It's not enough to bash in heads, you have to bash in minds
Two recent events have provided us clear view of the difference between those who wish to communicate clearly the science of climate change and those wish to deny it. The first instance come to us courtesy of Al Gore. Now as pretty much everyone is aware Al Gore gets a lot of flack, some of... Continue Reading →
The rate of warming for the past year is far greater than even the most crazed alarmists predicted. We are all doomed! From January 2008 to January 2009, the planet warmed a remarkable 0.37°C (see data here). This is 20 times (!) the annual rate of warming in recent decades and 20 times what most... Continue Reading →
I’ve written about the difference between skeptics and deniers before, but I think I missed the most obvious reason why deniers are not, and cannot be called skeptics. Deniers simply aren’t skeptical; in fact they are completely gullible. This can be seen over and over again as deniers willingly accept ‘theories’ that fall apart under... Continue Reading →
(h/t A Few Thing Ill Considered)
I am back from a wonderful week on the Oregon coast. I promise to post some pictures as soon as I can go through the hundreds of pictures we took. On another note I realized something as I was driving home yesterday. Our trip to the Oregon coast may have included driving for almost 2000... Continue Reading →
… and going to the Oregon coast for a week. Be back soon, hopefully with some pretty pictures I can post.
Whenever I mention the scientific consensus on climate change I get plenty of people pointing to opinion pieces or blog posts written by people who clearly do not agree that a consensus exists. Of course it is obvious that not everyone accepts the consensus, but it is clear that within the scientific community there is... Continue Reading →
One of the common threads of most denier rants on recent temperature change is cherry picking 1998 as the start of their analysis. This is a dead giveaway that they either are clueless about basic statistics or are being dishonest. The fact is that 1998 was a highly anomalous year. A strong el Niño effect... Continue Reading →
Recently an article was published in Nature which came to the conclusion that despite an earlier belief Antarctica has not been cooling, but rather warming. Given that deniers use the possibility that Antarctica may have been cooling as ‘proof’ of that climate change is a farce, many now predictably refuse to accept the results of... Continue Reading →
In reading up for an upcoming post on the recent paper in Nature I came across a simple 4 point list showing how real people aka non-cranks/denialists/deniers debate scientific issues. Not knowing everything is not a synonym for not knowing anything; Listing things one doesn’t know in no way negates what you do know, especially... Continue Reading →
Given the recent spade of ‘global warming is over’ articles over the past few months I figured this article by Greenfyre is particularly relevant. It’s true, just like the Deniers say, Global Warming is over … again, and again, and again. Not as often as they claim it is, but pretty often! Global Warming ends... Continue Reading →
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