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 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘skeptic’
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 »
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 [...]
Staying Sane
Posted in Musings, tagged climate change, climategate, copenhagen, CRU, debate, denial, global warming, inhofe, IPCC, media, politics, science, skeptic on March 14, 2010 | 18 Comments »
A long time ago, I learned to turn off the emotional half of my brain – can’t remember whether it’s right or left – when I read studies about climate change. I look at model results and projections from a purely analytical standpoint. I register how awful the scenarios are, but I don’t let it [...]
Now We’re Talking!
Posted in How Science Works, Media and the Public, News and Reports, tagged carbon dioxide, climate change, climategate, communication, CRU, debate, global warming, humour, IPCC, media, NAS, politics, risk management, science, skeptic, swifthack on March 8, 2010 | 10 Comments »
Another batch of private emails from climate scientists has been leaked/hacked/stolen/whatever. These ones, though, are very different than the last. It’s a thread of emails from the NAS, and these guys are mad. They are mad about vested interests skewing the discussion. They are mad that journalists have sat and lapped it right up without [...]
Freedom of Information
Posted in How Science Works, Media and the Public, News and Reports, tagged censorship, climate change, climategate, CRU, debate, denial, FOIA, global warming, hansen, hockey stick, jones, media, santer, schmidt, science, skeptic on March 7, 2010 | 14 Comments »
The only real issue that the hacked CRU emails brought up, the only allegation that didn’t fall apart if you were familiar with the literature (*cough cough hide the decline*), was the failure of Phil Jones to respond to some of the FOI (Freedom of Information) requests. This looks bad on the surface, and it [...]
Recommendations?
Posted in Mitigation and Policy, tagged climate change, debate, denial, global warming, media, politics, republican, risk management, science, skeptic on March 2, 2010 | 12 Comments »
I’m interested in finding out how and why climate change action became a partisan issue. As Stephen Schneider says in his new book, there’s a reason that “conservation” sounds so much like “conservatism”. The fiscal conservative school of thought is to save money for a rainy day, and to minimize spending so the economy is [...]
The Antithesis to Nitpicking
Posted in Other Advocates, tagged agreement, al gore, carbon dioxide, censorship, climate change, climategate, copenhagen, credibility, CRU, debate, denial, environment, global warming, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases, hockey stick, IPCC, media, politics, risk management, science, skeptic, united states on February 27, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Sometimes we have to step back and look at the big picture. We have to remember that not everyone has heard or believed the one about global warming stopping in 1998. Denialists centre around nitpicking and ideas that global warming is a “house of cards”, so we respond the same way: countering all the “mistakes” [...]
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 [...]
Manufacturing Doubt
Posted in How Science Works, Media and the Public, Mitigation and Policy, tagged agreement, canada, climate change, copenhagen, credibility, debate, denial, global warming, IPCC, media, politics, science, skeptic, united states on January 17, 2010 | 20 Comments »
I recently wrote this term paper for my world issues course. Enjoy. There are many questions which remain controversial among scientists, but the existence of human-caused climate change is not one of them. Over 97% of publishing climatologists (Doran and Zimmerman, 2009), virtually 100% of peer-reviewed studies (Oreskes, 2004), and every scientific organization in the [...]
ClimateSight/CCC Movies!
Posted in Cartoons, tagged agreement, al gore, australia, canada, carbon dioxide, climate change, copenhagen, credibility, debate, denial, environment, global warming, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases, hockey stick, humour, IPCC, media, politics, risk management, science, skeptic, united states on January 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Here is a re-upload of some public education videos (aimed at students) I created in the summer, in association with Climate Change Connection. Read the citations, and take the survey if you’re feeling brave. Enjoy!
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