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Monthly Archives: May 2013
Stone Age Tsunami! Whatever next?
Tony Robinson is probably best known to most people (over the age of 40 at least) for playing the character of ‘Baldrick’, alongside Rowan Atkinson, in the Blackadder series of brilliant comedy series in the 1980s. However, since then, he has … Continue reading
So much for global warming being beneficial
Last year, James Hansen (et al), pointed out that extreme weather events of all kinds (hot, cold, wet and dry) are becoming more frequent. In fact, their statistical analysis of historical data (as opposed to computer modelling of future events) … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropocene, Climate Science, Environment, James Hansen, Mass Extinctions
Tagged climate dice, heatwave, hyperthermia, India, mortality
5 Comments
The elephant in the room with Lewandowsky
This post is based on something I wrote for Paul Handover’s Learning from Dogs website, which was published there earlier this month. As originally conceived, I gave it the title ‘Libertarian ideology is the real road block’. Having had a … Continue reading
The ‘threadbare hypothesis’ of climate change
This is the Gospel according to Roger Helmer MEP (and Cambridge graduate in Mathematics) – whose non-expertise in the subject leads him to conclude that the climate is not changing; and to equate people concerned about climate change with those … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Science, Confirmation Bias, Economics, Environment, Junk Science, Politics, Scepticism
Tagged Richard Lindzen, Roger Helmer, Roy Spencer, UKIP
28 Comments
A letter to UKIP MEP Roger Helmer
Roger Helmer was first elected as Conservative MEP in 1999, but defected to UKIP last year. Not surprisingly, therefore, he is “sceptical” about climate science. He is, as David Suzuki has recently described it, one of many that elevate economics … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Science, Economics, Environment, Junk Science, Politics, Scepticism
Tagged Roger Helmer, UKIP
16 Comments
Science communication: Bridging theory and practice
With permission, I am delighted to be able to hereby reproduce this recent article, on the Making Science Public blog, by Professor Brigitte Nerlich at the Institute for Science and Society, which is based within the School of Sociology and … Continue reading
Science Denial Alive and Well Among Policy Makers and Right Wing Heroes
This is just brilliant. Some readers and viewers may not appreciate the irreverent humour but, I am sorry, sometimes humour is the best way to make the point that, in spite of all the evidence to the contrary, insisting that … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Science, Cognitive Dissonance, Denial, Environment, Junk Science, Religion
Tagged Humour, James Inhofe, obscurantism, young earth creationism
5 Comments
The mother of all hockey sticks
Words are not really necessary to accompany this image but, if you want some, feel free to go and read ‘The Last Time CO2 Was This High Humans Did Not Exist” by Andrew Freedman on the Climate Central website. However, … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropocene, Climate Science, Environment, Intergenerational Injustice, James Hansen, Mass Extinctions, Palaeoclimatology, Storms of my Grandchildren
Tagged Andrew Freeman, Andrew Montford, Atmospheric CO2, Climate Central, Entropy, Mauna Loa, reality, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
18 Comments
There is no New World Order conspiracy
This post was therefore not published yesterday (i.e. International Workers’ Day). Since publishing my book, I have been contacted by a number of academics in a variety of countries who are doing – or have done – research into climate … Continue reading
Anthropocene Reality 