{"id":1446,"date":"2010-03-08T09:46:03","date_gmt":"2010-03-08T14:46:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/?page_id=1446"},"modified":"2010-03-10T09:32:06","modified_gmt":"2010-03-10T14:32:06","slug":"popular-posts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/popular-posts\/","title":{"rendered":"Popular Posts"},"content":{"rendered":"5 most popular posts this month:\n<ul class='wppp_list'>\n\t<li><a title=\"How to write a scientific abstract in six easy steps\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2010\/01\/how-to-write-a-scientific-abstract-in-six-easy-steps\/\">How to write a scientific abstract in six easy steps<\/a> Jan 26, 2010 (825 views) Here's the abstract for a paper (that I haven't written) on how to write an abstract:\r\nHow to Write...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"Who first coined the term &quot;Greenhouse Effect&quot;?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2015\/08\/who-first-coined-the-term-greenhouse-effect\/\">Who first coined the term &quot;Greenhouse Effect&quot;?<\/a> Aug 18, 2015 (40 views) Today I've been tracking down the origin of the term \"Greenhouse Effect\". The term itself is...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"The Discovery of the Greenhouse Effect\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2017\/03\/the-discovery-of-the-greenhouse-effect\/\">The Discovery of the Greenhouse Effect<\/a> Mar 9, 2017 (28 views) Here's another\u00a0excerpt from the draft manuscript of my forthcoming book, Computing the...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"On the Uses and Abuses of Infrastructural Inversion\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2010\/08\/on-the-uses-and-abuses-of-infrastructural-inversion\/\">On the Uses and Abuses of Infrastructural Inversion<\/a> Aug 26, 2010 (21 views) Nearly everything we ever do depends on vast social and technical infrastructures, which, when they...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"The difference between Verification and Validation\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2010\/11\/the-difference-between-verification-and-validation\/\">The difference between Verification and Validation<\/a> Nov 29, 2010 (19 views) Sometime in the 1990's, I drafted a frequently asked question list for NASA's IV&amp;V facility....<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\nAll time most popular posts:\n<ul class='wppp_list'>\n\t<li><a title=\"The difference between Verification and Validation\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2010\/11\/the-difference-between-verification-and-validation\/\">The difference between Verification and Validation<\/a> Nov 29, 2010 (488,926 views) Sometime in the 1990's, I drafted a frequently asked question list for NASA's IV&amp;V facility....<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"How to write a scientific abstract in six easy steps\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2010\/01\/how-to-write-a-scientific-abstract-in-six-easy-steps\/\">How to write a scientific abstract in six easy steps<\/a> Jan 26, 2010 (487,294 views) Here's the abstract for a paper (that I haven't written) on how to write an abstract:\r\nHow to Write...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"Who first coined the term &quot;Greenhouse Effect&quot;?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2015\/08\/who-first-coined-the-term-greenhouse-effect\/\">Who first coined the term &quot;Greenhouse Effect&quot;?<\/a> Aug 18, 2015 (26,319 views) Today I've been tracking down the origin of the term \"Greenhouse Effect\". The term itself is...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"Notes from Hurricane Sandy\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2012\/11\/notes-from-hurricane-sandy\/\">Notes from Hurricane Sandy<\/a> Nov 1, 2012 (18,452 views) \"]\r\nWe spent some time in my climate change class this week talking about Hurricane Sandy - it's a...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"Population growth vs. emissions growth\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2009\/06\/population-growth-vs-emissions-growth\/\">Population growth vs. emissions growth<\/a> Jun 18, 2009 (16,379 views) I gave my talk on SE for the Planet again this afternoon, to the local audience. We recorded it, and...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"Aerosols: Are They Good or Bad?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2012\/04\/aerosols-are-they-good-or-bad\/\">Aerosols: Are They Good or Bad?<\/a> Apr 3, 2012 (15,556 views) This week, I'm featuring some of the best blog posts written by the students on my first year...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"Initial value vs. boundary value problems\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2010\/01\/initial-value-vs-boundary-value-problems\/\">Initial value vs. boundary value problems<\/a> Jan 16, 2010 (12,123 views) Weather and climate are different. Weather varies tremendously from day to day, week to week, season...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"What Does the New IPCC Report Say About Climate Change?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2013\/10\/what-does-the-new-ipcc-report-say-about-climate-change\/\">What Does the New IPCC Report Say About Climate Change?<\/a> Oct 8, 2013 (10,321 views) I've been trawling through the final draft of the new IPCC assessment report that was released last...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"Getting the source code for climate models\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2009\/06\/getting-the-source-code-for-climate-models\/\">Getting the source code for climate models<\/a> Jun 24, 2009 (9,899 views) First, we have to be clear what we mean by a climate model. Wikipedia offers a quick intro to types...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"Simple Climate Models to play with in the classroom\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2013\/01\/simple-climate-models-to-play-with-in-the-classroom\/\">Simple Climate Models to play with in the classroom<\/a> Jan 25, 2013 (8,097 views) I've been collecting examples of different types of climate model that students can use in the...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"The Climate as a System, part 1: the central equilibrium loop\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2013\/08\/the-climate-as-a-system-part-1-the-central-equilibrium-loop\/\">The Climate as a System, part 1: the central equilibrium loop<\/a> Aug 22, 2013 (7,715 views) I wrote earlier this week that we should incorporate more of the key ideas from systems thinking...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"Climate Change: A Software Grand Challenge\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2010\/08\/climate-change-a-software-grand-challenge\/\">Climate Change: A Software Grand Challenge<\/a> Aug 24, 2010 (6,861 views) Great news - I've had my paper accepted for the 2010 FSE\/SDP Workshop on the Future of Software...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"TEDx talk: Should we trust climate models?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2014\/05\/tedx-talk-should-we-trust-climate-models\/\">TEDx talk: Should we trust climate models?<\/a> May 23, 2014 (6,687 views) At the beginning of March, I was invited to give a talk at TEDxUofT. Colleagues tell me the hardest...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"What is Climate Informatics?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2012\/09\/what-is-climate-informatics\/\">What is Climate Informatics?<\/a> Sep 21, 2012 (5,673 views) I've been using the term Climate Informatics informally for a few years to capture the kind of...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"The Ethics of Climate Change\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2011\/02\/the-ethics-of-climate-change\/\">The Ethics of Climate Change<\/a> Feb 24, 2011 (5,669 views) James Garvey: The Ethics of Climate Change. Continuum, 2008.\r\n\r\nOne of the pleasures of teaching is...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"How much extra energy are we adding to the earth system?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2012\/01\/how-much-extra-energy-are-we-adding-to-the-earth-system\/\">How much extra energy are we adding to the earth system?<\/a> Jan 11, 2012 (5,664 views) Update (Aug 15, 2013): After a discussion on Twitter with Gavin Schmidt, I realised I did the...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"On the Uses and Abuses of Infrastructural Inversion\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2010\/08\/on-the-uses-and-abuses-of-infrastructural-inversion\/\">On the Uses and Abuses of Infrastructural Inversion<\/a> Aug 26, 2010 (5,491 views) Nearly everything we ever do depends on vast social and technical infrastructures, which, when they...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"A portable climate model\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2010\/07\/a-portable-climate-model\/\">A portable climate model<\/a> Jul 22, 2010 (5,422 views) One of the exercises I set myself while visiting NCAR this month is to try porting the climate model...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"Why Systems Thinking?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2013\/08\/why-systems-thinking\/\">Why Systems Thinking?<\/a> Aug 20, 2013 (5,165 views) Early in my career I trained as a systems analyst. My PhD was about the ability to identify and make...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"Skills needed for a successful PhD\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2014\/04\/skills-needed-for-a-successful-phd\/\">Skills needed for a successful PhD<\/a> Apr 7, 2014 (5,133 views) My department is busy revising the set of milestones our PhD students need to meet in the course of...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"What makes software engineering for climate models different?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2010\/03\/what-makes-software-engineering-for-climate-models-different\/\">What makes software engineering for climate models different?<\/a> Mar 24, 2010 (4,438 views) This week I attended a\u00a0Dagstuhl seminar on\u00a0New Frontiers for Empirical Software Engineering. It...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"The Discovery of the Greenhouse Effect\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2017\/03\/the-discovery-of-the-greenhouse-effect\/\">The Discovery of the Greenhouse Effect<\/a> Mar 9, 2017 (4,177 views) Here's another\u00a0excerpt from the draft manuscript of my forthcoming book, Computing the...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"The Climate as a System, part 4: earth system feedbacks\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2013\/09\/the-climate-as-a-system-part-4-earth-system-feedbacks\/\">The Climate as a System, part 4: earth system feedbacks<\/a> Sep 2, 2013 (4,144 views) At the start of this series,\u00a0I argued that\u00a0Climate Science is inherently a Systems Discipline. To...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"Climate Model vs. Satellite Data\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2014\/02\/climate-model-vs-satellite-data\/\">Climate Model vs. Satellite Data<\/a> Feb 14, 2014 (4,138 views) A few weeks ago, Mark Higgins, from EUMETSAT, posted this wonderful video of satellite imagery of...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"High level architecture of earth system models\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2010\/08\/high-level-architecture-of-earth-system-models\/\">High level architecture of earth system models<\/a> Aug 11, 2010 (3,871 views) To get myself familiar with the models at each of the climate centers I'm visiting this summer, I've...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"The Climate as a System, part 2: energy consumption\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2013\/08\/the-climate-as-a-system-part-2-energy-consumption\/\">The Climate as a System, part 2: energy consumption<\/a> Aug 26, 2013 (3,768 views) In part 1, I described the central equilibrium loop that controls the earth's temperature. Now it's...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"The History of Climate Models\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2012\/11\/the-history-of-climate-models\/\">The History of Climate Models<\/a> Nov 2, 2012 (3,689 views) For a talk earlier this year, I put together a timeline of the history of climate modelling. I just...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"Computational Thinking vs. Systems Thinking\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2009\/03\/computational-thinking-vs-systems-thinking\/\">Computational Thinking vs. Systems Thinking<\/a> Mar 8, 2009 (3,659 views) Greg reminded me the other day about Jeanette Wing's writings about \"computational thinking\". Is...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"The Climate as a System, part 3: greenhouse gases\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2013\/08\/the-climate-as-a-system-part-3-greenhouse-gases\/\">The Climate as a System, part 3: greenhouse gases<\/a> Aug 27, 2013 (3,621 views) The story so far: First, I argued that Climate Science is inherently a Systems Discipline. To...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"AGU Day 2: The role of CO2 in the earth&#039;s history\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2009\/12\/agu-day-2-the-role-of-co2-in-the-earths-history\/\">AGU Day 2: The role of CO2 in the earth&#039;s history<\/a> Dec 17, 2009 (3,467 views) Yesterday afternoon, I managed to catch the Bjernes Lecture, which was given by Richard B. Alley:...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"Tracking down the uncertainties in weather and climate prediction\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2010\/07\/tracking-down-the-uncertainties-in-weather-and-climate-prediction\/\">Tracking down the uncertainties in weather and climate prediction<\/a> Jul 6, 2010 (3,439 views) Gavin beat me to posting the best quote from the CCSM workshop last week - the Uncertainty Prayer....<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"Who is pulling the strings?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2010\/04\/who-is-pulling-the-strings\/\">Who is pulling the strings?<\/a> Apr 7, 2010 (3,356 views) My expos\u00e9\u00a0of why academics' private emails sometimes seem cranky has gotten a lot of attention....<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"Systems thinking and Genetically Modified food\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2012\/05\/systems-thinking-and-genetically-modified-food\/\">Systems thinking and Genetically Modified food<\/a> May 25, 2012 (3,323 views) I've been following a heated discussion on twitter this past week about a planned protest on Sunday...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"Verification and Validation of Earth System Models\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2010\/09\/verification-and-validation-of-earth-system-models\/\">Verification and Validation of Earth System Models<\/a> Sep 18, 2010 (3,312 views) I've been meaning to write a summary of the V&amp;V techniques used for Earth System Models (ESMs)...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"Validating Climate Models\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2010\/11\/validating-climate-models\/\">Validating Climate Models<\/a> Nov 30, 2010 (3,192 views) In my last two posts, I demolished the idea that climate models need Independent Verification and...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"What will sea level rise mean for Venice?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2010\/10\/what-will-sea-level-rise-mean-for-venice\/\">What will sea level rise mean for Venice?<\/a> Oct 28, 2010 (2,991 views) I took a break from blogging for the last few weeks to take a vacation with the family in Europe. We...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"How Big is the Climate Change Deficit?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2013\/02\/how-big-is-the-climate-change-deficit\/\">How Big is the Climate Change Deficit?<\/a> Feb 15, 2013 (2,837 views) Last week, Damon Matthews from Concordia visited, and gave a guest CGCS lecture, \"Cumulative Carbon...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"The future of Software Engineering?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2010\/11\/the-future-of-software-engineering\/\">The future of Software Engineering?<\/a> Nov 11, 2010 (2,746 views) I went to a workshop earlier this week on \"the Future of Software Engineering Research\" in Santa Fe....<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"AGU Day 3 part B: Data Provenance and Open Science\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2009\/12\/agu-day-3-part-b-data-provenance-and-open-science\/\">AGU Day 3 part B: Data Provenance and Open Science<\/a> Dec 21, 2009 (2,653 views) Wednesday morning also saw the poster session \"IN31B - Emerging Issues in e-Science:\u00a0Collaboration,...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"Do Climate Models need Independent Verification and Validation?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2010\/11\/do-climate-models-need-independent-verification-and-validation\/\">Do Climate Models need Independent Verification and Validation?<\/a> Nov 27, 2010 (2,535 views) A common cry from climate contrarians is that climate models need better verification and validation...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"The CMIP5 Climate Experiments\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2011\/09\/the-cmip5-climate-experiments\/\">The CMIP5 Climate Experiments<\/a> Sep 15, 2011 (2,485 views) I'm on my way back from a workshop on Computing in the Atmospheric Sciences, in Annecy, France. The...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"Unsustainable\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2013\/04\/unsustainable\/\">Unsustainable<\/a> Apr 9, 2013 (2,331 views) We're taking the kids to see their favourite band: Muse are playing in Toronto tonight. I'm hoping...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"Epistemology of Climate Modeling\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2010\/09\/epistemology-of-climate-modeling\/\">Epistemology of Climate Modeling<\/a> Sep 28, 2010 (2,201 views) This will keep me occupied with good reads for the next few weeks - this month's\u00a0issue of the...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"The first Numerical Weather Prediction on ENIAC\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2011\/01\/the-first-numerical-weather-prediction-on-eniac\/\">The first Numerical Weather Prediction on ENIAC<\/a> Jan 25, 2011 (2,158 views) Last summer, when I was visiting NCAR, Warren Washington gave me some papers to read on the first...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"A sad farewell to Susan Leigh Star\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2010\/03\/a-sad-farewell-to-susan-leigh-star\/\">A sad farewell to Susan Leigh Star<\/a> Mar 27, 2010 (2,149 views) Susan Leigh Star\u00a0passed away in her sleep this week, coincidently on Ada Lovelace day. As I didn't...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"If we can&#039;t make mistakes, then we can&#039;t do science\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2010\/04\/if-we-cant-make-mistakes-then-we-cant-do-science\/\">If we can&#039;t make mistakes, then we can&#039;t do science<\/a> Apr 9, 2010 (2,142 views) My debate with George Monbiot is still going on in this thread. I'm raising this comment to be a...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"The Climate as a System, part 5: clouds\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2013\/09\/the-climate-as-a-system-part-5-clouds\/\">The Climate as a System, part 5: clouds<\/a> Sep 3, 2013 (2,028 views) Yesterday I talked about three re-inforcing feedback loops in the earth system, each of which has...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"&quot;Daddy, what did YOU do in the climate wars?&quot;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2009\/04\/daddy-what-did-you-do-in-the-climate-wars\/\">&quot;Daddy, what did YOU do in the climate wars?&quot;<\/a> Apr 16, 2009 (1,999 views) When my children grow up, the world they live in is likely be very different from ours. There's a...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"Open Climate Science or Denial of Service attacks?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2009\/11\/open-climate-science-or-denial-of-service-attacks\/\">Open Climate Science or Denial of Service attacks?<\/a> Nov 26, 2009 (1,816 views) I wasn't going to post anything about the CRU emails story (apart from my attempt at humour),...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"AGU Day 3 part C: How good are predictions from climate models?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2010\/01\/agu-day-3-part-c-how-good-are-predictions-from-climate-models\/\">AGU Day 3 part C: How good are predictions from climate models?<\/a> Jan 7, 2010 (1,702 views) The highlight of the whole conference for me was the Wednesday afternoon session on Methodologies of...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"Systems Thinking for Climate Systems\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2011\/02\/systems-thinking-for-climate-systems\/\">Systems Thinking for Climate Systems<\/a> Feb 15, 2011 (1,688 views) In pulling together my thoughts for a workshop last week on systems thinking, I've realised how much...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"Oil Shocks and Food Prices\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2011\/02\/oil-shocks-and-food-prices\/\">Oil Shocks and Food Prices<\/a> Feb 28, 2011 (1,666 views) I've been dipping into another new book this week, \"Transport Revolutions: Moving\u00a0People and...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"From Computational Thinking to Systems Thinking\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2014\/06\/from-computational-thinking-to-systems-thinking\/\">From Computational Thinking to Systems Thinking<\/a> Jun 6, 2014 (1,627 views) I'll be heading off to Stockholm in August to present a paper at the 2nd International Conference on...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"Disinformation Works (for receptive audiences)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2011\/02\/disinformation-works-for-receptive-audiences\/\">Disinformation Works (for receptive audiences)<\/a> Feb 28, 2011 (1,611 views) Here's an interesting study by Lawrence Hamilton, published in Climatic Change in December:...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"Detecting Crap on the Internet\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2014\/10\/detecting-crap-on-the-internet\/\">Detecting Crap on the Internet<\/a> Oct 27, 2014 (1,539 views) For our course about the impacts of the internet, we developed an exercise to get our students...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"Academics always fight over the peer-review process\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2010\/03\/didnt-you-know-academics-always-fight-over-the-peer-review-process\/\">Academics always fight over the peer-review process<\/a> Mar 26, 2010 (1,511 views) Note: This started as a comment on a thread at RealClimate about the Guardian's investigation of the...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"The Power to Change Systems\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2011\/10\/the-power-to-change-systems\/\">The Power to Change Systems<\/a> Oct 16, 2011 (1,495 views) What unites both the climate crisis and the financial crisis? What is it that has driven scientists...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"Growth of code complexity\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2009\/07\/growth-of-code-complexity\/\">Growth of code complexity<\/a> Jul 2, 2009 (1,490 views) I'm busy revising our paper on the study of the software development processes at the Hadley Centre...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"Ethics of Climate - Talk by Ray Pierrehumbert\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2010\/04\/ethics-of-climate-talk-by-ray-pierrehumbert\/\">Ethics of Climate - Talk by Ray Pierrehumbert<\/a> Apr 23, 2010 (1,459 views) After catching the start of yesterday's Centre for Environment Research Day, I headed around the...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"Why I don&#039;t eat meat\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2011\/07\/why-i-dont-eat-meat\/\">Why I don&#039;t eat meat<\/a> Jul 22, 2011 (1,449 views) My wife and I have been (sort of) vegetarian for twenty years now. I say \"sort of\" because we do eat...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"A simpler slogan?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2011\/09\/a-simpler-slogan\/\">A simpler slogan?<\/a> Sep 15, 2011 (1,445 views) Al Gore is part way through a 24-hour, round-the-globe, live broadcast, called Climate Reality. I...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"The Software Architecture of Global Climate Models\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2011\/12\/the-software-architecture-of-global-climate-models\/\">The Software Architecture of Global Climate Models<\/a> Dec 10, 2011 (1,406 views) On Thursday, Kaitlin presented her poster at the AGU meeting, which shows the results of the study...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"Inertia on the pathway to decarbonization\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2016\/10\/inertia-on-the-pathway-to-decarbonization\/\">Inertia on the pathway to decarbonization<\/a> Oct 21, 2016 (1,403 views) One of the biggest challenges in understanding\u00a0climate change is that the timescales involved are...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"Some CMIP5 statistics\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2012\/04\/some-cmip5-statistics\/\">Some CMIP5 statistics<\/a> Apr 29, 2012 (1,367 views) I'm attending a workshop this week in which some of the initial results from the Fifth Coupled Model...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"The Principle of Complementarity (1)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2011\/03\/the-principle-of-complementarity-1\/\">The Principle of Complementarity (1)<\/a> Mar 22, 2011 (1,331 views) I introduced some ideas from systems thinking last month, and especially the idea of second order...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"Bill Gates is very wrong\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2010\/01\/bill-gates-is-very-wrong\/\">Bill Gates is very wrong<\/a> Jan 26, 2010 (1,298 views) In a blog post that was picked up by the Huffington post, Bill Gates writes about why we need...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"An AGU Global Environmental Change Bookshelf\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2010\/12\/an-agu-global-environmental-change-bookshelf\/\">An AGU Global Environmental Change Bookshelf<\/a> Dec 17, 2010 (1,295 views) I spent most of Wednesday attending a series of sessions featuring bestselling authors from the AGU...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"Crowd-Sourced Carbon Calculators (inspired by David Mackay)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2010\/03\/david-mackay-sustainable-energy-without-the-hot-air\/\">Crowd-Sourced Carbon Calculators (inspired by David Mackay)<\/a> Mar 11, 2010 (1,281 views) \r\n\r\nOn March 30, David Mackay, author of Sustainable Energy without the Hot Air, will be giving the...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"A first glimpse at model results for the next IPCC assessment\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2011\/09\/a-first-glimpse-at-model-results-for-the-next-ipcc-assessment\/\">A first glimpse at model results for the next IPCC assessment<\/a> Sep 16, 2011 (1,249 views) Over the next few years, you're likely to see a lot of graphs like this (click for a bigger...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"When did ignorance become a badge of honour for journalists?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2010\/08\/when-did-ignorance-become-a-badge-of-honour\/\">When did ignorance become a badge of honour for journalists?<\/a> Aug 28, 2010 (1,227 views) Here's an appalling article by Andy Revkin on dotEarth which epitomizes everything that is wrong...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"xkcd: How to Write Good Code\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2011\/01\/xkcd-how-to-write-good-code\/\">xkcd: How to Write Good Code<\/a> Jan 7, 2011 (1,216 views) It would be very easy to re-post pretty much everything from xkcd, and I'm trying hard to resist,...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"Social epistemology and climate denialism\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2009\/08\/social-epistemology-and-climate-denialism\/\">Social epistemology and climate denialism<\/a> Aug 6, 2009 (1,212 views) I've spent some time pondering why so many people seem unable or unwilling to understand the...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"Successful Predictions (AGU 2012 Tyndall Lecture)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2012\/12\/successful-predictions-agu-2012-tyndall-lecture\/\">Successful Predictions (AGU 2012 Tyndall Lecture)<\/a> Dec 11, 2012 (1,179 views) Last week I was at the 2012 AGU Fall Meeting. I plan to blog about many of the talks, but let me...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"Measuring Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Cities\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2010\/04\/measuring-greenhouse-gas-emissions-from-cities\/\">Measuring Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Cities<\/a> Apr 22, 2010 (1,148 views) This morning I attended the first part of the Centre for Environment's Research Day, and I'm glad I...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"What is Science Literacy?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2012\/05\/what-is-science-literacy\/\">What is Science Literacy?<\/a> May 29, 2012 (1,140 views) A few people today have pointed me at the new paper by Dan Kahan &amp; colleagues (1), which...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"What&#039;s the pricetag on a Global Climate Model?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2010\/09\/whats-the-pricetag-on-a-global-climate-model\/\">What&#039;s the pricetag on a Global Climate Model?<\/a> Sep 3, 2010 (1,118 views) Here's a question I've been asking a few people lately, ever since I asserted that climate models...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"Formal Verification for Climate Models?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2011\/09\/formal-verification-for-climate-models\/\">Formal Verification for Climate Models?<\/a> Sep 23, 2011 (1,100 views) Valdivino, who is working on a PhD in Brazil, on formal software verification techniques, is...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"New Grad Course on Computational Models of Climate Change\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2013\/01\/new-grad-course-on-computational-models-of-climate-change\/\">New Grad Course on Computational Models of Climate Change<\/a> Jan 6, 2013 (1,086 views) This week, I start teaching a new grad course on computational models of climate change, aimed at...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"Commuting by bike is a dangerous sport\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2011\/06\/commuting-by-bike-is-a-dangerous-sport\/\">Commuting by bike is a dangerous sport<\/a> Jun 8, 2011 (1,061 views) I thought I'd write a little on cycling in the Toronto this month, partly because is Bike Month,...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"AGU talk: Tim Palmer on Building Probabilistic Climate Models\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2010\/12\/agu-talk-tim-palmer-on-building-probabilistic-climate-models\/\">AGU talk: Tim Palmer on Building Probabilistic Climate Models<\/a> Dec 19, 2010 (1,023 views) On Thursday, Tim Palmer of the University of Oxford and the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"A Hierarchical Systems Approach to Model Validation\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2011\/12\/2774\/\">A Hierarchical Systems Approach to Model Validation<\/a> Dec 6, 2011 (1,009 views) I'm at the AGU meeting in San Francisco this week. The internet connections in the meeting rooms...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"When is a model not a model?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2016\/11\/when-is-a-model-not-a-model\/\">When is a model not a model?<\/a> Nov 30, 2016 (1,001 views) This is\u00a0an excerpt from the draft manuscript of my forthcoming book, Computing the...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"Climate Science and Software Quality\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2010\/02\/climate-science-and-software-quality\/\">Climate Science and Software Quality<\/a> Feb 12, 2010 (971 views) Here's a letter I've sent to the Guardian newspaper. I wonder if they'll print it? \r\n\r\nProfessor...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"Fun with urban transport data\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2011\/06\/fun-with-urban-transport-data\/\">Fun with urban transport data<\/a> Jun 30, 2011 (947 views) I spent a little time this afternoon trying to get hold of data. I guess I have high expectations...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"The Internet: Saving Civilization or Trashing the Planet?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2013\/04\/the-internet-saving-civilization-or-trashing-the-planet\/\">The Internet: Saving Civilization or Trashing the Planet?<\/a> Apr 10, 2013 (943 views) Next year, I'll be teaching a new undergraduate course, as part of an initiative by the Faculty of...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"Do &quot;Many eyeballs make all bugs shallow&quot;?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2009\/12\/do-many-eyes-make-all-bugs-shallow\/\">Do &quot;Many eyeballs make all bugs shallow&quot;?<\/a> Dec 11, 2009 (893 views) As a follow-on from yesterday's post on making climate software open source, I'd like to pick up on...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"Missing the Target: Canada&#039;s Deplorable Record on Carbon Emissions\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2016\/10\/missing-the-target-canadas-deplorable-record-on-carbon-emissions\/\">Missing the Target: Canada&#039;s Deplorable Record on Carbon Emissions<\/a> Oct 18, 2016 (887 views) I've been exploring how Canada's commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions stack up against...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"AGU day 3: Science literacy means understanding the process\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2009\/12\/agu-day-3-science-literacy-means-understanding-the-process\/\">AGU day 3: Science literacy means understanding the process<\/a> Dec 20, 2009 (878 views) Picking up from my last post on communicating with policymakers, the first session on Wednesday...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"How long have we known?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2010\/02\/how-long-have-we-known\/\">How long have we known?<\/a> Feb 18, 2010 (863 views) I'm giving a talk today to a group of high school students. Most of the talk focusses on climate...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"Weather balloons vs. climate balloons\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2014\/02\/weather-balloons-vs-climate-balloons\/\">Weather balloons vs. climate balloons<\/a> Feb 21, 2014 (856 views) What's the difference between forecasting the weather and predicting future climate change? A few...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"AGU session on Software Engineering for Climate Modeling\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2010\/12\/agu-session-on-software-engineering-for-climate-modeling\/\">AGU session on Software Engineering for Climate Modeling<\/a> Dec 14, 2010 (839 views) Here's the first of a series of posts from the American Geophysical Society (AGU) Fall meeting,...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"National Geographic&#039;s 6 degrees\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2011\/07\/national-geographics-6-degrees\/\">National Geographic&#039;s 6 degrees<\/a> Jul 11, 2011 (836 views) Okay, so it's a few years old, but I'd never seen this series of videos by National Geographic...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"Climate change is mankind&#039;s defining crisis (Mobiot\/Lomborg debate)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2009\/12\/liveblogging-the-monbiot-v-lomborg-debate\/\">Climate change is mankind&#039;s defining crisis (Mobiot\/Lomborg debate)<\/a> Dec 1, 2009 (831 views) This evening I'm attending a debate on climate change in Toronto, at the Munk Centre. George Monbiot...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"One Model to Rule them All?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2011\/11\/one-model-to-rule-them-all\/\">One Model to Rule them All?<\/a> Nov 6, 2011 (808 views) I had several interesting conversations at WCRP11 last week about how different the various climate...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"The Need for T-shaped Students\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2013\/08\/the-need-for-t-shaped-students\/\">The Need for T-shaped Students<\/a> Aug 15, 2013 (796 views) I love working in a University. Every day I encounter new ideas, and I get to chat to some of the...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"Data Challenges in Creating a new Surface Temperature Record\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2010\/08\/data-challenges-in-creating-a-new-surface-temperature-record\/\">Data Challenges in Creating a new Surface Temperature Record<\/a> Aug 25, 2010 (767 views) I've been invited to a workshop at the UK Met Office in a few weeks time, to brainstorm a plan to...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"IEEE Software Special Issue on Climate Change: Software, Science and Society\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2010\/12\/ieee-software-special-issue-on-climate-change-software-science-and-society\/\">IEEE Software Special Issue on Climate Change: Software, Science and Society<\/a> Dec 5, 2010 (763 views) Call for Papers:\r\n IEEE Software Special Issue on Climate Change: Software, Science and...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"Another cognitive bug: Attempting to correct a misperception often reinforces it\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2010\/05\/another-cognitive-bug-attempting-to-correct-a-misperception-often-reinforces-it\/\">Another cognitive bug: Attempting to correct a misperception often reinforces it<\/a> May 31, 2010 (731 views) I'm fascinated by the cognitive biases that affect people's perceptions of climate change. I've...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"The Affordances of Bike Lanes\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2011\/06\/the-affordances-of-bike-lanes\/\">The Affordances of Bike Lanes<\/a> Jun 10, 2011 (728 views) As a followup to my post earlier this week about how dangerous cycling is in Toronto, I decided to...<\/li>\n\t<li><a title=\"Are you aware of your own (in)competence?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2009\/06\/are-you-aware-of-your-own-incompetence\/\">Are you aware of your own (in)competence?<\/a> Jun 11, 2009 (727 views) I've been thinking a lot recently about why so few people seem to understand the severity of the...<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":392,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1446"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/392"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1446"}],"version-history":[{"count":32,"href":"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1446\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1499,"href":"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1446\/revisions\/1499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}