For a long time I have struggled with what to call the people who insist that climate change is natural/nonexistent/a global conspiracy. “Skeptics” is their preferred term, but I refuse to give such a compliment to those who don’t deserve it. Skepticism is a good thing in science, and it’s not being applied by self-professed [...]
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Posted in Musings, tagged AGU, climate change, contrarian, denial, education, environment, global warming, john cook, science, skeptic, skeptical science on December 13, 2011 | 39 Comments »
Climate Change Denial: Heads in the Sand
Posted in Reviews, tagged climate change, communication, cook, denial, education, environment, global warming, hansen, postmodernism, science, skeptic, skeptical science, venus, washington on August 11, 2011 | 17 Comments »
I recently finished reading Climate Change Denial: Heads in the Sand by Haydn Washington and Skeptical Science founder John Cook. Given that I am a longtime reader of (and occasional contributor to) Skeptical Science, I didn’t expect to find much in this book that was new to me. However, I was pleasantly surprised. Right from [...]
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 »
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 [...]
What Can One Person Do?
Posted in How Science Works, Media and the Public, Mitigation and Policy, Science Lessons, tagged agreement, canada, carbon dioxide, climate change, climategate, communication, CRU, denial, education, environment, global warming, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases, hansen, ice age, IPCC, journalism, media, politics, republican, risk management, science, skeptic, sustainability, united states, youth on May 5, 2011 | 23 Comments »
Next week, I will be giving a speech on climate change to the green committee of a local United Church. They are particularly interested in science and solutions, so I wrote the following script, drawing heavily from my previous presentations. I would really appreciate feedback and suggestions for this presentation. Citations will be on the [...]
Legislating Scientific Truth
Posted in Mitigation and Policy, tagged climate change, denial, global warming, greenhouse gases, Indiana, inhofe, Montana, pi, politics, Read, republican, science, united states, Upton on March 24, 2011 | 22 Comments »
Cross-posted from NextGen Journal Scientific statements rely on uncertainty and error bars. If our understanding changes, the scientific consensus changes accordingly, in a more or less implicit manner. There’s no official process that needs to be followed to update our knowledge. Laws passed by governments work in the opposite way. Official technicalities are paramount, and [...]
Climate Scientists Out in the Cold
Posted in News and Reports, tagged canada, carbon dioxide, CFCAS, climate change, congress, denial, environment, global warming, greenhouse gases, IPCC, luetkemeyer, NSERC, politics, republican, science, Stephen Harper, united states, waxman on February 24, 2011 | 35 Comments »
Cross-posted from NextGen Journal In the current economy, it’s not surprising that many countries are reducing funds for scientific research. It’s necessary to cut spending across the board these days. However, North American governments are singling out climate science as a victim – and not just reducing its funding, but, in many cases, eliminating it [...]
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 Unofficial Climate Change Book Awards
Posted in Reviews, tagged canada, carbon dioxide, climate change, communication, copenhagen, denial, education, environment, global warming, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases, journalism, media, politics, science, Stephen Harper, sustainability, united states on January 19, 2011 | 17 Comments »
Cross-posted from NextGen Journal As an aspiring climate scientist, I have read dozens of books about climate change over the past few years. Here are my all-time favourites, which I present with Unofficial Climate Change Book Awards. (Unfortunately, the prizes consist entirely of bragging rights.) Best Analysis of Future Scenarios Climate Wars, by Gwynne Dyer View [...]
Merchants of Doubt
Posted in Reviews, tagged acid rain, bill nierenberg, climate change, cold war, conway, DDT, denial, environment, frederick seitz, global warming, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases, media, oreskes, ozone depletion, politics, robert jastrow, s. fred singer, science, SDI, secondhand smoke, smoking, star wars, tobacco, united states on January 9, 2011 | 2 Comments »
I waited a long time to read this book – in retrospect, too long. I have long been a fan of Naomi Oreskes; I believe she is a brilliant and sensible scientist with a compelling way with words. On the other hand, nothing depresses me more quickly than reading about those who deliberately spread confusion [...]
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 [...]
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