The risk of a climate crisis, like the risks associated with sub-prime mortgage securitisation, are calculated using complex computer models and both are too complex for the average punter to understand. As Graham Young wrote last week in a … [Read more...] about More Problems with Computer Models: Our World is One of Novelty and Change
Climate & Climate Change
BBC Misrepresented Climate Skeptics
The BBC is being investigated by television watchdogs after a leading climate change sceptic claimed his views were deliberately misrepresented. Lord Monckton, a former adviser to Margaret Thatcher, says he was made to look like a ‘potty peer’ on a … [Read more...] about BBC Misrepresented Climate Skeptics
Carbon Emissions Scaling Record Peaks
A new report by a research consortium called the Global Carbon Project has confirmed that China leapfrogged the United States in 2006 as the world's biggest carbon emitter and India is heading for third place. The report also claims global … [Read more...] about Carbon Emissions Scaling Record Peaks
The Myth of the 1970s Global Cooling Consensus
“A pervasive myth has taken hold in the public consciousness: That there was a consensus among climate scientists of the 1970s that global cooling or a full-fledged ice age was imminent.” At least that is according to Thomas Peterson, William … [Read more...] about The Myth of the 1970s Global Cooling Consensus
Sun Baking on Low: New Data from Solar Probe Ulysses
The solar wind — a stream of charged particles ejected from the sun's upper atmosphere at 1 million miles per hour — is significantly weaker, cooler and less dense than it has been in 50 years. And for the first time in about a century, the sun went … [Read more...] about Sun Baking on Low: New Data from Solar Probe Ulysses
Why Do Most Climate Skeptics Accept ‘The Consensus’ that Humans are the Principal Source of Increasing Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Levels? (Part 1)
WE have all heard about the rising levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide. Along with most people, I have accepted that this is mostly due to the burning of fossil fuels. After-all, this is the accepted view, even for most so-called climate … [Read more...] about Why Do Most Climate Skeptics Accept ‘The Consensus’ that Humans are the Principal Source of Increasing Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Levels? (Part 1)
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
