The Battle to Communicate Climate Change

Here's a presentation by Michael Mann that I'm sure you will enjoy:

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Good one. I hope he's right but I don't share his optimism for the future. You could have 95% of the population screaming for action but if the 5% with the money and power don't want it we can be assured the majority of politicians will take the money and do nothing.

By Doug Alder (not verified) on 01 Aug 2013 #permalink

How would temperature data have been seen during the last 10,000 years prior to the peak of each of the previous Milankovich cycles? What caused the temperature to reverse course in those cycles and why would we not expect it to occur again this time?