I’ve really been enjoying the Advanced versions of Skeptical Science’s rebuttals to common misconceptions about climate change. So far, they have all been written by someone going by the name of dana1981, who I would like to give a huge shout-out to. I am a new B.Sc. student who is interested in pursuing a career [...]
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A Fabulous Contribution
Posted in Other Advocates, Science Lessons, tagged anthony watts, carbon dioxide, climate change, communication, credibility, dana1981, denial, education, environment, global warming, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases, IPCC, journalism, science, skeptical science on September 12, 2010 | 19 Comments »
Forcings
Posted in Science Lessons, tagged carbon dioxide, climate, climate change, energy, global warming, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases, physics, radiative forcing, science on July 25, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Last time, we talked about the energy budget – the process of radiation coming in from the sun, being absorbed by the Earth, and then emitted as infrared radiation, which we perceive as heat when it hits us. Remember that this outgoing emission of energy is what determines the temperature of the Earth. So how [...]
Snowball Earth
Posted in Reviews, Science Lessons, tagged carbon dioxide, climate change, communication, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases, hoffman, ice age, journalism, science, snowball earth, walker on July 18, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Of all the books I have read about climate change, Snowball Earth, by Gabrielle Walker, is definitely one of the best – and it’s not even about the current climate change. Part of what makes it so good is the style of writing. As the Los Angeles Times said about her later book, An Ocean [...]
The Energy Budget
Posted in Science Lessons, tagged climate change, communication, earth, education, energy, energy budget, global warming, infrared, radiation, science, sun, temperature on May 29, 2010 | 8 Comments »
I’ve decided to take this blog more in the direction of communicating science – there are only so many sociological musings to come up with. This is the first of many planned posts explaining basic climate science so people have better context for what they read in the newspaper. Every post is a work in [...]
We Have Slides!
Posted in How Science Works, Media and the Public, Science Lessons, tagged agreement, al gore, carbon dioxide, censorship, climate change, climategate, credibility, CRU, debate, denial, environment, global warming, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases, ice age, IPCC, media, nasa, politics, quote, risk management, science, skeptic, sustainability, swifthack, united states, youth on April 19, 2010 | 10 Comments »
After a marathon PowerPoint-session yesterday I finally got my 63 slides out of the way. Here is the presentation for anyone who is interested. The script is written in the notes beneath the slides. I like to have things fading in and out of my slides, so sometimes the text boxes and images are stacked [...]
How to Prove Global Warming Wrong
Posted in How Science Works, Science Lessons, tagged agreement, al gore, alarmism, carbon dioxide, climate change, climategate, copenhagen, credibility, CRU, debate, denial, environment, global warming, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases, humour, IPCC, media, politics, satire, science, skeptic on February 16, 2010 | 35 Comments »
Over the past twenty years, vested interests and political lobby groups have done a fantastic job confusing the public about anthropogenic climate change. To many, they seem to have proven the whole theory wrong. But how could you actually prove global warming wrong – not just in the minds of the public, but through the [...]
The Greenhouse Effect
Posted in Science Lessons, tagged carbon dioxide, climate change, global warming, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases, science on June 17, 2009 | 10 Comments »
It always helps to have some background scientific knowledge on climate change – it makes it easier to sort credibility and call people’s bluffs. I thought I’d give a brief explanation of the Earth’s energy balance, something that confused me for a long time. All substances can absorb a certain amount of radiation – they must [...]
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