Tagged: Climate

Manufacturing Doubt - Molecular Matters

Michael Edmonds • Sep 18, 2011 •

• Climate,
• doubt,
• Smoking

[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/29107248[/vimeo] For decades during which more and more scientific evidence was accumulating to show smoking was a health hazard, tobacco companies actively promoted their products, claiming that the scientific evidence wasn’t convincing. This link puts forward the case that petrochemical companies and their allies have been using the same arguments to introduce doubt into the climate change debate – not … Read More

Empathy for colleagues - Open Parachute

Ken Perrott • Sep 15, 2011 •

• Carbon planet,
• Climate,
• climate change,
• Climatology,
• denial,
• Earth,
• global warming,
• Mathew Bailes,
• Michael Mann,
• philosophy,
• planet,
• politics,
• Sciblogs,
• scientific method

The Australian astrophysicist Mathew Bailes recently got international recognition for his part in the discovery of an exoplanet which could be made of diamond. As he says: “Following the publication of our finding in the journal Science, our research received … Continue reading → … Read More

Painted into a corner? - Open Parachute

Ken Perrott • Dec 17, 2010 •

• Climate,
• climate change,
• Environment,
• New Zealand,
• politics,
• Sciblogs,
• Science & Technology,
• Wayne Mapp

Looks like the local climate change deniers/sceptics/contrarians have painted themselves into a corner. Their bluff has been called and any honest person would now acknowledge their error, apologise and move on. This all started with the local “Climate Science Coalition” … Continue reading → … Read More

After NIWA, God? - Open Parachute

Ken Perrott • Aug 24, 2010 •

• Climate,
• climate change,
• Crown Research Institute,
• deniers,
• Environment,
• global warming,
• humour,
• law,
• New Zealand,
• politics,
• Sciblogs

Local blog Imperator Fish has a nice little satirical comment on the impending legal case being taken against NIWA by New Zealand critics of climate change science (see A desperate plea to be noticed?). If They Win is a fictional news … Continue reading → … Read More

Journalist thinks world climate science publications are controlled by cabal - Code for life

Grant Jacobs • Jan 15, 2010 •

• Climate,
• media,
• news

(A poke at a silly claim by a journalist for late on a Friday night, not my usual style. Please see footnotes.) Journalist "poneke" writes: The emails reveal that the entire global warming debate and the IPCC process is controlled by a small cabal of climate specialists in England and North America. This cabal, who … Read More