Category Archives: Palaeoclimatology

The mother of all hockey sticks

Posted on May 4, 2013 by Rick Altman

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 →

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Montford – forget Hockey. Stick to maths!

Posted on July 19, 2012 by Rick Altman

This is re-posted from my old Earthy Issues blog on the MyTelegraph website last year. ——— Andrew Montford, the author of Hockey Stick Illusion, is a Chemistry graduate of St Andrews University, a practicing professional Chartered Accountant, and the creator … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Science, Cognitive Dissonance, Confirmation Bias, Environment, Hockey Stick Illusion, Palaeoclimatology, Politics | Tagged , , , , | 5 Comments

Ignorance is the enemy of humanity

Posted on May 10, 2012 by Rick Altman

Melanie Phillips, a columnist in the UK’s Daily Fail snoozepaper, once denounced the veteran environmental campaigner – and now Chancellor of Keele University – Johnathon Porritt as “not so much a friend of the earth [sic] as an enemy of … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Science, Cognitive Dissonance, Denial, Energy Crisis, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Insanity, Junk Science, Palaeoclimatology, Politics, Populism, Pseudo science, Renewable Energy, Scepticism | Tagged , | 6 Comments

Postcard from a Herculean guilt trip

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Rick Altman

Schoolchildren love to play games. One of their favourites is blame-shifting. This is particularly common when they feel (or know) they are guilty. As the name suggests, it is usually an attempt to blame a problem on somebody else, or … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Science, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Palaeoclimatology, Photography, Scepticism | Tagged | 22 Comments

Ice Age not for 60 thousand years – if ever

Posted on March 19, 2012 by Rick Altman

Thanks to my sister, I have been doing some catching up on a TV series currently showing in the UK called Orbit: Earth’s Extraordinary Journey. Although derided by some TV commentators… Stuart Jeffries in The Guardian (on 4 March 2012) … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Science, Environment, James Hansen, Palaeoclimatology, Storms of my Grandchildren | 15 Comments