insecurity-due-to-warming-in-himalayas-121071200096_1.html#.YPSdVVlG8_g.twitter\">link<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">California is planning to shut down its last nuclear plant soon. From a carbon-free electricity standpoint, this is the equivalent of tearing down every wind turbine in the state, or half of our solar panels.&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rXhr5xHhaw?amp=1\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/thebreakthrough.org\/blog\/treadmill<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Use of wastewater and sustainable agriculture can ensure water security in India [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eco-business.com\/news\/usage-of-wastewater-and-sustainable-agriculture-can-ensure-water-security-in-india\/\">link<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The economic and reliability impacts of grid-scale storage in a high penetration renewable energy system [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S2666792421000445\">link<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Results show a clear decreasing trend in both human and economic vulnerability, with global average mortality and economic loss rates that have dropped by 6.5 and nearly 5 times, respectively, from 1980\u20131989 to 2007\u20132016 [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0959378019300378\">link<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn most parts of the U.S., a switch from natural gas to electric heat pumps would raise household heating bills and increase damages from carbon dioxide (CO2) and other pollutants.\u201d&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qbS2BVbIkM?amp=1\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/pdf\/10.1021\/acs.est.0c02705\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The climate left is a useful farce [<a href=\"https:\/\/noahpinion.substack.com\/p\/the-climate-left-is-a-useful-farce?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo1MzY2NzYsInBvc3RfaWQiOjM4ODQ1OTI2LCJfIjoiT1VJRG8iLCJpYXQiOjE2MjY0NjgzMzUsImV4cCI6MTYyNjQ3MTkzNSwiaXNzIjoicHViLTM1MzQ1Iiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.q5GXEoPHKnCpqNOKGlglbPXt2oHF_BdDbsJSa9BqYKs\">link<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Is hydrogen the new oil? [<a href=\"https:\/\/chinadialogue.net\/en\/energy\/is-hydrogen-the-new-oil\/\">link<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">California is nearing a major \u2013 &amp; under-appreciated \u2013 roadblock in its quest to produce 60% of the state\u2019s electricity from renewables, as excess solar supply during sunny times undermines the economic case for building more plants:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/technologyreview.com\/2021\/07\/14\/1028461\/solar-value-deflation-california-climate-change\/\">https:\/\/technologyreview.com\/2021\/07\/14\/1028461\/solar-value-deflation-california-climate-change\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/atrembath\/status\/1416074906609930241\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ENERGY\">@Energy<\/a>&nbsp;Department is targeting vastly cheaper energy storage solutions for \u201clong duration\u201d applications (days, weeks). [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/07\/14\/climate\/renewable-energy-batteries.html\">link<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A deep look at the Texas blackout [<a href=\"https:\/\/energy.utexas.edu\/ercot-blackout-2021\">link<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ecological Forest Thinning and Prescribed Burns Lower Insurance Premiums Significantly&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xMTn0SJ87j?amp=1\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/nature.org\/en-us\/newsroom\/ca-wildfire-resilience-insurance\/\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Energy poverty is bad for health [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0140988321003170\">link<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Impressive compilation of information about California wildfires [<a href=\"https:\/\/nintil.com\/wildfires-california\">link<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Solar panel waste will make the electricity produced by solar panels *four times* more expensive than experts had predicted Here\u2019s why everything they said about solar was wrong&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/michaelshellenberger.substack.com\/p\/why-everything-they-said-about-solar\">https:\/\/michaelshellenberger.substack.com\/p\/why-everything-they-said-about-solar<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Why CO2 removal is not equal and opposite to reducing emissions |&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/f8ipx2rEZo?amp=1\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/j.mp\/3j3kqbL<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. uses 30-40% of its corn supply for ethanol, which accounts for only ~7% of U.S. transport fuel. That\u2019s a lot of land use to produce a relatively small amount of energy.&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EY8hLRptCD?amp=1\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/ers.usda.gov\/data-products\/us-bioenergy-statistics\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Richard Tol: The economic impacts of weather vs climate [link]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Agriculture alone will cause us to blow past 1.5C and potentially even 2C. Its a hard to decarb sector, but there are solutions today (higher yields, reduce waste, better practices, less meat\/alt meat). [<a href=\"https:\/\/ourworldindata.org\/food-emissions-carbon-budget\">link<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Why won\u2019t the U.S. reprocess nuclear fuel ? [<a href=\"https:\/\/catalyst.independent.org\/2021\/06\/08\/us-reprocess-nuclear-fuel\/\">link<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A new estimate suggests one third of global emissions comes from the food system.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/iopscience.iop.org\/article\/10.1088\/1748-9326\/ac018e\">https:\/\/iopscience.iop.org\/article\/10.1088\/1748-9326\/ac018e<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Solar power\u2019s land grab hits a snag: environmentalists [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/solar-powers-land-grab-hits-a-snag-environmentalists-11622816381?st=1zvvkpqxvxm746s&amp;reflink=desktopwebshare_twitter\">link<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KhheTtzKfw?amp=1\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>About science and scientists<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No science is ever settled [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aier.org\/article\/no-science-is-ever-settled\/\">link<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Micro aggressions are finally called out for being a load of speculative tendentious nonsense [<a href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3822628\">link<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A new dimension of uncertainty: how does noise generated by researcher decisions undermine the credibility of science?&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/osf.io\/preprints\/metaarxiv\/cd5j9\/\">[link<\/a>] This is REALLY interesting<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rare events need different methods [link[<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The neuroscience of intellectual openness [<a href=\"https:\/\/areomagazine.com\/2021\/06\/21\/the-neuroscience-of-intellectual-openness\/\">link<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Suppression of the ivermectin debate:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/taibbi.substack.com\/p\/why-has-ivermectin-become-a-dirty-7bd\">https:\/\/taibbi.substack.com\/p\/why-has-ivermectin-become-a-dirty-7bd<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The obesity wars and the education of a researcher [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0033062021000670\">link<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The practice of science \u2013 an essay by the editors of the New Atlantis [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenewatlantis.com\/projects\/the-practice-of-science\/editors-introduction\">link<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The end of reductionism could be nigh. or not [<a href=\"https:\/\/nautil.us\/blog\/the-end-of-reductionism-could-be-nigh-or-not\">link<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The People\u2019s Republic of Campus [<a href=\"https:\/\/americanmind.org\/salvo\/the-peoples-republic-of-campus\/\">link<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the Peril of Politicizing Science, by a scientist of the Soviet Union. [<a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/acs.jpclett.1c01475#\">link<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">via <strong><em><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">Climate Etc.<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ift.tt\/3i11aKN\">https:\/\/ift.tt\/3i11aKN<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">July 23, 2021<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Judith Curry A few things that caught my eye these past several weeks Early humans escaped the worse impacts of massive volcanic eruption [link] \u201cSince 1951, the number of heavy rainfall days per year for the whole of Germany has hardly changed, almost independently of their definition\u201d&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mdpi.com\/2073-4441\/12\/7\/1950\/htm\u2026\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mdpi.com\/2073-4441\/12\/7\/1950\/htm\u2026<\/a> Wild boars pose greater climate risk than 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