Monthly Archives: June 2012

Gergis “Significance”

Jun 6, 2012 – 12:01 PM

Jean S observed in comments to another thread that he was unable to replicate the claimed “significant” correlation for many, if not, most of the 27 Gergis “significant” proxies. See his comments here  here Jean S had observed: Steve, Roman, or somebody 😉 , what am I doing wrong here? I tried to check the […]

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Law Dome in Mann et al 2008

Jun 4, 2012 – 12:54 PM

As mentioned yesterday, the Law Dome series has been used from time to time in IPCC multiproxy studies, with the most remarkable use occurring, needless to say, in Mann et al 2008. As noted yesterday, despite Law Dome being very high resolution (indeed, as far as I know, the highest resolution available ice core) and […]

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Gergis’ Two Medieval Proxies

Jun 3, 2012 – 10:27 PM

IPCC AR5 (First Draft) cited Gergis et al as follows: New paleo records from Australasia provide evidence of MCA warming around 1250–1330 CE, [my bold] somewhat later than maximum medieval warmth described from many Northern Hemisphere regions (Gergis et al., submitted). Following peak medieval warmth in the early 1300s, a cooling trend reaching a temperature […]

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