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Expert credibility in climate change?

I recently stumbled upon one of the most meaningless papers I have ever seen, it is called "Expert credibility in climate change" by Anderegg, Prall, Harold and Schneider. The paper "proves" that the...

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"There is nothing new under the Sun" an article about 20th century global...

After a long lull in activity, I decided it's about time I write an update about my thoughts on global warming. Here it is. 20th century global warming - "There is nothing new under the Sun" - Part...

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Why don't I believe the that neutrinos travel faster than the speed of light?

Three weeks ago I visited the underground laboratory of Gran Sasso near l'Aquila. Little did I know that it would make headline news so soon, for "discovering" particles moving faster than the speed of...

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Climategate 2.0

A few weeks ago, a new release of a large amount of e-mails from the same source (University of East Anglia) has surfaced in Russia again. It is most likely from the same original batch because the...

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On IPCCs exaggerated climate sensitivity and the emperor’s new clothes

A few days ago I had a very pleasant meeting with Andrew Bolt. He was visiting Israel and we met for an hour in my office. During the discussion, I mentioned that the writers of the recent IPCC reports...

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Causes of Climate Change - Poll Results

Out of curiosity, I opened a few weeks ago a poll asking the visitors of this site, what do they think is the primary cause of global warming. 429 people answered the poll (thanks to all of you!). The...

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Does the global temperature lag CO2? More flaws in the Shakun et al. paper in...

Over the past two weeks, perhaps a dozen people asked me about the recently published paper of Shakun et al. in Nature. It allegedly demonstrates that the global temperature followed CO2 around the...

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The worst of the BEST

I was asked by quite a few people about my opinion on the BEST analysis of Richard Muller and his group in Berkeley. Since I didn’t want to keep my friends without an answer, I took a more careful look...

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Dust Dendrites

My wife and I had our kitchen renovated. Since this involved breaking a few walls (and cutting out a new window), we knew it would raise a lot of dust. Mind you, here in the middle east houses are...

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Gravity waves in rain clouds over the Arava valley

 Spring weather here in Israel was rather strange. Although winter with most of its precipitation should have been over, we had a few very rainy days. Now we're in the midst of a heat wave with...

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Sights from a Field Trip in the Milky Way: From Paleoclimatology to Dark Matter

Blog topic: astronomy, cosmic rays, personal research, weather & climateI was recently asked to write an article to “The Institute Letter” of Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton, where I am...

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Bits of Science / Roundup #1

Blog topic: astronomySince I look for interesting science bits (mostly astro bits) for the Monday coffee of our astrophysics group, I realized that I could share it with the readers including some...

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The Sunspots 2.0? Irrelevant. The Sun, still is.

Blog topic: cosmic rays, global warming, personal research, weather & climateAfter being asked by 5 independent people about the new sunspot number reconstruction and that it doesn’t show that the...

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Finally! The missing link between exploding stars, clouds and climate on Earth

Blog topic: astronomy, cosmic rays, global warming, personal research, weather & climateBy Henrik Svensmark and Nir shavivOur new results published today innature communications provide the last...

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Climate debate at the Cambridge Union - The Video

Blog topic: general science, global warming, personal research, politics, weather & climateTwo months ago I wrote about the Cambridge Union Debate I participated in. The Cambridge Union has...

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22 minute talk summarizing my views on global warming

Blog topic: cosmic rays, global warming, personal research, politics, weather & climateJust over a week ago I gave a 20 minute talk (which lasted almost 22 min) about the role that the sun plays in...

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Forbes censored an interview with me

Blog topic: cosmic rays, global warming, personal research, politics, weather & climateA few days ago I was interviewed by Doron Levin, for an article to appear online on forbes.com. After having...

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Solar Debunking Arguments are Defunct

Blog topic: global warming, personal research, weather & climateAn article interviewing me was removed yesterday from forbes. Instead, they published an article by Meteorologist Prof. Marshall...

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Critique of “Discrepancy in scientific authority and media visibility of...

Blog topic: general science, global warming, politics, weather & climateA paper that recently received some media attention is the “Discrepancy in scientific authority and media visibility of...

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How Climate Change Pseudoscience Became Publicly Accepted

Blog topic: economics, general science, global warming, personal research, politics, weather & climateThe I recently wrote an OpEd for the Epoch Times which tries to succinctly capture my main...

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