Addendum

Last autumn 'Nature' published a paper (Resplandy et al. 2018) concerning ocean heat uptake. Using a 'novel approach' it purported to claim the oceans had absorbed 60% more heat per year than previously thought; which implied the Earth was more sensitive to fossil fuels than previously thought. This was eagerly taken up by the MSM, but within hours it had been comprehensively trashed by Nic Lewis.

Full details can be found on Judith Curry's website in a series of posts linked below (which, contrary to some claims, illustrates one can have a serious academic discussion on a blogsite). Nic Lewis's final comments, though, are worth repeating:

"I believe that this saga, as well as showing how ineffective journal peer review tends to be in spotting problematic issues in papers, illustrates the need for a much closer involvement of statisticians in climate science research. That was a point also made in one of the articles highlighted in Judith’s latest Week in Review: Climate science needs professional statisticians [link below]."

[Link: judithcurry.com]
[Link: judithcurry.com]
[Link: judithcurry.com]
[Link: judithcurry.com]
[Link: judithcurry.com]

[Link: eos.org]