Climate Science

Once upon a time climatology was a quaint Victorian sort of a science dominated by rather dull statistics. A big day for a climatologist would be discovering an anti-correlation between the Summer temperature in Lisbon and the rainfall in Honolulu.

That changed utterly when advances in computing made it possible for climatology to become an application of physics. Physical models of climate require vast computing power, the kind of computing power that permitted chemistry to start computing molecular structures and aerodynamics to become a predictive science. I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of the old time climatologists resented the new kids on the block.

Is it just coincidence that all the new kind of climate scientists seem to be believers in anthropogenic global warming? I can't think of any who aren't. I can easily imagine what it must feel like to see your hard won insights and statistical tables displaced by physics and nasty old computer calculations.

So why isn't anyone running a real physical climate model in the doubter camp? Or is there someone? Anyone?

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