It's incredibly hypocritical
of global warming denialists to whine that compilations of global temperature anomaly like GISTEMP have large distances between recording stations and this makes them an inaccurate estimate of global anomaly and then we have a global warming denialist extraordinaire, Roberts, claim that a SINGLE locality, Central England, can provide an adequate estimate of global anomaly.
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Not exact matches
The happy band
of denialists (presumably the gang
of nine who advise Judge Alsup with their nonsense) have been «quietly but very busily investigating how much
global warming we may cause, known as the «equilibrium - sensitivity» question.»
You can be certain that various anti-science, anthropogenic
global warming denialist web blogs and op ed writers (with no scientific background) will take this study and trumpet it from the hills, completely out
of context in order to continue to be disingenuous and to purposely mislead people.
It was even demonstrated in a paper by prominent
global -
warming denialists (who correctly estimated the lag, but the rest
of their thesis was rebutted here).
The less data you collect on
global warming, the more room there is for a handful
of denialists to claim that it isn't really happening — that's been the story on ocean
warming for the past decade, hasn't it?
The happy band
of denialists (presumably the gang
of nine who advise Judge Alsup with their nonsense) have been «quietly but very busily investigating how much
global warming we may cause, known as the «equilibrium - sensitivity» question.»
Should this be the case, they could be deemed to be more
of a threat to my grandchild than that represented by
global warming denialists (many
of whom are pro nuclear and concerned about peak oil and population overshoot).
From my perspective, we have a remarkably large and loud number
of people, many
of them are our leaders, who are
denialists and naysayers with regard to the science
of global warming.
Could anything be more out
of date, backward - looking, or antiquated in spirit than the Carlin report's repackaging
of yesterday's
denialist illusions and pseudoscientific nonsense about climate — fantasies that have been shot down time and again, that don't have a melting Greenland glacier's chance in a
warming climate when exposed to the light
of reason, yet which have been presented to the world as if they were a brilliant refutation
of the CO2 -
global warming link by the sharpest analytical minds in the field
of climatological research?
Given the level
of denialism in the face
of glacial mass loss, plummeting Arctic summer ice cover, progressive collapse
of ice shelves that have been stable for 6000 to 10000 years, northward, upward, and seasonally earlier movements
of ecosystems and other phenological changes, increasing Greenland ice melt, and all the other direct observations
of global warming, I think
denialists will go to their graves believing it can't be happening.
I have no idea what you are referring to, except perhaps that the rote regurgitation
of long - since and many - times - over debunked
denialist nonsense is mercifully (and no doubt laboriously) deleted by the RC moderators — unlike every other open blog on the Internet where any attempt to discuss the science
of anthropogenic
global warming is quickly drowned out by a torrent
of pseudoscience, conspiracy theories, blatant falsehoods, and hate speech against climate scientists.
What if the contrived logic
of ideology is «blinding»
denialists and naysayers to the virtual mountains
of good scientific evidence
of global warming?
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We find this to be well - argued and in line with what we have been saying about
global warming denialist interventions to manipulate the communication
of climate change research.
Some
of our earlier posts on the
global warming denial machine and ExxonMobil: «The Denial Machine» — Canadian TV to air investigative documentary on
global warming denialists (October 26)(Includes interview with CSW Director Rick Piltz.
Presumably, that is not aimed at Martin Durkin, producer
of The Great
Global Warming Swindle, and the man falsely accused by Bob May, former president
of the Royal Society,
of being an HIV - AIDS
denialist.
NRK (Norway's BBC) has a bad habit
of inviting
denialists, but no climate scientists when debating
global warming.
But despite the onslaught from the influential
denialists, the fact remains that — according to Oreskes» own figures — 62 %
of the US public «believe that life on Earth will continue without major disruptions only if society takes immediate and drastic action to reduce
global warming».
He maunders on to accuse «climate
denialists»
of drawing inconvenient conclusions from the recent temperature record about the rate
of global warming.
Nova is an Australian climate
denialist and author
of «The Skeptic's Handbook,» a crash course in false science claiming
global warming isn't happening and isn't human - caused.
The departure is in Willis» head, refusal to accept basic science is why the
denialists fail to understand the evidence
of Global Warming.]
The
Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF) is a United Kingdom think tank founded by climate change
denialist Nigel Lawson with the purpose
of combating what the foundation describes as «extremely damaging and harmful policies» designed to mitigate climate change.
The investigative blogger Deep Climate has been working to set the record straight on how an orchestrated campaign by members
of Congress, industry - funded
global warming denialist groups and PR operatives, and professional «skeptics» has spread misleading information about the paleoclimate... Continue reading →
The popularity
of the graphic is probably due to the fact that (1) it's a simple, stand - alone debunking
of the «
global warming stopped» myth, and (2) that particular myth has become so popular amongst climate
denialists.
The explanation for this, though, rests on an understanding
of wider political and economic interests — could it be, perhaps, that this is the result
of the billions
of pounds pumped into the economy by professional
denialist foundations such as Nigel Lawson's
Global Warming Policy Foundation and the legions of right wing Tory backers (not to mention the combined, and substantial efforts, of the global oil industry and other vested interests) which influence, through their ownership, most of the mainstream
Global Warming Policy Foundation and the legions
of right wing Tory backers (not to mention the combined, and substantial efforts,
of the
global oil industry and other vested interests) which influence, through their ownership, most of the mainstream
global oil industry and other vested interests) which influence, through their ownership, most
of the mainstream media?
the billions
of pounds pumped into the economy by professional
denialist foundations such as Nigel Lawson's
Global Warming Policy Foundation
Regardless
of what one thinks
of cap - and - trade as a policy approach, nothing looks likely to change in that arena in the near - foreseeable future, except for greater numbers on the no - compromise corporate and
global warming denialist side.
Yet, as Festinger would have predicted, instead
of falling silent, perhaps even admitting error, the
denialists have become more vehement in their attacks on climate scientists, environmentalists and anyone who accepts the evidence for
global warming.
I predict that we we will soon see
denialist arguments
of the form «yeah sure
global temperatures are again rising sharply, but that is due to decreased albedo due to decreased arctic sea ice, not because increased CO2 causes
global warming».
The editorial skewered academic doubters
of man - made
Global Warming as the «climate - change -
denialist fringe» and in a shocking Freudian - slip the Nature editorial roared its political partisanship:
The updated analysis undercuts
denialists of climate change who have long - argued that
global warming has «stopped» and the world was growing cooler.
While our email exchange has taught me nothing about
global warming, it has given me another insight into the perplexing mind
of your typical
denialist type.»
University
of Virginia After a November 1 hearing, a Virginia judge has granted a petition from the University
of Virginia to alter an earlier, inappropriate agreement by university lawyers that would have allowed the radical right - wing,
global warming denialist American Tradition... Continue reading →
Like the tobacco lobbyists who spent years denying the links between smoking and cancer,
global warming denialists don't have to win the debate — they simply have to confuse the public indefinitely to successfully undermine any political action which might hit the interests
of their backers in the fossil fuel industries
But you don't need to be a
global warming denialist, or even a sceptic to be part
of the 56 %
of us who are unconvinced
of science's current ability to successfully model the climate.
Most
of the glibertarians, cultural conservatives, and gadget - heads who constitute the useful idiots around the core oil - and - coal - company
global -
warming denialist constituency would be horrified to imagine themselves playing the role
of 9/11 Truthers, or RFK Jr. pumping the thimerosal / autism link, or Thabo Mbeki claiming that AIDS isn't caused by HIV.
And with the words «the useful idiots around the core oil - and - coal - company
global -
warming denialist constituency» Kleiman demonstrates exactly the same failure
of logic.
To summarize: Aside from the
denialist cranks, everyone agrees that
global warming is a looming problem
of unprecedented scale that needs to be met with long - term, fundamental change.
I note that the word «
denialist» is used to describe people who have an alternative view to that
of man made climate change and the «Comment Policy» forbids the use
of other words which offend those who believe in man made
global warming.
The show trial was a chance for the Kochtopus, fossil fuel interests, and
global warming skeptics (including Senator James Inhofe (R - OK) who announced he is releasing a
denialist book) to cry foul that industry is being victimized and that
global warming is not a threat, and does not pose any risks to the health and well - being
of Americans, and the planet.
For years, the more dimwitted
of the climate
denialists have been yammering on about a pause in
global warming.
«Since Day 1
of this I have been calling it a non-event, a manufactured controversy by
global warming denialists trying to make enough noise to drown out any real talk on this topic.»
They even use a variant
of the old «
global warming ended in 1998» rubbish that has been doing the rounds in
denialist circles for some time with the following comment:
This,
of course, is why the
denialist community harps on «CAGW» — catastrophic anthropogenic
global warming — despite the fact that this is not a scientific term (i.e. commonly used by scientists).
Consider some
of the arguments that are proposed and promoted by well - qualified scientists in the
denialist camp:
Global warming stopped in 1998.
You can be certain that various anti-science, anthropogenic
global warming denialist web blogs and op ed writers (with no scientific background) will take this study and trumpet it from the hills, completely out
of context in order to continue to be disingenuous and to purposely mislead people.
The «hockey stick» may be a cause celebre among
denialists, but it's only a secondary part
of the mainstream case for
global warming, which is based on the physics
of the greenhouse effect and the observed
warming of recent decades.
In scientific contexts, the
denialist can deny a cause (carbon dioxide does not cause
global warming), an effect (the Earth is not
warming), the association between the two (CO2 levels are rising and the Earth is
warming, but not because
of the carbon dioxide), the direction
of the cause - and - effect relationship (carbon dioxide concentrations are increasing because the earth is
warming) or the identification
of the cause - and - effect relationship (other factors than greenhouse gases are causing the Earth to
warm).
No doubt, if and when the Gulf Stream fails and North Atlantic temperatures plunge (as happened repeatedly during
global warming events in the recent history
of Earth, due to ice melt flowing into the ocean)--
denialists will claim «
global cooling».