Pielke's Weekly Memo #10

The most misunderstood term in climate science, perils of following the science, recommended podcasts, readings and a classic goal of the week

The Oslo tiger

As readers here will know, I have just relocated to Oslo for the fall as part of my academic sabbatical. I’m thrilled to be here. As I get settled posting might be a bit more infrequent over the next week, but there is so much good stuff to share, so we shall see.

In this week’s memo I discuss a candidate for the most widely misunderstood term in all of climate science, I’ll preview coming discussions on perils of “following the science” (COVID-19 focused) and I have some podcasts and readings to recommend. As as is now a feature here, I’ll also share a goal of the week — this one was allegedly the first video on YouTube to hit 1 million downloads, and deservingly so.

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