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A group of scientists from the University of Oxford developed a new algorithm that reduces spin-up time by 90%, allowing for faster and more reliable climate predictions. The research was published in the journal Science Advances.
<p>The way science is funded is hampering Earth System Models and may be skewing important climate predictions, according to a new comment published in <em>Nature Climate Change </em>by Woodwell Climate Research Center and an international team of model experts.</p>
Open access notables It's always a special pleasure to note an article including Skeptical Science's founder John Cook in the author roster. Misinformation and the epistemic integrity of democracy includes not only Cook as a collaborator but also a cast of other familiar authorities on human cognition in connection with climate science, in particlar how our mental equipment struggles with following a continuous thread of truth through a tangled knot of disconnected confusion in the form of misinformation. We're not necessarily very good thinkers in the best of circumstances. We often fail...
Open access notables Among five items in this week's government/NGO section is Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's annual report Utility-Scale Solar, 2023 Edition, chock-a-block with statistics and graphs quantifying an explosion of installed permanent energy sources. Photovoltaic deployment is accelerating and now outpacing wind as costs have rapidly plunged. Given the natural properties of wind and solar energy supplies, reserve power storage is very much in frame. Current battery storage capacity is about 22GWh, what a sizeable nuclear plant could deliver over ...
Open access notables Multiple studies indicate changes in the properties of Antarctic bottom water (AABW) over the past half century. These changes involve density and hence will affect both local and distant circulation of the oceans, not least overturning effects that are vital for marine biology but also climate and weather far distant from Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. While we can see what's happening, our understanding of what's driving change is incomplete. By synthesizing multiple observational channels in a uniquely suitable region, Kathryn Gunn et al. produce an important increm...