Part 3 in a series of 5 for NextGen Journal Adapted from part of an earlier post As we discussed last time, there is a remarkable level of scientific consensus on the reality and severity of human-caused global warming. However, most members of the public are unaware of this consensus – a topic which we [...]
Posts Tagged ‘debate’
Who are the Skeptics?
Posted in Media and the Public, tagged antarctica, climate change, credibility, debate, denial, education, environment, global warming, greenhouse effect, greenland, IPCC, lindzen, media, michaels, politics, s. fred singer, science, skeptic, skeptical science on August 4, 2011 | 13 Comments »
Why Trust Science?
Posted in How Science Works, tagged agreement, chemistry, climate change, consensus, credibility, debate, global warming, journalism, physics, politics, risk management, science on July 7, 2011 | 47 Comments »
Part 1 of a series of 5 for NextGen Journal. What’s wrong with these statements? I believe in global warming. I don’t believe in global warming. We should hear all sides of the climate change debate and decide for ourselves. Don’t see it? How about these? I believe in photosynthesis. I don’t believe in Newton’s [...]
The Pendulum
Posted in Mitigation and Policy, tagged al gore, an inconvenient truth, arctic, canada, carbon dioxide, climate change, climategate, copenhagen, debate, democrat, denial, environment, global warming, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases, human rights, hurricane katrina, journalism, kyoto, media, obama, politics, republican, risk management, science, skeptic, Stephen Harper, sustainability, swifthack, united states on January 31, 2011 | 7 Comments »
Cross-posted from NextGen Journal A few years ago, climate change mitigation became a major political issue. Before 2005, governments certainly knew that human-caused climate change was a serious problem – but the public knew next to nothing about it, so there was no incentive to act. However, between 2005 and 2007, a perfect storm of [...]
The Real Story of Climategate
Posted in Media and the Public, tagged al gore, anthony watts, carbon dioxide, censorship, climate change, climategate, communication, copenhagen, credibility, CRU, cuccinelli, debate, denial, education, environment, global warming, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases, hockey stick, inhofe, journalism, media, nasa, politics, republican, risk management, science, skeptic, sustainability, swifthack, united states on November 17, 2010 | 145 Comments »
A year ago today, an unidentified hacker published a zipped folder in several locations online. In this folder were approximately one thousand emails and three thousand files which had been stolen from the backup server of the Climatic Research Unit in the UK, a top centre for global temperature analysis and climate change studies. As [...]
What Kevin Trenberth Has to Say
Posted in Interviews, tagged climate change, climategate, communication, CRU, debate, education, environment, global warming, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases, IPCC, journalism, media, ncar, science, skeptic, swifthack, trenberth, united states on August 30, 2010 | 7 Comments »
A comment from Steve Bloom several months ago got me thinking about a new kind of post that would be a lot of fun: interviewing top climate scientists, both on their research and their views of climate science journalism and communication. When I emailed Dr. Kevin Trenberth to see if he would be interested in [...]
All Is Not Lost
Posted in Media and the Public, Mitigation and Policy, News and Reports, tagged carbon dioxide, climate change, climategate, communication, copenhagen, credibility, CRU, debate, environment, george mason university, global warming, greenhouse gases, kyoto, media, politics, poll, republican, risk management, science, survey, united states on June 15, 2010 | 7 Comments »
I really enjoyed reading two recent polls conducted by George Mason University’s Center for Climate Communication. In particular, the results made me wonder why the US government still hasn’t passed a climate bill. For example, US presidents have been saying for over a decade that it is unfair to force their industries to reduce emissions if developing [...]
Deniers?
Posted in How Science Works, Media and the Public, tagged 9/11, climate change, communication, conservative, credibility, debate, denial, education, evolution, global warming, H1N1, liberal, media, politics, science, swine flu, vaccines, youth on June 8, 2010 | 4 Comments »
I really enjoyed New Scientist’s Special Report: Living in Denial. What a fascinating phenomenon, and a fascinating batch of articles exploring it. The denial of science is a growing problem. It’s not restricted to a particular ideology – while denying the harmful effects of smoking or the existence of climate change is typically a position [...]
Uncertain Science….Uncertain World
Posted in Reviews, tagged climate change, credibility, debate, education, geology, global warming, journalism, media, pollack, science, uncertainty, united states on May 1, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Several months ago, I wrote a generally favourable review of geophysicist Dr. Henry Pollack’s newest book, A World Without Ice. So when I came across his earlier book, which was about the nature of the scientific process - something that fascinates me – I couldn’t wait to read it. Uncertain Science, Uncertain World is about [...]
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 [...]
Mind the Gap
Posted in How Science Works, Media and the Public, News and Reports, tagged carbon dioxide, climate change, climategate, credibility, CRU, debate, environment, global warming, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases, IPCC, jones, leake, media, politics, quote, risk management, science, sustainability, swifthack on April 11, 2010 | 28 Comments »
This is the script of a presentation I will make to several groups of high school students on Earth Day. I was originally going to use the same script from my PowerShift presentation, but in light of recent developments and my ever-expanding thoughts on climate change, I decided to create an entirely new presentation. I [...]
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