Author Archives: Clive Best

A comparison of CMIP5 Climate Models with HadCRUT4.6

Posted on January 21, 2019 by Clive Best

Overview: Figure 1. shows a comparison of the latest HadCRUT4.6 temperatures with CMIP5 models for Representative Concentration Pathways (RCPs). The temperature data lies significantly below all RCPs, which themselves only diverge after ~2025. Modern Climate models originate from Global Circulation … Continue reading →

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Global Temperatures – the big picture

Posted on January 14, 2019 by Clive Best

Suppose you wanted to measure whether the total number of ants on earth has been increasing. The number of ants at any given place depends on location and on season. Let’s assume that today there are 10,000 botanists at fixed … Continue reading →

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Denied

Posted on January 3, 2019 by Clive Best

I have just finished reading the book ‘Denied’ by Richard Black, the director of the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU) and ex-BBC environment editor. It is well written and easy to read. He claims to demolish the climate “contrarian” … Continue reading →

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