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Category: Global Warming
The following is a short version of the litany of global warming denialists' current rhetoric: "Current pause in global warming" "lack of global warming for well over 10 years now." "There is no credible (statistically significant) data that says global warming is occurring" "fifteen years...
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Category: Earth Science
If all the water currently trapped in all the glaciers across the entire world melted, the sea level would rise far more than most people imagine. Almost everyone living anywhere in the world at an elevation of below about 500 feet with a direct drainage...
Posted by Greg Laden at 4:40 PM • 26 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Global Warming
There is a guest commentary by Genie Scott at Real Climate: Imagine you're a middle-school science teacher, and you get to the section of the course where you're to talk about climate change. You mention the "C" words, and two students walk out of the...
Posted by Greg Laden at 11:34 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Global Warming
And I suspect he's done so willingly. Well, you know what they say about statistics and liars. Here's the story. The Wall Street Journal and the Daily Mail independently published highly misleading and blatantly idiotic pieces on climate change. We've covered this extensively already over...
Posted by Greg Laden at 1:11 PM • 39 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Global Warming
It starts like this: Do you consult your dentist about your heart condition? In science, as in any area, reputations are based on knowledge and expertise in a field and on published, peer-reviewed work. If you need surgery, you want a highly experienced expert in...
Posted by Greg Laden at 10:52 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Global Warming
Let's have a look. Bonus commentary HERE....
Posted by Greg Laden at 9:52 PM • 11 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Global Warming
I suspect that the complexity of global climate change is under-appreciated. If you live in a cold climate and I tell you that things will get warmer, you may see this as good news and look forward to a future where you no longer have...
Posted by Greg Laden at 10:00 AM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: LIAR!!!!
Since the Daily Mail is a British thing and the latest form of entertainment in Britain is Libel Tourism, I won't say to you that the Daily Mail is a rag full of lies and deceit. Instead, I'll let you be the judge. These studies:...
Posted by Greg Laden at 11:21 AM • 10 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Climate Change
In a world first, University of Queensland and CSIRO scientists have measured the relationship between current climate, climate change and habitat loss on plants and animals on a global scale. Their results, published recently in Global Change Biology indicate that areas with high temperatures and...
Posted by Greg Laden at 2:15 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Climate Change
I've decided to update this blog entry (20 Dec 2011) because it occurs to me that certain things could be misinterpreted, in no small part because of the common language that separates us across various national borders, and differences in the way debate and concepts...
Posted by Greg Laden at 12:43 PM • 110 Comments •
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