In a press conference ahead of the UN Climate Summit two week ago, UN Secretary-General Ban-Ki Moon stated: “Action on climate change is urgent. The more we delay, the more we will pay in lives and in money.” The recently appointed UN Messenger of Peace Leonardo DiCaprio stated “The debate is over. […]
Judith Curry is professor and chair of the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the Georgia Institute of Technology. With research interests spanning a variety of topics in climate, her current interests include climate dynamics of the Arctic, climate dynamics of extreme weather events, and reasoning about climate uncertainty. She is a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the American Geophysical Union. Curry serves as president and co-owner of the company Climate Forecast Applications Network LLC (CFAN). CFAN translates the scientific weather and climate research so that governments and industries can better anticipate and manage weather- and climate-related risks. Sectoral applications include energy, reinsurance, emergency management, water resource management, agriculture, and public health. Curry is proprietor of the blog Climate Etc., which provides a forum for climate researchers, academics, technical experts from other fields, and the interested public to engage in a discussion on topics related to climate science. The blog discusses current topics in climate science, climate and energy policy, challenges at the science-policy interface, and use of social media in engaging with the public on complex and controversial topics. Curry has been outspoken on issues related to the integrity of research, and has presented congressional testimony numerous times on topics related to climate change.
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Worst Case Scenario v. Fat Tail
“If we omit discussion of tail risk, are we really telling the whole truth?” -Kerry Emanuel This post...
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John Anderson
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Jim Bouldin
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John Nielsen-Gammon
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Barry Lefer
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Kerry Emanuel
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Andrew Dessler
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Mauri Pelto
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Lulu Liu
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Andreas Schmittner
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Scott Denning
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Jeremy Shakun
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Michael Tobis
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Sean Bryan
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Stephanie Thomas
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Sean Robinson
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Daniel Cohan
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Judith Curry
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Will Howard
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Eric Galbraith
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Muge Komurcu
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Ron Sass
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David Hone
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Eric Steig
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Tracy Hester
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Shi-Ling Hsu
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Bob Inglis
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Jed Anderson
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Josiah Neeley
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Andy OBrien
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Peter Sinclair
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Bruno Marino
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Benjamin Franta
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Suzanne Waldman