I think a lot of debates we see in the environmental community boil down to people having different "theories of change". A theory of change is simply that: a theory about how you think the world changes for the better. Some people think the world changes because of political movements. Others think it takes cultural... Continue Reading →

Having the leader of the free world state so clearly that we must respond to the threat of climate change is absolutely a good thing. Having him state that the path is both long and difficult is even better. But forgive me for being cynical; haven't we heard all of this before? I truly hope... Continue Reading →

(h/t Peter Sinclair)

... or nothing to see here. Move along folks. All of this cosmic nonsense was pre-debunked by Richard Alley in his great AGU talk from 2009 titled: The Biggest Control Knob: Carbon Dioxide in Earth's Climate History (starting at about 42 minutes): So despite what you might have read at some less-than-reputable publications, the recent... Continue Reading →

I find it hard to fully comprehend the scale of it

We all know what to do, we just don’t know how to get re-elected after we’ve done it. -Jean-Claude Juncker Talking about financial reforms, but the exact same situation applies to climate/sustainability.

TEDx has recently been used as a platform for pseudoscience, and in response they have published an open letter full of good advice on how non experts can spot pseudoscience. The letter makes it clear that there are some usually visible differences between good science and pseudoscience: Marks of good science: It makes claims that... Continue Reading →

This talk, by Ray Pierrehumbert, is an excellent response to Naomi Oreskes' observation that: "climate scientists are so busy talking about stuff they don't understand that they never get around to taking credit for what they got right." UPDATE: Steve Easterbrook has compiled a helpful list of the successful predictions in Ray Pierrehumbert's talk: Here... Continue Reading →

Or why I don't expect much progress from the current meeting in Doha h/t New Anthropocene

Perhaps you have heard that delegates from around the world have gathered in Doha to discuss what to do about the climate problem. Perhaps you hope that something worthwhile will come out of the negotiations. While I certainly do hope that something worthwhile is achieved by the delegates at Doha, I can't seem to garner much interest... Continue Reading →

Katharine Hayhoe on Twitter (or rather the service TwitLonger since 140 characters is obviously not enough) explaining climate change's influence on Sandy, and the difficulties in communicating the nuances involved to the press: As a scientist in a field where consensus is constantly challenged, I'm a bit sensitive about being pitted against a colleague. Case in point,... Continue Reading →

John Nielsen-Gammon thinks that perhaps it is better that climate change isn't being given much attention in the 2012 election Maybe it’s a good thing that the major political parties are not engaged in a pitched battle over climate change.  Maybe this presents us with an opportunity to remove the political baggage from the scientific... Continue Reading →

via the YALE forum on CLIMATE CHANGE & THE MEDIA

A least at that bastion of liberalism that is PBS News Hour. DeSmogBlog and Climate Progress have more. UPDATE: The PBS ombudsman has admitted that they 'stumbled badly'.

The latest from the awesome Symphony of Science. This is what auto-tune was made for! h/t Peter Sinclar

Stephan Lewandowsky has identified the 4 remaining bloggers that he asked to post a link to his survey about climate denialism and conspiracy theories (paper here). They are: Dr Roger Pielke Jr (he replied to the initial contact) Mr Marc Morano (of Climatedepot; he replied to the initial contact) Dr Roy Spencer (no reply) Mr... Continue Reading →

John Nielsen-Gammon's conclusion after a thorough debunking of Steve Milloy's junk science: it took five pages to retort six pages of falsehoods.  This is the epitome of junk science.