climate deniers

When an Inconvenient Truth hit the big screen in 2006, it seemed to mark an inflection point in our posture towards the impact of human activity on the climate (‘OK…we have a problem, but we can solve this!’)   But these days, it feels more like 2006 was the ecological version of the Prague Spring  – with...[read more]

Last week I blogged on the major new climate report from the National Academy of Sciences, which called on nation to “substantially reduce greenhouse gas emissions” starting ASAP. A commenter pointed out a paragraph I missed buried on page 35 in the brief discussion of how “Many factors complicate and impede public understanding of...[read more]

Forbes Blogs may not really be the responsibility of Forbes.An interesting piece there by Rick Ungar, says (in part)A Bloomberg National Poll of adults 18 and over reveals that 40% of Tea Party supporters are 55 or older. It should, therefore, come as no big surprise that, according to an April 18th Marist Poll, 70% of Tea Party...[read more]

Andy Revkin has posted a piece over on DotEarth that I highly recommend, as much for the reader comments as for the main post itself. The piece is, ‘Shrinking’ the Climate Problem, and it includes a “post card” of from Renee Lertzman about the psychoanalytical work being done regarding how we react to the topic of climate change. Andy...[read more]

An intriguing document has come to my attention, thanks to one of the people I follow on ye olde Twitter Machine. The document is a paper from the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, which begins with the abstract (quoted below in its entirety):   You can grab a copy here [PDF]. Sounds kind of… how shall I put this…...[read more]

This guest post from Patriot Daily News Clearinghouse examines the disconnect between the Republican Party leadership and how Americans have confidence in scientists.  This highlights the importance of educating the public about climate science — and how the Obama Administration has failed in this educational responsibility. For...[read more]

Jim Prall has an odd hobby; he collects climatologists. On his website he has been collecting a list of highly cited climate scientists, and attempting to estimate their publication and citation record. Because Google Scholar is easier to work with than ISI, he's been using that. Also, he's been trying to identify which of them have...[read more]

I rant a lot but so far I only think about producing compelling, precise, accessible expositions like this. Tamino does it.Denialists love to denigrate computer models of earth’s climate. In my opinion they only do this because they’re in denial of the result, not because of any valid evidence. They also love to make the false claim...[read more]

Much as I hate to link to Morano, and much as I hate participating in the "news cycle", here's another denialist tactic that demands a quick response.Rudy Baum has published a perfectly sound editorial in Chemical and Engineering News. Most notably:On June 11, the presidents of the G8+5 national academies of science released a joint...[read more]