Sentences with phrase «for skeptical climate»

Are we seeing a regime of fear for skeptical climate scientists?

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To convince Albertans skeptical of all this climate business, she swore she was earning a social licence for Alberta to export its oil.

The Wall Street Journal editorial page has for years railed against these scientific findings on climate change, even as the global consensus has reached nearly 100 percent of the scientific community, including the reports commissioned by the skeptical Bush White House.

For climate scientists who are skeptical that anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions will cause a dangerous amount of warming, such as Richard Lindzen and Roy Spencer, their skepticism hinges mainly on this cloud cover uncertainty.

In the context of climate change I am skeptical of the use of the term «skeptic»; it is used often to dismiss people for criticising.

«The conservative think tank Heartland Institute is suggesting scientists, business leaders and lawyers who are skeptical of mainstream climate science for the climate «red team» U.S. EPA boss Scott Pruitt says he wants to assemble.

Rudolf Kipp of the Science Skeptical site has a post on the latest climate predictions of Hans - Joachim Schellnhuber, the Director of the alarmist Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Researchclimate predictions of Hans - Joachim Schellnhuber, the Director of the alarmist Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact ResearchClimate Impact Research (PIK).

Skeptical Science provides an invaluable resource for examining each individual piece of climate evidence, so let's make use of these individual pieces to see how they form the big picture.

See Skeptical Science's profile of John Christy for a through explanation of why he is not a credible voice in the scientific community studying climate change, using peer - reviewed climate research as refutation.

It shows the number of articles along the y - axis, the total number of citations along the x-axis, color codes whether an individual is one of the «concerned signers» who signed any of 20 declarations affirming the mainstream view of human impact on climate and the need to limit greenhouse emissions, was one of the 619 contributing authors to IPCC AR4 wg1 (2007), «non-signer» who is one of the non-AR4-wg1 authors on climate who signed neither statement a statement of concern nor skepticism, or one of the 495 individuals who signed any of 16 declaration skeptical of mainstream climate science or of the need for GHG cuts.

There also was controversy when Rep. Raul Grijalva, D - Ariz., sent letters to seven universities, seeking information on funding for several scientists who have been skeptical of, or have made controversial remarks about, climate change.

A consultant for the St. Paul school district says improving school climate and marketing to skeptical parents could help increase enrollment.

«Given that climate, it's really important for journalists not to suspend their disbelief and make sure that they remain skeptical and keep the heat on.»

April 1, 12:17 a.m. Update below There's been vigorous discussion here and elsewhere (e.g., Climate Audit and Skeptical Science) of the methods and findings in «A Reconstruction of Regional and Global Temperature for the Past 11,300 Years,» a recent Science paper by Shaun A. Marcott, Jeremy D. Shakun, Peter U. Clark and Alan C. Mix.

«This looks like a pretty good analysis, but I have to say I remain somewhat skeptical,» Kevin Trenberth, climate analysis chief at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, said in an e-mail.

He lauded me for having some skeptical Web sites on the blogroll here, as evidence that at least one mainstream reporter paid attention to the full range of voices on the causes and consequences of climate change.

GCMs have oceanographic components — see Kate's Skeptical Science post for a useful and accessible discussion of the architecture of climate models — which surely include currents as part of their «dynamical» modelling.

The e-mails, attributed to prominent American and British climate researchers, include discussions of scientific data and whether it should be released, exchanges about how best to combat the arguments of skeptics, and casual comments — in some cases derisive — about specific people known for their skeptical views.

Slickly written blogs and sites against the wording from here make me realise how easy is it for a not skeptical enough mind (scientifically that is before you all jump on me) to take the bait and start thinking that doom in accelerating when indeed its just that as real climate have been stating for ever makre sure your time series is long enough to flush out the natural variability.

We can therefore anticipate that a stronger cultural cohesion could make it even harder for ideas that challenge existing worldviews to be voiced or accepted - creating even further obstacles for the acceptance of climate change in societies that are currently skeptical.

The weakness in looking at short time scales was revealed nicely in a simple and revealing animated graph, created for the Skeptical Science blog, showing how self - described climate skeptics were «going down the up escalator.»

But the newly obtained documents show that Dr. Carlin's highly skeptical views on global warming, which have been known for more than a decade within the small unit where he works, have been repeatedly challenged by scientists inside and outside the E.P.A.; that he holds a doctorate in economics, not in atmospheric science or climatology; that he has never been assigned to work on climate change; and that his comments on the endangerment finding were a product of rushed and at times shoddy scholarship, as he acknowledged Thursday in an interview.

Bloggers skeptical of global warming's causes * and commentators fighting restrictions on greenhouse gases have made much in recent days of a string of posts on Climateaudit.org, one of the most popular Web sites aiming to challenge the deep consensus among climatologists that humans are setting the stage for generations of disrupted climate and rising seas.

via: AP / Yahoo News Global Climate Change UN Secretary General Rebukes G8 Nations for Weak Climate Change Commitments G8 Nations Agree to Cut Emissions 80 % by 2050 - Developing Countries Still Skeptical China, India to Rich Nations: $ 200 Billion to Fight Climate Change, Please

The e-mail exchanges among several prominent American and British climate - change scientists appear to reveal efforts to keep the work of skeptical scientists out of major journals and the possible hoarding and manipulation of data to overstate the case for human - caused climate change.

A key site for addressing a wide range of questions raised by climate change «skeptics» is Skeptical Science (www.skepticalscience.com)-- in particular the questions discussed with references to the scientific literature at http://www.skepticalscience.com/argument.php.

He also surely knew the sort of activities Heartland does — because it's nearly all listed on their website — it's no secret for example that they organize skeptical conferences on climate change or write the NIPCC report.

«being skeptical about the near two hundred year body of literature...» You are misrepresenting history by dishonestly attempting to portray the «CO2 is the primary cause of climate change» hypothesis was mainstream climate understanding and the «body of literature», for the last 200 years.

Some leaders are skeptical about the potential for subnational governments to lead the way on climate and energy, however.

In 2007, he founded Skeptical Science, a website which won the 2011 Australian Museum Eureka Prize for the Advancement of Climate Change Knowledge and 2016 Friend of the Planet Award from the National Center for Science Education.

For those who believe we must embrace low - emissions technology (i.e. all of us who recognize the reality of anthropogenic climate change) the manifesto is oddly selective, dismissing many large - scale renewable energy technologies (especially wind power and biomass), and taking a skeptical view of solar energy's potential.

McIntyre is the primary author of the blog Climate Audit, noted for its many articles skeptical of climate Climate Audit, noted for its many articles skeptical of climate climate change.

For the classic skeptical engineer's perspective see Burt Rutan on Climate Change When will «climate scientists» realize that many lives are being lost because of advocacy over evClimate Change When will «climate scientists» realize that many lives are being lost because of advocacy over evclimate scientists» realize that many lives are being lost because of advocacy over evidence?

As a fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry, I wrote up a $ 25,000 challenge stating that 2015 would set a new climate record.

He writes basic level rebuttals and occasional blog posts for Skeptical Science, motivated in part by a concern for the environment, and partly as a counter-reaction to the demagoguery and disinformation that pervades the public discourse on climate science.

Among the rogues gallery of leading climate change deniers are (from left to right, top to bottom): Congressman Joe Barton (R - TX), fossil fuel shill Steve Milloy, media mogul Rupert Murdoch, self - styled «Skeptical Environmentalist» Bjorn Lomborg, scientist - turned - denier - for - hire Fred Singer, the inimitable Sarah Palin, conservative funders Charles and David Koch (aka the Koch Brothers), and «swift - boat» architect Marc Morano.

Assuming the same climate sensitivity, Lindzen's estimate of a 2.5 °C drop for a -30 W / m2 forcing would imply that currently doubling CO2 would warm the planet by only a third of a degree at equilibrium, which is well outside the bounds of IPCC estimates and even very low by most skeptical standards.

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He's now at the CalTech / NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, developing techniques to measure climate change with satellites and blogs for Skeptical Science in his spare time.

Many people on the skeptical side of the climate debate see Jerry Ravetz» «postnormal science» as part of the problem, indeed the man himself as responsible in large part for formulations such as those of the late Stephen Schneider regarding making a judgement about the balance between truth and effectiveness.

But there is a consistent theme to all of them: Davies is cited just for the accusation that illicit funding has gone to skeptic climate scientists and organizations skeptical of catastrophic human - induced global warming; when will he finally provide actual evidence proving the funding was done under arrangements where all parties agreed on what, when, where, and how the lies would be spread??

At a September 27, 2014 panel discussion at Queens Museum titled «Climate Wars: Propaganda, Debate, and the Propaganda of Debate,» Hoggan revealed that he was inspired to start DeSmogBlog by the work of Ross Gelbspan, a retired journalist who helped launch the modern environmental movement and spread the slanderous narrative of Al Gore's Earth in the Balance (page 160) that skeptical scientists are paid shills of fossil fuel companies hired to neutralize public support for government climate prClimate Wars: Propaganda, Debate, and the Propaganda of Debate,» Hoggan revealed that he was inspired to start DeSmogBlog by the work of Ross Gelbspan, a retired journalist who helped launch the modern environmental movement and spread the slanderous narrative of Al Gore's Earth in the Balance (page 160) that skeptical scientists are paid shills of fossil fuel companies hired to neutralize public support for government climate prclimate programs.

in one day over the global warming alarmists «Splattergate» film featuring skeptical children being blown up by their teacher for refusing to go along with climate edicts.

The best that can be stated so far for the skeptical side is that the actual data - supported evidence for an anthropogenic climate catastrophe past, present, or future is weak, not that «CO2 has no effect» or «we're about to start catastrophically cooling».

BMI then looked for the most recent appearances of scientists talking about climate, skeptical or alarmist.

The hearing, «Data or Dogma: Promoting Open Inquiry in the Debate over the Magnitude of Human Impact on Earth's Climate,» featured testimony from three scientists who are skeptical of the case for action to address climate change (Prof. Judith Curry of Georgia Tech, Prof. John Christy of the University of Alabama Huntsville and Prof. Will Happer of Princeton University), one mainstream climate scientist (Prof. David Titley of Penn State University), and talk radio personality and author MarkClimate,» featured testimony from three scientists who are skeptical of the case for action to address climate change (Prof. Judith Curry of Georgia Tech, Prof. John Christy of the University of Alabama Huntsville and Prof. Will Happer of Princeton University), one mainstream climate scientist (Prof. David Titley of Penn State University), and talk radio personality and author Markclimate change (Prof. Judith Curry of Georgia Tech, Prof. John Christy of the University of Alabama Huntsville and Prof. Will Happer of Princeton University), one mainstream climate scientist (Prof. David Titley of Penn State University), and talk radio personality and author Markclimate scientist (Prof. David Titley of Penn State University), and talk radio personality and author Mark Steyn.

Given the magnitude of potential harms from climate change, those who make skeptical arguments against the mainstream scientific view on climate change have a duty to submit skeptical arguments to peer - review, acknowledge what is not in dispute about climate change science and not only focus on what is unknown, refrain from making specious claims about mainstream science of climate change such as the entire scientific basis for climate change has been completely debunked, and assume the burden of proof to show that emissions of greenhouse gases are benign.

Although Callendar's qualifications would undoubtedly lead a modern Real Climate or Skeptical Science reader to dismiss him as suffering from Dunning - Kruger syndrome, Callendar (1938) is the first article that provides a clear scientific basis for modern AGW theory, albeit of a low - sensitivity and unhysterical type.

«For climate change, it is the long - term trends that are important; measured over decades or more, and those long term trends show that the globe is still, unfortunately, warming,» according to Skeptical Science.

Skeptical Science provides an invaluable resource for examining each individual piece of climate evidence, so let's make use of these individual pieces to see how they form the big picture.