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Exponential Change

Humans are prone to overshoot - acting only when it is too late. Take climate change or population growth or both or similar. Imagine there is big old pond in your back garden. On the first day there is 1 lily pad, the next day 2, the day after 4

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Debating Climate Change

There is no debate. Past that, there are idiots who still like to debate it, some will infest these threads, and media channels still try to present both sides by giving them equal air time. Some of you might say "Well, that is no way to try and change

Climate Change Denialist Funders' Leaked Report Absolutely Confirms Climate Change

I meant to write this weeks ago but got waylaid. This, in my opinion, is massive. A report has recently been leaked from bank JP Morgan who themselves have spent decades funding organisations seeking to spread denial and disinformation regarding climate change. They are the world's largest financier

Climate Change, Denialism and Changing Our Ways

Climate Change, Denialism and Changing Our Ways

I have got myself into thinking about climate change again with the torrent of depressing news concerning the environment, our climate and biodiversity. Recently, such news includes Brazil, under right-wing President Bolsonaro having an 88% increase in Amazon deforestation, governments and firms in 28 countries being sued over the climate

Candace Owens, Climate Change and Motivated Reasoning

This Joe Rogan excerpt is well worth a watch: Motivated reasoning is a powerful thing: the impetus to believe something irrespective of evidence and often in spite of it, due to other influencing factors. Climate change is a prime example of this. People tend to "believe" in climate

It's a Climate Change Conspiracy!

It's such a ubiquitous claim, and it winds me up because it is so naive. It looks something like this, as made by the endlessly facepalming See Noevo on this thread: Granted, the opportunity for big profits in teaching evolution is not as great as with, say, the

Here’s what happens when you try to replicate climate contrarian papers

This is so important an article (and paper it is derived from) that I had to share it. The final few paragraphs are powerful. Climate skeptics who claim to be the "real scientists" are so very wrong. It's about time climate scientists fought back! From the Guardian: Those who reject the 97% exper

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In Florida, officials ban term climate change

The state of Florida is the region most susceptible to the effects of global warming in this country, according to scientists. Sea-level rise alone threatens 30 percent of the state’s beaches over the next 85 years. But you would not know that by talking to officials at the Florida Department of

House Passes A Bill That Restricts Scientists From Advising The EPA

House Passes A Bill That Restricts Scientists From Advising The EPA

By a vote of 229-191, the House has just passed a GOP-sponsored bill to ensure that a more "balanced panel of experts" will advise the Environmental Protection Agency. But critics say it will reduce the participation of independent scientists in favor of those with financial ties to industry.

New study finds 99.999 percent certainty humans are causing global warming

There is less than 1 chance in 100,000 that global average temperature over the past 60 years would have been as high without human-caused greenhouse gas emissions, our new research shows.

The Two Organizations Trying to Destroy U.S. Science Education

The Heartland Institute, a prominent, Chicago-based organization opposing climate science, has teamed up with the creationist Discovery Institute to launch a smear campaign against a group promoting the nationwide adoption of updated science education guidelines.

At Last!!! BBC staff told to stop inviting cranks onto science programmes

This is an issue that plagues every single media institution. Because the BBC is THE port of call, for me at least, for news and views, whether from their excellent website, r from their news coverage, it is infuriating, from a skeptical point of view, that equal airtime is given to dissenting views

How a climate debate should take place

Representation! http://youtu.be/cjuGCJJUGsg

Human Influence On Climate Clear, IPCC Report Says

The Independent reports: Scientists ‘95 per cent certain’ that climate change is man-made But this article is from Science Daily: The Independent reports: Scientists ‘95 per cent certain’ that climate change is man-made. I wonder whether science denialists will ever concede. But this articl

Quotes of the Day by Andy Schueler

Recently, Zytigon, a skeptic who comments on Debunking Christianity, noticed a comment on a anthropogenic global warming denial blog entry by a Johnathan Pearce, thought it was me, understandably. The spelling, though, is slightly different and this person was not me. I support the scientific consen

Climate Change Occurring Ten Times Faster Than at Any Time in Past 65 Million Years

Science Daily: [caption id="" align="alignright" width="300"] Polar bear on small iceberg. The planet is undergoing one of the largest changes in climate since the dinosaurs went extinct. But what might be even more troubling for humans, plants and animals is the speed

Political Libertarianism, Science Denialism, Philosophy and the likes of James Delingpole

I am going to look at political libertarianism in this post in the context of morality, ethics and philosophy. This has been brought on by the Any Questions live radio programme on BBC Radio 4 the other day from the Centre for Alternative Technology in Machynlleth, Wales which featured right-wing Co

Quote of the Day - Daydreamer1

This is a great quote from Daydreamer1 in response to a recent post on the Energy Secretary declaring that AGW is a dead cert and that science denialism, including from the media, is damaging truth. Daydreamer1 looks at splitting the subject into two points: It is an irony that the

Ed Davey (UK Energy Secretary) attacks 'blinkered' climate change sceptics

Ed Davey (UK Energy Secretary) attacks 'blinkered' climate change sceptics

Energy Secretary Ed Davey is to make an unprecedented attack later on climate change sceptics. In a speech, the Lib Dem minister will complain that right-wing newspapers are undermining science for political ends. He is set to accuses climate sceptics of nimbyism, publicity-seeking, and "blink

Conservative government's disgusting approach to science and knowledge in Canada

Ever since hearing about the Tory government in Canada the other day from Peter, a Canadian commenter, I have been shocked to think that the Canadian government has been doing some insanely immoral dastardly things since it has been in power entirely unbeknownst to me! I came across this Huff Post C