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Tag Archives: Antarctica
From Noah to Nordhaus via Inhofe
US Senator James Inhofe (R-OK) is a climate change sceptic primarily because he believes God has promised not to flood the Earth again; and the rainbow in the sky tells him it must be true. Such ideologically-driven wilful blindness is … Continue reading
Posted in Civilisation, Climate Science, Cognitive Dissonance, Denial, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Mass Extinctions, Palaeoclimatology, Psychology
Tagged Antarctica, Archaeology, Ark, Comet, glaciers, Gobekli Tepe, Graham Hancock, History, James Inhofe, James Painter, Noah, Sphinx, Stephan Lewandowsky, William Nordhaus, Younger Dryas
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PIG produces calf the size of NYC
Explanatory notes: PIG = Pine Island Glacier. Calf = Piece broken off. NYC = New York City. If it were not for Peter Sinclair and Climate Denial Crock of the Week, I might never have heard of the PIG, nor … Continue reading
Fables about biodiversity (etc)?
Continuing my review of Paul and Anne Ehrlich’s Betrayal of Science and Reason (1996), we come to Chapter 7 – regarding (what they called) the “brownlash’s” dismissal of concerns over biodiversity; threatened and endangered species; and species going extinct. Being … Continue reading
Is Richard Lindzen the devil’s advocate?
As I said yesterday, this is a sort of addendum to my review of James Hansen’s Storms of my Grandchildren, arising out of Hansen’s characterisation of Lindzen as behaving like a lawyer – putting forward only information and argument favourable … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropocene, Climate Science, Consumerism, Environment, Ethics, IPCC, James Hansen, Junk Science, Limits to Growth, Merchants of Doubt, Richard Lindzen, Scepticism, Storms of my Grandchildren, UNFCCC
Tagged Antarctica, Fred Singer, Frederick Seitz, IPCC, John Mercer, Lawyers, Pine Island Glacier, Robert Jastrow, William Nierenberg
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Hansen – where the IPCC went wrong
I could have just called this post “Climate science in a nutshell – Part 3” but that would have been to display a singular lack of imagination (no pun intended); and may not have grabbed your attention. So, yes, I … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropocene, Arctic, Climate Science, Computer Models, Environment, IPCC, James Hansen, Politics, Storms of my Grandchildren
Tagged Antarctica, Geology, IPCC
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Climate science in a nutshell – Part 1
James Hansen’s Storms of my Grandchildren has been affectionately described as having “a rambling quality that’s sometimes evident in Hansen’s speeches”. However, the same reviewer also noted that “the book does get to a focused and well-supported conclusion: that business … Continue reading
How does James Hansen sleep at night?
James Hansen is widely regarded as one of the most important people in the now at least 30-year-old campaign to get concern over anthropogenic global warming (AGW) taken seriously. I must admit that I sometimes wonder what it must feel … Continue reading
Stop oil exploration in the Arctic
Unlike the Antarctic, there is no international treaty in place to prevent countries competing to exploit the mineral wealth of the Arctic region. This is a travesty for a number of reasons. However, the two biggest reasons why the Arctic … Continue reading
Posted in Arctic, Climate Science, Economics, Environment, Greenpeace, Politics, Scepticism
Tagged Antarctica, George Monbiot, Go Beyond Oil, Greenpeace
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Is Antarctica safe in our hands?
Introduction Despite being the fifth-largest continent (comprising 10% of the total land surface area), Antarctica is the Earth’s last great wilderness. Indeed many argue that it is the only true “wilderness” because it does not, nor has it ever had, … Continue reading
