Category Archives: Science

Road map to unlock the UK

Posted on February 24, 2021 by Clive Best

The government’s roadmap to end lockdown is all  based on the modelling from Imperial College. Here we show why their report is too pessimistic and that lockdown can probably  be ended safely sooner. The paper states Current levels of transmissibility … Continue reading →

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HadCRUT5 increase in global temperatures

Posted on January 22, 2021 by Clive Best

The HadCRUT5 data show about a 0.1C increase in annual global temperatures compared to HadCRUT4.6. There are two reasons for this. The change in sea surface temperatures moving from HadSST3 to HadSST4 The interpolation of nearby station data into previously … Continue reading →

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A first look at HadCRUT5

Posted on January 20, 2021 by Clive Best

The latest version of the CRU station data is called CRUTEM5 which when combined with the new Met Office sea surface temperature data HadSST4 becomes the new official global temperature dataset HadCRUT5. This was released about 2 weeks ago and … Continue reading →

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