[GPSCC-chat] Carolyn Snyder's climate paper in Nature

[Gerry Gras]

You might have heard something about Carolyn Snyder's
new paper in Nature.  It's getting a fair amount of
attention, mainly because it indicates that warming
will be much worse that currently expected.  But be
careful, the media is messing up.  And apparently
the author has made mistakes too.

I'd recommend reading the abstract at
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature19798.html

and the item by Gavin Schmidt at
http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2016/09/the-snyder-sensitivity-situation/

and comment #2 by Jim Hansen in the above page.

(Gavin Schmidt and Jim Hansen are well respected
climate scientists.)

...

For those who might have trouble following what
the scientists say, I think the important aspects
are:
- the Snyder paper has some value
- but the paper is flawed
- it will take some time to distill what is real

Gerry

P.S. Note: Apparently the Snyder article comes from her
PhD Thesis, and now she works for the EPA.  Unfortunately
the climate deniers are making hay out of the disagreement
between climate scientists, and the fact that she now works
for the EPA.