Tag Archives: Opposing Views

Mike Mann’s global warming = tobacco claims on Al Jazeera

Posted on May 18, 2013 by

You just have to laugh. Mike, Dana, and some other guy named Rick Piltz, get face-time on Al Jazeera and the best they can do is cite “false balance” and “tobacco disinformation campaigns” to bolster their weak 97% argument? Of … Continue reading →

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Lysenkoism and Global Warming Theory

Posted on April 28, 2013 by

From Forbes: The Disgraceful Episode Of Lysenkoism Brings Us Global Warming Theory Trofim Lysenko became the Director of the Soviet Lenin All-Union Academy of Agricultural Sciences in the 1930s under Josef Stalin.  He was an advocate of the theory that … Continue reading →

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Science Publisher Calls for Better Communications – But Not of Science

Posted on October 20, 2012 by

Guest post by E. Calvin Beisner Alan Leshner is worried. It seems scientists are having a hard time getting the public to understand science, and since “Public understanding of science … contributes to the extent of support for scientific research,” … Continue reading →

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The reason for the polarization of the global warming issue

Posted on August 18, 2012 by

Via The Corner, something I always knew deep down, but never had succinctly coalesced into a single paragraph. In 1999, Cass Sunstein wrote an article in the Harvard Law Review entitled “The Law of Group Polarization.” Its thesis was simple: 

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Parts 5 and 6 John Nielsen-Gammon’s ‘Skeptics are not deniers’

Posted on July 15, 2012 by

Click titles for each full essay. Skeptics Are Not Deniers: A Conversation (part 6) This is Part 6 of my six-part discussion with Robert G. Brown on paleoclimate, climate dynamics, and global warming.  Start with Part 1. *********** RB: I’m … Continue reading →

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Some progress on the skeptic -vs- denier ugliness

Posted on July 12, 2012 by

Readers may recall this WUWT story:  Nature’s ugly decision: ‘Deniers’ enters the scientific literature. Meanwhile, the discussion continues at John Nielsen-Gammon’s Climate Abyss website on Skeptics are Not Deniers, with part 3 now posted. Part 4 will likely be at … Continue reading →

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Skeptics Are Not Deniers part 2

Posted on July 10, 2012 by

John Nielsen-Gammon has his second part up. I introduced part 1 here Skeptics Are Not Deniers: A Conversation (part 2) This is Part 2 of his six-part discussion with Robert G. Brown.

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Lord Leach of Fairford weighs in on Nature’s ‘denier’ gaffe

Posted on June 20, 2012 by

I’ve still not received any reply from Nature Climate Change editor Rory Howlett to my query about why he allowed the term “deniers” in scientific literature (Bain et al), and neither has Bishop Hill to my knowledge. Lord Leach however, … Continue reading →

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Kenji gets mail, but where’s the science?

Posted on May 24, 2012 by

As many WUWT readers know, my dog, Kenji Watts, is an actual member of the Union of Concerned Scientists. He’s got papers to prove it. This of course is proof that all you need is a valid credit card to … Continue reading →

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Integrity Score: ClimateBites 1, Mann 0

Posted on May 18, 2012 by

ClimateBites Tom Smerling writes: …I would have preferred that Mann had stopped with the quote above, but he added “I will call people who deny the science ‘deniers.’ I won’t be deterred by the fact that they don’t like the … Continue reading →

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Global warming – splodeified

Posted on May 15, 2012 by

Via Tom Nelson, no wonder they hate nuclear power so much, they don’t see any difference! Global warming increasing by 400,000 atomic bombs every day | The Vancouver Observer The amazing persistence of CO2 in the air has allowed billions … Continue reading →

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Catastrophically cartooned

Posted on May 2, 2012 by

Josh writes: There is a lovely cartoon over at Roger Pielke Jr’s which, delightful though it is, helps perpetuate the myth that Global Warming is somehow an issue for climate skeptics. It isn’t. The issue is Catastrophic Anthropogenic, and specifically that … Continue reading →

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On Earth Day, another global warming opinion poll goes horribly wrong

Posted on April 22, 2012 by

WUWT and its large readership are often blamed for such results, in this case, we have nothing to do with it. Luboš Motl writes on his blog The Reference Frame ABC1, an Australian TV channel, is planning to air… I … Continue reading →

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The Met Office COPing response

Posted on April 16, 2012 by

Willis Eschenbach notes that the COP predictions from the Met Office, which I highlighted here, are all over the road. He writes: In the most recent one, they didn’t make a prediction, but they included the historical record, so let … Continue reading →

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Yes, I know, I covered it first: The Medieval Warm Period was Global

Posted on March 27, 2012 by

I must have had 20 tips and notes/contacts over the past 24 hours like this one: New temperature proxy discovered An article (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2120512/Global-warming-Earth-heated-medieval-times-human-CO2-emissions.html) in the Mail Online describes a paper (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012821X12000659) detailing a new temperature proxy that indicates that the … Continue reading →

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Friday Funny – an inconvenient lesson from 60 years ago

Posted on February 24, 2012 by

Someone, I can’t recall who, sent me a link to this over a week ago before Fakegate exploded. I’ve had it open in my browser since. Published in 1951, it seems prescient as we look at the global warming affair … Continue reading →

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Don’t sell your coat!

Posted on December 16, 2011 by

This guest post is well worth a read – Anthony Guest post by Harold Ambler What follows is an excerpt from my new book Don’t Sell Your Coat, available here: I want to examine the moral component of meteorological journalism. As … Continue reading →

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“Get Carter” and his Supporters, Part B

Posted on May 14, 2011 by

Guest post by Bob Fernley-Jones (aka Bob_FJ) Caution; this in Anglo-Oz English, and e.g. ABC = Australian Broadcasting Corporation, and red emphasis is mine. In Part A we discussed how Professor Bob Carter was shamefully treated by two branches of … Continue reading →

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“Get Carter” campaign grows on Australia’s ABC radio & TV,

Posted on April 10, 2011 by

Guest post by Bob Fernley-Jones [Note from Ric Werme: Bob asked me to help post this while Anthony was away. I’m not familiar with everything going in this matter, but the previous post appears to have been welcome in Australia. … Continue reading →

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The big self parodying “climate change blame” list

Posted on April 3, 2011 by

Longtime WUWT reader Jimbo writes in Tips and Notes: The following has been partly referenced and inspired by Numberwatch. The differences between this list and Numberwatch are: 1) I have tried to select my sources only from peer reviewed letters, … Continue reading →

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