Guest essay by Eric Worrall President Trump’s administration has struck back at the Fourth National Climate Assessment, claiming that the report was rigged to disregard reasonable responses to warmer temperatures.…
Category: Climate Communications
Climate Scientists Invading Children’s Games to “Answer Questions” on Climate Change
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Climate scientists are thrilled they have found a way to bypass parents and schools, and talk directly to the children of strangers via the internet.…
Climate Psychology Handbook: Promote Renewables to Cure Debilitating Climate Angst
Guest essay by Eric Worrall h/t JoNova – a psychology handbook produced by the Australian Psychological Society recommends people suffering debilitating distress and helplessness about impending climate doom can recover…
White Rabbits Imperiled by Climate Change! — Well, maybe not.
Guest Essay by Kip Hansen L. Scott Mills, of the Wildlife Biology Program, Department of Ecosystem and Conservation Sciences, University of Montana, has been working on the seasonal dimorphism…
Pope Francis Seeks Green Energy Miracle from Oil Companies
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Pope Francis has asked Oil Executives to a meeting, to come up with a plan to solve climate change and the world’s growing energy needs.…
Bali Volcano the Latest Excuse for the Lack of Warming
Guest essay by Eric Worrall The grumbling Bali Volcano Mount Agung has not erupted yet, but experts are already talking up the dramatic short term global cooling it will cause…
The Evils of Climate Enthusiasm
Address to the Alumni of Warrane College, University of New South Wales Academic Dinner, September 2017 Dr Howard Thomas Brady No matter our age we are all adapting to circumstance.…
He’s Baaaaaaaccckkk! (Oy)
I received this email tip from reader Thomas Bakewell (HT, HT) who wrote: Pen Hadow, of the 2009 Caitlin Arctic Expedition is on the loose again! Here’s the link to the BBC story…
Campaigning on climate science consensus may backfire, warn scholars
We don’t have a “Boy Who Cried Wolf” catergory~ctm l From Eurekalert l Public Release: 23-Jul-2017 Taylor & Francis Group l Climate change campaigns that focus on correcting public beliefs about…
Caught Red-Handed: Google Search Suppresses Climate Realism
Claims that Google Search improperly downranks some websites are frequent but not always correct, and they’re hard to prove even if they are. But the latest available (May 2017) Google…
Banishing Questions and/or Dissenting Viewpoints
by Russell Cook Imagine a scenario where you believe a lack of public understanding about a critically important scientific issue is impeding progress on solving the issue. Since many common…
The first rule of advocating for climate change-related legislation is: You do not talk about "climate change."
From Physorg and the “if we can just figure out how to conceal the taste with sugar” movement. Context is king when advocating for renewable energy policies, according to political…
What is it Like to Attend a Heartland Climate Conference?
Guest essay by Eric Worrall This is my second visit to the United States, and my first visit to a Heartland Climate Conference. The overwhelming feeling on the first day…
Researchers mine Twitter to reveal Congress' ideological divide on climate change
Senate Democrats are three times more likely to follow science-related Twitter accounts than their Republican peers Does human activity drive global climate change? For members of Congress, the answer often…
Polarization may cause climate communication to backfire (so might Tweets from Michael Mann)
From DUKE UNIVERSITY and the department of Mannian screaming and insults, comes this attempt to yet again, find the perfect message to sway climate skeptics. Messages that conflict with audience’s partisan…
Court Orders Release of White House Climate Documents
Guest essay by Eric Worrall The Competitive Enterprise Institute has won a case against the White House, forcing the release of documents pertaining a climate video created by White House…
Daniel Davis’ insights about predictions can unlock the climate change debate
By Larry Kummer, from the Fabius Maximus website. Summary: Here are three powerful insights by Daniel Davies about predictions by experts. He used them to predict the outcome of the…
Guest post: “Climate variability research: did the sceptics make us do it?” – Professor Richard Betts
This is a guest post by Prof. Richard Betts, Head of Climate Impacts at the Met Office, (IPCC AR4 and AR5 lead author) about Lewandowsky, Oreskes et al’s forthcoming paper, which…
Climate Communications – strategic use of climate uncertainty in media, education, and politics
Guest essay by James Sawhill Climate reporting seems formulaic but science authors paste in those climate alarms too. Turns out, it’s not a coincidence. h/t to Robin for alerting us…
Climate Science: Separating Mistakes From Malfeasance
Guest opinion by Dr. Tim Ball An important problem in climatology involves determining how many points are required to establish a pattern or a trend. It parallels the societal challenge,…
Climate Craziness of the Week: Lowbrow science schtick for the Florida Governor
From the you have to see this to believe it department. Dr. Ryan Maue brings attention to this ridiculous photo op outside the Florida Governor Rick Scott‘s office by an…
Quote of the Week – The 'Lie Big' Law (Or why can't John Cook tell the truth?)
Two words of the headline are a pun on Liebig’s law, something we covered in the context of another big lie: the “hockey stick”. Steve McIntyre in a post last…
Analysis: skeptical 'hedge' wording creeping into newspaper articles
From the University of Colorado at Boulder Reporters using more ‘hedging’ words in climate change articles, CU-Boulder study finds The amount of “hedging” language—words that suggest room for doubt—used by…
“On the Internet, a high bounce rate is the kiss of death”
A look at who has and who hasn’t gotten that kiss of death in climate communications One of the more common woes mentioned by climate activists that suffer from bafflement…
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