Point #9 modified
This point was about how Jaworowski was wrong about a “clear inverse correlation” between depth and CO2 concentration. As Gavin correctly pointed out in the comments, the Greenland data was a poor choice for purposes of illustration, because the presence of dust and other contaminants makes the Greenland CO2 record unreliable. [...]
Locating this article was a bit of an adventure. During the discussion on Deltoid of Jawarowski’s 2004 statement, the subject of Jaworowski’s publication history (or lack thereof) in peer-reviewed journals came up. Environmental Science and Pollution Research is one such, so it seemed reasonable to look for the Jaworowski paper on ESPR’s web [...]
This paper is lengthy (at 57 pages), and lavishly endnoted (with 177 references in the bibliography). In this paper, Jaworowski, Segalstad and Ono present a listing of supposed problems with ice-core gas measurements.
Here’s the title and abstract:
This paper fails to present any coherent explanation of why ice core measurements in general should be considered [...]
This figure in Jaworowski’s statement is reprinted from his article in The Science of the Total Environment 1992, and his related argument seems as odd as it did then. About the figure he says:
In Figure 2 encircled values show a biased selection of data used to demonstrate that in 19th century atmosphere the [...]
Throughout Jaworowski’s statement, his primary rhetorical tactic is to cite a good paper, by reputable researchers[1], in a way that does nothing but obscure the issue. One key element of this smokescreen is his assertion that “[I]ce cores do not fulfill the essential closed system criteria. One of these is a lack of [...]
It is my hope that this blog will serve to add some value to a number of ongoing debates of great interest to the public (meaning “stuff I care about.”).
In the process, I will often have occasion to quote a paper, article, web posting, subway ballad or graffito. When I need to do that, [...]
The hearing schedule for the Committee does not list a hearing for March 19, 2004, but it does list climate-related hearings on Jan. 8, 2003, on Nov. 16, 2004, on Sept. 15, 2004, on May 6, 2004, and on Mar. 6 3, 2004.[1]
In these hearings, no mention of Jaworowski is to be found.
The Committee’s [...]
Jaworowski’s article in ESPR is so hard to locate, it wouldn’t be too unreasonable to suspect that the journal is not eager now for people to take much notice of it. But it did get noticed by one giant in climate science — Hans Oeschger.
Prof. Oeschger was the founder of the Division of Climate [...]
This blog has been in operation since February, 2005 — but there have been no posts.
So what gives?
Since I had not announced its existence, I figured this blog was still unknown, and that I had time to learn about WordPress and try to write some reasonably decent posts before exposing myself to public ridicule.
And that [...]
These are posts referred to in some way from elsewhere in the blog. I put them here to reduce clutter.
Since each post in this category is (at least in principle) linked to by some other post, I have set this category so it does not display on the front page.
This post is the exception; nothing [...]
This is my first post.
You may be wondering if I suffer from an excess of vanity, or free time, or both, to be starting a blog.
Well, maybe the first. If so, I hope that both of my loyal readers will miss no chance to slap it out of me.
My motivation is the same as [...]