Tagged: Temperature record of the past 1000 years

A concise summary of climate change – science and politics - Open Parachute

Ken Perrott • Oct 16, 2012 •

• arctic,
• climate change,
• hockey stick,
• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,
• Michael Mann,
• politics,
• Sciblogs,
• Temperature record of the past 1000 years

Here’s a relatively short (26 min) video of a lecture by Michael Mann. I think it gives a very concise and accurate picture of the current science of climate change and the political attacks on climate scientists (Mann calls this … Continue reading → … Read More

Another anti-science attack on Mann fails – but the lies continue - Open Parachute

Ken Perrott • Sep 19, 2012 •

• denial,
• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,
• IPCC Fourth Assessment Report,
• Mann,
• Michael Mann,
• National Research Council,
• Sciblogs,
• Temperature record of the past 1000 years,
• University of Virginia

Once again legal action by climate change deniers/contrarian/cranks has failed. In the US attempts by the  American Tradition Institute, a climate change denial think tank, to obtain personal emails and documents from  the University of Virginia. These documents belong to … Continue reading → … Read More

’Good faith’ science — and its enemies - Open Parachute

Ken Perrott • Mar 12, 2012 •

• book review,
• climate change denial,
• David Attenborough,
• global warming,
• hockey stick,
• human rights,
• Michael E. Mann,
• politics,
• Sciblogs,
• Temperature record of the past 1000 years

Book review: The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: Dispatches from the Front Lines by Michael E. Mann Price: US$18.22; Kindle US$9.99; NZ$33.34 Hardcover: 384 pages Publisher: Columbia University Press (March 6, 2012) Language: English ISBN-10: 023115254X ISBN-13: 978-0231152549 Most … Continue reading → … Read More

In the front lines of the ’climate wars’ - Open Parachute

Ken Perrott • Jan 26, 2012 •

• arctic,
• atmosphere,
• climate change,
• global warming,
• hockey stick,
• human rights,
• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,
• Michael E. Mann,
• Michael Mann,
• politics,
• Sciblogs,
• Temperature record of the past 1000 years

Here’s another book to look out for – The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: Dispatches from the Front Lines. It will be published at the beginning of March . The author, Michael Mann,  has been a central figure in … Continue reading → … Read More