in Michael Mann's words

By hrynyshyn on March 8, 2012.

Michael Mann, co-author of the "hockey stick" visualization of the last millennium of global warming, has written a book about the trials of sticking to the science in an era when half the country is hostile to reality. Here's the 10-minute synopsis, in the form of an interview:

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Thanks Man! I am going to show this to my students in my next lecture.

Michael Mann, co-author of the "hockey stick" visualization of the last millennium of global warming, has written a book about the trials of sticking to the science in an era when half the country is hostile to reality.

I see what you (probably unconsciously) did there. I hope that Micheal Mann can stick-handle the science past the denialist goons before the ice melts*.

*There was an item on the radio news a day or two ago about the potential disappearance of outdoor rinks from Western Canada due to increasing nighttime temperatures.

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so many physics majors talking real science.

Thanks Man! I am going to show this to my students in my next lecture.

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