32,000 leading scientists signed a petition against global warming?
Is that really true? Well, no…
But to get to the bottom of this crock, we’ll have to go back in history, and meet someone who really was, at one time, a leading scientist.
Category: This is Not Cool
Birth of a Crock
The observation that natural climate variability exists is not a new one.
Early in September 2009, at a gathering of experts on global climate change, one of the world’s most respected and experienced climate modelers, Mojib Latif, made some observations on climate, media and human nature.
The message seemed clear-
natural variations in the long term warming might be misinterpreted
by the media. out of ignorance, or malice.
Climate deniers were quick to take Latif’s remarks, and begin
doing exactly that.
All Wet on Sea Level Rise remixed
Sea level rise will be one of the most important and destructive effects of climate change, so naturally, Deniers have something grossly in error to say about it.
We’ll look, as always, at the source documents.
Sea level rise. It’s been the subject of myth, legend and pop culture for millenia. It is going to be one of the major destructive effects of global climate change. So naturally, its something that makes deniers do and say crazy things.
Here’s the updated, remixed video on a misunderstood topic.
Climate Denial Crock of the Week/Mars Attacks Remixed
I’m remixing a number of the Climate Denial Crock of the Week videos, in order to address some comments viewers have had.
Number one, my sound mixing and quality have sometimes left something to be desired, and I’ve gotten some better equipment and more experience, so I can make them a lot easier to listen to.
Number two, people have asked for related URLs and sites they can go to, in order to follow up on arguments presented in the video, so I am doing that here.
The first-up remix is my debunking of the perennial denier favorite, ‘There’s Global Warming on Mars”, one of my favorites for content, and biggest embarrassments for sound….
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Climate Denial Crock of the Week/1998 Revisited
One of the enduring myths of climate denialism is that global warming stopped sometime in the last decade. I see it in the blaring headlines of pseudoscience websites, in comments on my videos, even some of our most “distinguished” journalists have been taken in.
Denial Was a River in Africa
In 2 decades of wars for oil and resources, the fossil fuel industry has gotten a lot of bad press.
But climate deniers are people too, and they need to feel good about themselves and what they do. So they’ve worked hard overcome feelings of guilt.
It’s a defense mechanism I call, “Therapeutic denial”…..
Amazing as it Seems, We still have to shoot down the “Medieval Warming” Crock
The so called Medieval Warming Period is an article of faith among deniers.
I’ve had deniers write to me to say that this is the single most convincing piece of “skeptic evidence”.
But what does the “Supreme Court of Science” say? Here’s a piece you can pass around to friends who need the best information in a nutshell.
Creepy at the EP(a)
In june of 2009, a story surfaced about the alleged suppression by the US EPA of information related to climate change. The source of the information was reported to be one Dr. Alan Carlin, who, although a real EPA analyst, was in fact, an economist, not a scientist.
Distortions of the story, from the usual sources, began almost immediately.
In june of 2009, a story surfaced about the alleged suppression by the US EPA of information related to climate change. The source of the information was reported to be one Dr. Alan Carlin, who, although a real EPA analyst, was in fact, an economist, not a scientist.
Distortions of the story, from the usual sources, began almost immediately.
This Year’s Model
Climate science is not completely dependent on climate models. There are many threads of supporting evidence. Still, it is clear that climate models are telling us something important that we cannot afford to ignore.
Climate science is not completely dependent on climate models. There are many threads of supporting evidence. Still, it is clear that climate models are telling us something important that we cannot afford to ignore.