Skeptical Science is a great source for information about climate change. One of the coolest things they've got over there is a moving GIF demonstrating how the folks in the climate science denialism industry try to convince people that global warming isn't real. This involves cherry picking data to show small segments of time with either flat lines (no warming) or decreasing lines (cooling), and ignoring that the longer term pattern is one of a distinct increase.
Here's the graphic:
How to make it look like global warming is a hoax!
For more information about this graphic, and other great stuff, check out the Skeptical Science web page.
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The following is a short version of the litany of global warming denialists' current rhetoric:
Tim Blair professes not to give a damn about global warming but also reckons it a scam
Below is a listing of all the articles to be found in the "How to Talk to a Climate Sceptic" guide, presented as a handy one-stop shop for all the material you should need to rebut the more common anti-global warming science arguments constantly echoed across the internet.
I read this article in the NRO, and the author actually made some interesting arguments. 'Basically,' he said, 'I am questioning the premise that [global warming] is a problem rather than an opportunity.' Does he have a point?...
Well, you're missing all the data before 1970. Hmm, cherry pick there.
I hope you're being sarcastic, Nick. 330 months above the 20th-century average and counting....
OMG look at that last set - it shows a definite downward slant - abssolute proof that AGW is a fraud ;)
I hope you're being sarcastic too Jane.
Only 330 months above the 20th century average sounds rather modest to me, if you break it into days it is more impressive. How about 9900 days above the 20th century average..
Sounds way more impressive to me, what do you think?
Just helping you out.
cheers
I'm glad that I live in a city whose inhabitants are fighting the threat of global warming by taking part in the so-called Greenest City 2020 Action Plan whose aim is to eliminate the negative impact that our actions have on the environment. And global warming is one of the key areas in which the right decisions, if put into practice, may produce the desired effect even in the short term.