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October 3, 2007
So says a recent poll from PIPA. They agree on exactly what, you ask?
"Human activity, including industry and transportation, is a significant cause of climate change" says 79% of the globe.
Nine out of ten say that action is necessary to address global warming. A substantial majority (65%)…
October 3, 2007
Arctic sea ice dropped to a record low in 2007, surpassing by a very striking margin (twenty four percent!) the previous record of two years ago.
Record Arctic Sea Ice Loss in 2007
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Arctic, September 16, 2007 (1.3 MB JPG)
Graph of Arctic Sea…
October 3, 2007
Just a brief followup on my recent post about The View and one of its co-hosts' agnosticism over the question "Is the world flat?"
They had on the Gieco caveman as a guest (talk about being typecast as an actor!) and he couldn't resist a couple of digs about modern humans with caveman ideas like no…
October 1, 2007
It seems that everything is now up and running for A Few Things Ill Considered now. The RSS feed is working and the blog is viewable on the main Science Blogs site. You can subscribe to email notices of new posts here.
Thanks for the technical support from Science Blogs staff and thanks to…
October 1, 2007
"Carbon dioxide did not end the last ice age" is the headline for science news outlets all over the place. But this is hardly a new finding. It is however a grabable sound bite for the usual denialist blogs out there who, predictably, are running with it.
The study's author, Lowell Stott,…
October 1, 2007
This weekly posting is brought to you courtesy of H.E.Taylor. Happy reading, I hope you enjoy this week's GW news roundup(skip to bottom)
Top Stories, African Floods, Melting Arctic, Greenland, Ward Hunt Lake, Polls, CDP Meetings, UN, Clinton Initiative, Washington, Retrospectives Hurricanes,…
September 25, 2007
This weekly posting is brought to you courtesy of H.E.Taylor. Happy reading, I hope you enjoy this week's GW news roundup
(skip to bottom) Top Stories, IPCC WG2 2007 Report, Montreal Protocol, African Floods, Melting Arctic, Antarctica, Methane Burp Hurricanes, Temperatures, Glaciers, Sea Levels…
September 24, 2007
I would like to introduce to Scienceblogs a feature from the old Illconsidered site, the weekly "A week of GW News" posts. These posts are an accumulation of all the important global warming related news, science and blog content posted online in the preceeding week. I will post it at the…
September 21, 2007
For most of us who believe in science as a great way to understand the physical realities around us, the question "Do you think the world is flat?" is hard to imagine as something to be asked seriously. But on The View, with millions of viewers, not only can it be asked, but the answer was "I don'…
September 20, 2007
Ever found yourself wondering (between gags) as you read some elaborate peice of climate change denialist tripe (debunking here)"Do they really believe all that c**p??"
Well, via Stoat, we can see that chances are not bad that they do not.
For thourough coverage of Lord Monckton be sure to browse…
September 20, 2007
Ok, so this is not my first blog post ever, but it is my first post as a member of Science Blogs. Unlike Groucho Marx, who did not wish to join any club which would accept him as a member, I am very excited to be here and very flattered by that invitation.
So some breif introductory messages...
To…
December 27, 2006
This is just one of dozens of responses to common climate change denial arguments, which can all be found at How to Talk to a Climate Sceptic.
Objection:
Today's warming is just a recovery from the Little Ice Age.
Answer:
The problem with this argument is that it relies on an implicit assumption…
June 27, 2006
This is just one of dozens of responses to common climate change denial arguments, which can all be found at How to Talk to a Climate Sceptic.
Objection:
According to the latest state of the art satellite measurements from over the Arctic, sea levels are falling! Guess all that ice isn't melting…
June 27, 2006
This is just one of dozens of responses to common climate change denial arguments, which can all be found at How to Talk to a Climate Sceptic.
Objection:
Taking into account the logarithmic effect of CO2 on temperature, the 35% increase we have already seen in concentrations represents about 3/4 of…
June 27, 2006
This is just one of dozens of responses to common climate change denial arguments, which can all be found at How to Talk to a Climate Sceptic.
Objection:
Some stations, in the US for example, show cooling trends. If there really were global warming, it would be warming everywhere.
Answer:
Global…
May 26, 2006
This is just one of dozens of responses to common climate change denial arguments, which can all be found at How to Talk to a Climate Sceptic.
Objection:
Scientists claim that Global Warming from GHG's is actually being countered somewhat by Global Dimming from aerosol pollution. They even say that…
May 25, 2006
This is just one of dozens of responses to common climate change denial arguments, which can all be found at How to Talk to a Climate Sceptic.
Objection:
More and more the models share all the same assumptions, so of course they all agree! And every year fewer scientists dare to speak out against…
May 25, 2006
This is just one of dozens of responses to common climate change denial arguments, which can all be found at How to Talk to a Climate Sceptic.
Objection:
Despite what the computer models tell us, there is actually no evidence of significant global warming.
Answer:
Global Warming is not an output…
May 25, 2006
This is just one of dozens of responses to common climate change denial arguments, which can all be found at How to Talk to a Climate Sceptic.
Objection:
Sure, sea ice is shrinking in the Arctic, but it is growing in the Antarctic. Sounds like natural fluctuations that balance out in the end.…
April 27, 2006
This is just one of dozens of responses to common climate change denial arguments, which can all be found at How to Talk to a Climate Sceptic.
Objection:
The United States actually absorbs more CO2 into the land than it emits into the air. The world should be grateful.
Answer:
As often is the case…
April 27, 2006
This is just one of dozens of responses to common climate change denial arguments, which can all be found at How to Talk to a Climate Sceptic.
Objection:
Even the scientists don't know that the climate is changing more than normal and if its our fault or not. If you read what they write it is full…
April 27, 2006
This is just one of dozens of responses to common climate change denial arguments, which can all be found at How to Talk to a Climate Sceptic.
Objection:
Climate science can't even fully explain why the climate did what it did in the past. How can they then claim they know what is going on today?…
April 26, 2006
This is just one of dozens of responses to common climate change denial arguments, which can all be found at How to Talk to a Climate Sceptic.
Objection:
In 1988 Hansen predicted dire warming over the next decade and he was off by 300%. Why in the world should we listen to the same doom and gloom…
April 26, 2006
This is just one of dozens of responses to common climate change denial arguments, which can all be found at How to Talk to a Climate Sceptic.
Objection:
The sun is the source of all the warmth on earth. Any increase in temperature is most likely due to changes in solar radiation.
Answer:
It's…
April 25, 2006
This is just one of dozens of responses to common climate change denial arguments, which can all be found at How to Talk to a Climate Sceptic.
Objection:
Clouds are a very large negative feedback that will stop any drastic warming. The climate models don't even take cloud effects into account.…
April 25, 2006
This is just one of dozens of responses to common climate change denial arguments, which can all be found at How to Talk to a Climate Sceptic.
Objection:
In the geological record it is clear that CO2 does not trigger climate changes. Why should it be any different now?
Answer:
Given the fact that…
April 25, 2006
This is just one of dozens of responses to common climate change denial arguments, which can all be found at How to Talk to a Climate Sceptic.
Objection:
All those institutional position statements are fine, but by their very nature they hide the debate and the variety of individual positions. The…
April 25, 2006
This is just one of dozens of responses to common climate change denial arguments, which can all be found at How to Talk to a Climate Sceptic.
Objection:
Global temperatures have been trending down since 1998. Global Warming is over.
Answer:
At the time, 1998 was a record high year in both the CRU…
April 25, 2006
This is just one of dozens of responses to common climate change denial arguments, which can all be found at How to Talk to a Climate Sceptic.
Objection:
Sure, some glaciers are melting. But if you look at the actual studies, most of the ones that have data are actually growing!
Answer:
This is…
March 26, 2006
This is just one of dozens of responses to common climate change denial arguments, which can all be found at How to Talk to a Climate Sceptic.
Objection:
Why should we trust a bunch of contrived computer models that haven't ever had a prediction confirmed ? Talk to me in 100 years.
Answer:
Of…