A growing body of research is showing that humans are likely causing more than 100% of global warming: without our influences on the climate, the planet would actually be cooling slightly. In 2007, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change published its fourth assessment report, internationally regarded as the most credible summary of climate science to [...]
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How much is most?
Posted in News and Reports, tagged AGU, climate change, education, environment, global warming, IPCC, science on January 31, 2012 | 33 Comments »
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 [...]
Is There Consensus?
Posted in How Science Works, tagged AAAS, ACS, AGU, APS, climate change, consensus, environment, global warming, IPCC, royal society, science, statements on July 20, 2011 | 10 Comments »
Part 2 of a series of 5 for NextGen Journal We hear the phrase “climate change consensus” tossed around all the time. But what does that even mean? And does it actually exist? In Part 1 we discussed the concept of a scientific consensus: overwhelming agreement (but rarely unanimity) among experts. Of course, such a [...]
Quality, Transparency, and Rigour
Posted in News and Reports, tagged climate change, communication, environment, global warming, IPCC, media, politics, science on June 5, 2011 | 5 Comments »
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports are likely the most cited documents on the subject of global warming. The organization, established by the United Nations, doesn’t do any original research – it simply summarizes the massive amount of scientific literature on the topic. Their reports, written and reviewed by volunteer scientists, and published [...]
Beautiful Things
Posted in Research Blogging, tagged atlantic, atmosphere, cccma, climate change, climate models, el nino, global warming, IPCC, la nina, physics, science on June 2, 2011 | 4 Comments »
This is what the last few days have taught me: even if the code for climate models can seem dense and confusing, the output is absolutely amazing. Late yesterday I discovered a page of plots and animations from the Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis. The most recent coupled global model represented on that [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Don’t Listen to the Newspapers
Posted in Media and the Public, tagged climate change, climategate, communication, credibility, CRU, education, environment, global warming, IPCC, journalism, media, science, sisters of our lady of the missions, sustainability on September 25, 2010 | 15 Comments »
This article of mine was published in the newsletter of Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions, a Catholic group that is doing a great deal of work in sustainability issues. Enjoy! The mainstream media portrays the existence of human-caused climate change as a much fiercer scientific debate than it actually is. Scientists are still [...]
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 »
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 [...]
Priorities
Posted in Musings, tagged carbon dioxide, climate change, climategate, communication, CRU, denial, education, environment, global warming, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases, IPCC, journalism, media, politics, quote, science, swifthack on September 6, 2010 | 17 Comments »
I’m sick of all the politics surrounding climate science. I wish it could go back to just being science, the way it was in the 1970s, without all these people trying to sabotage it for us. I wish we could concentrate on the joy and fascination we feel when we learn about the climate system, [...]
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