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The BBC reports that the Russian government is working to divert an asteroid that has a 1 in 250 000 chance of hitting the Earth in 2036. “People’s lives are at stake,” Mr Perminov reportedly told the radio service Golos Rossii (Voice of Russia). “We should pay several hundred million dollars and build a system [...]

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I’m not really sure how I feel about Copenhagen. In a way, I was pleasantly surprised that anything happened at all. I had been following the feeds from DeSmogBlog and U of T throughout the conference, and it was after midnight on the last evening before any agreements were actually made. Obviously, Copenhagen didn’t progress [...]

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I was going to write a Science and Communication, Part 3 post that examined what ClimateGate actually tells us vs what the popular press says about it, and why this chasm between the two exists. Then Michael Tobis wrote a brilliant post discussing that very topic: What Was Actually Revealed a rehash of a well-known [...]

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I like to think of science and communication as a bridge. On one side of the bridge are scientists, who are studying and discussing and debating their respective fields together. On the other side of the bridge is the public, who watch the scientists from a distance to get a sense of what’s going on. [...]

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If our world leaders cannot cooperate enough to stop dangerous climate change in the scant time we have left…..how do they expect to be able to cooperate enough to adapt to the kind of world they’re committing to with their inaction? If we can’t figure this out, how do we expect to able to get [...]

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Usually books about climate change take me some time to read. As fascinating as they are, they’re not the kind of literature I would read to relax. They take far more energy to get through than something like Twilight. This wasn’t the case for Science as a Contact Sport, the new book by Stephen Schneider. [...]

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Peter has created a second video regarding the CRU emails, this time discussing the allegations that climatologists suppressed skeptical views. Enjoy.

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At last! Peter has released his new video regarding the CRU hack. Off to go email it to everyone I know.

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Potholer54 just posted a video investigating whether or not the CRU emails actually show faked data/deliberate manipulation/a socialist conspiracy. Enjoy. If you’re interested in an explanation of all the papers and theories the CRU emails are discussing, RealClimate does a great job. I hear Peter Sinclair is also working on a CRU video – I’ll [...]

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I’m fairly new to the issue of climate change, and even newer to the politics surrounding it. I’ve spent the past two years reading about climate change causes, impacts, projections, myths, media blunders, and public misconceptions. I knew that vested interests, such as the fossil fuel industry and political lobby groups, had played a part [...]

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