Climate & Climate Change

Well, possibly a more interesting title than ‘Is the near surface temperature record robust?’ All of the above, plus more besides, can affect the readings at temperature stations. Anthony Watts has been collecting photographs of the USHCN climate … [Read more...] about White paint, asphalt, concrete, BBQ’s and air con units, plus some cherry picking.

Australians who have their dial glued to the ABC, and who read this blog (e.g. Luke), may have just seen 'The Great Global Warming Swindle' on ABC TV as well as a discussion, following the film, hosted by Tony Jones. Anyway. A few observations … [Read more...] about The Great Swindle

Tonights airing of The Great Global Warming Swindle and the associated discussion on ABC TV should be a hoot. The ABC has structured the panel to try to get their preferred political position aired. The panel composition will minimise scientific … [Read more...] about Global Warming Zealots are Stifling Scientific Debate: A Note from Ian Plimer

AL Gore's film An Inconvenient Truth was launched in May last year. Its message is that global warming is going to roon us all, and the polar bears, too. Initially, the film received eulogistic - and, one might say, generally scientifically ignorant … [Read more...] about The Great Global Warming Swindle: A Note from Bob Carter

Jen, As you know The Great Global Warming Swindle has been available for sometime (on places like YouTube) and screens on ABC this Thursday evening at 8.30pm. This documentary is seriously misleading about the science of climate change. I thought … [Read more...] about The Great Global Warming Swindle: Seriously Misleading?

"Who would have thought that the climate models used as the basis of IPCC greenhouse forecasts would violate 72 of 89 principles of forecasting. That's the claim from forecastingprinciples.com a site run by J. Scott Armstrong, Professor of Marketing … [Read more...] about IPCC Forecasting has No Validity