On Feb 14, 8:46*pm, Sir Loin Steak wrote:
Hi all

I've got to give a 15 minute uni presentation in a few weeks on a
recent (no older than ~ 6 months) scientific research paper. It can be
any subject of my choosing, but I thought I'd give one on climate
change as it's bound to create some interesting discussion (what with
the fairly recent University of East Anglia coverage).

So, does anyone know of any good recent papers, or know of any good
journals? I've been looking for papers today, and can access pretty
much all science journals from uni, but there's so many I fear I may
miss something.

Cheers,

Liam

Start with IPCC AR4 Liam. Use that as your basis. Bring in ENSO as
noise around the warming signal; talk about how Lindzen got it
completely wrong with his 2009 paper and speculate on why no-one
appears to want to publish his 2010 paper; discuss why no-one cites
Miscolkzi's 2010 paper and remind your audience of the fact that every
country in the world that signed up to Cancun feels that AGW is a
reality, as does every single scientific institution in the world.
Don't miss out radiative transfer theory that shows the physics behind
why increasing CO2 levels *will* increase global temperatures, unless
a negative feedback overrides the warming and finish with some
appalling speculation as to what could happen if warming was at the
top of the IPCC error bars.

You'll knock 'em dead.

Really, there's some good stuff in there, especially the debate over
Lindzen and Miscolkzi.