Archive for the ‘climate science’ Category
Lord May: Environmentalism and Religious Authoritarianism
Posted at 12:49 pm | Filed Under Religion, Viewpoint, climate science, environmentalism
Strangely enough the climate alarmist blogosphere hasn’t mentioned the latest statements of Lord May, former President of the Royal Society and self-appointed scold of Exxon Mobil.
It seems that the noble Lord has taken it upon himself to reveal his real motivations for his concern for the environment and they have nothing to do with the [...]
Scientific Alliance: Popper versus Kuhn on Climate Science
Posted at 10:03 pm | Filed Under Science, Skepticism, Viewpoint, climate science
This just came in from the Scientific Alliance, and I thought it was so good it should be reproduced for posterity:
Time for a new paradigm on climate change?
There are two alternative ways to look at how science progresses. In one corner is the concept of the falsifiable hypothesis, credited to Karl Popper. Popper argued that [...]
Greenpeace protests and Fijian sea levels
Posted at 5:08 pm | Filed Under climate science, environmentalism
This was reported in the Sydney Morning Herald:
Greenpeace activists have scaled a 50-metre high coal loader and have halted coal loading at a Queensland export terminal as part of a campaign for action on climate change.
The activists, from Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, the Solomon Islands and the Cook Islands, among other countries, are locked on [...]
Ocean Acidification: A significant change or just noise?
Posted at 10:29 am | Filed Under Science, Skepticism, climate science
Are the oceans acidifying? Compare and contrast the claim with people who actually know the limitations of measurement.
First, the claim from Chemical & Engineering News [with my emphasis] published by the American Chemical Society:
Clarion Call For Marine Life
Global CO2 emissions must be cut enough to halt ocean acidification, science panel warns
Cheryl Hogue
The new climate-change treaty [...]
“Climate change shrinking sheep”
Posted at 6:34 pm | Filed Under BBC, Politics, Religion, climate science
Yes, just when you thought the whole climate change panic couldn’t get any sillier, the BBC comes along to push back the boundaries of scientific journalism (or is it down?)
Climate change is causing a breed of wild sheep in Scotland to shrink, according to research.
Scientists say milder winters help smaller sheep to survive, resulting in [...]
EPA suppression of skeptical report on CO2 confirmed
Posted at 11:08 am | Filed Under Politics, climate science
I’m just adding my lone voice to the rising clamour about the apparent suppression of a key report written by an EPA analyst, which had questioned the EPA’s own beliefs about the threat of carbon dioxide rise to global warming.
The Smoking Gun:
Anthony Watts is right in the eye of the political storm, and the San [...]
Fusion Power, Climate Change and Pascal’s Wager
Posted at 9:42 pm | Filed Under BBC, Religion, Skepticism, Uncategorized, Viewpoint, WeatherAction, Webcomics, climate science, environmentalism
This post may seem a little schizophrenic, but bear with me.
The BBC website, also known as the media arm of Environmental Panic Inc., produced a fascinating article on the struggle to fund the next experimental setup to produce fusion power.
An international plan to build a nuclear fusion reactor is being threatened by rising costs, delays [...]
Heaven and Earth: science versus superstition
Posted at 7:16 am | Filed Under climate science
How about this for an evocative beginning to a book review?
History is littered with grand mistakes. Columbus thought the West Indies looked distinctly oriental, Hitler and Napoleon believed the Russian winter would defrost like a fridge held open, and IBM chairman Tom Watson was convinced there’d be a world market for about five computers.
Then there’s [...]
The Winner’s Curse
Posted at 2:07 am | Filed Under Skepticism, climate science
This is an interesting article from The Economist, about a survey done by Greek researchers into scientific publishing.
IN ECONOMIC theory the winner’s curse refers to the idea that someone who places the winning bid in an auction may have paid too much. Consider, for example, bids to develop an oil field. Most of the offers [...]
Richard Branson and BBC Science Cluelessness
Posted at 1:31 am | Filed Under BBC, Science, climate science, environmentalism
This comes from the BBC’s description of the flights of SpaceShipTwo to take people to the edge of space, and then come back to a nice safe landing (hopefully). And all for a mere $200,000 – the world’s most expensive rollercoaster.
Of course, Richard Branson is a man who is extremely adept at being on both [...]