Not exact matches
In «Consilience and Consensus» [Skeptic], Michael Shermer's
arguments demonstrate how
deniers of anthropogenic global
warming (AGW) are wrong.
Numerous
denier arguments involving slight fluctuations in the global distribution of
warmer vs cooler sea surface areas as supposed explanations of climate change neglect all the energy that goes into ocean heat content, melting large ice deposits and so forth.
Bobzorunkle says «I'm not
denying there has been
warming — just saying that instead of closing our minds in favor of the AGW / CO2
arguments, there could be other «natural» factors we haven't yet properly assessed.»
I'm not
denying there has been
warming — just saying that instead of closing our minds in favor of the AGW / CO2
arguments, there could be other «natural» factors we haven't yet properly assessed.
But I think many people are led to
deny global
warming because from the part of the
argument they understand, they think temperatures have to rise forever.
The» top ten»
arguments employed by the relatively few
deniers with credentials in any aspect of climate - change science (which
arguments include «the sun is doing it», «Earth's climate was changing before there were people here», «climate is changing on Mars but there are no SUVs there», «the Earth hasn't been
warming since 1998», «thermometer records showing heating are contaminated by the urban - heat - island effect», «satellite measurements show cooling rather than
warming») have all been shown in the serious scientific literature to be wrong or irrelevant, but explaining their defects requires at least a paragraph or two for each one.
By closing the
argument on the theory of AGW from the start and going as far as calling sceptics «Holocaust
deniers» the «
Warmers» have raised the stakes against themselves.
From the comments we find that Taylor isn't a
denier himself as he believes in global
warming and that human influence has been significant, so where is the
argument, and wouldn't Heartland be upset about this admission from one of its own?
This year's conference featured the usual self - contradictory climate
denier arguments, which includes everything from outright denial that the earth temperature is going up, to admitting the globe is
warming but
denying that humans and CO2 are involved, to admitting the earth is
warming, humans and CO2 are involved, but the
warming will be beneficial.
All the rest of this page recycles old
arguments of Global
Warming deniers.
This is not intended to provide exhaustive answers to every contentious
argument that has been put forward by those who seek to distort and undermine the science of climate change and
deny the seriousness of the potential consequences of global
warming.
There is no global
warming on mars (or very scant evidence for it) which is another
argument used by
deniers to try and prove that the sun is the cause of GW.
His
argument that they were somehow wrong was to say that it is still
warmer than it was, something that no «
Deniers» appeared to be
denying.
Hundreds of
arguments were made by
deniers attempting to refute the scientific consensus on global
warming.
On November 6, 2013, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D - R.I.) seemingly channeled Babbitt, expanding the «same kind of
arguments they used against acid rain...» line into a 19 minute U.S. Senate speech covering ozone layer depletion, acid rain, and global
warming, with the title of «The
Deniers» Playbook.»
No one
denies that climate changes (in fact, the most common climate myth is the
argument that past climate change is evidence that current global
warming is also natural).
Even before Indiana's top enforcer of federal and state environmental regulations was advising coal companies on how to continuing polluting our air and water, it appears that denial of basic climate science is the state's official position on global
warming — Indiana's 2011 «State of the Environment» report rehashes tired climate
denier arguments such as global temperature records having «no appreciable change since about 1998.»
Muller is right about the globe
warming, but his framing of the debate is a red herring:
arguments over climate change are not about whether one accepts or «
denies» that the climate has
warmed in recent years.
Every
argument has idiots that don't understand the concepts and subscribe to it, but global
warming deniers don't have anyone that understands the concepts, otherwise they wouldn't
deny it.
Weakening Solar Output Won't Slow
Warming Over Next Century One argument often cited by climate skeptics and global warming deniers is that solar cycles are responsible for at least part of the warming we're seei
Warming Over Next Century One
argument often cited by climate skeptics and global
warming deniers is that solar cycles are responsible for at least part of the warming we're seei
warming deniers is that solar cycles are responsible for at least part of the
warming we're seei
warming we're seeing now.
And it may be that as
warming has becomes more difficult to
deny, as it seems to be doing, the 1 - 4 type
arguments will wither in favour of «it's not so bad».
Interestingly, USA Today gives famed
denier Pat Michaels a chance to respond, but he makes a bizarrely lame
argument, which, for anyone who understands the subject (or has read my book), should make one more worried about catastrophic global
warming, not less:
Yes, I have read
arguments why one should
deny global
warming or actions against it, just not any honest and sane
arguments.
I see that the
argument challengeing global
warming deniers to be in favour of the acceptance of climate change refugees can easily backfire.
Realclimate continues to do a good job exposing
arguments by some national journalists and scientists who have
denied there is a global
warming problem.
I have been assailed in recent months by a range of superficially plausible
arguments by Global
Warming Deniers, whose views on other issues I largely respect.