Science, Philosophy and Politics
Greg Weiner has written a great essay in Law & Liberty, entitled: “Why We cannot Just ‘Follow the Science.‘” His point is that scientists and science are important, but relying only on “The Science” [...]
How to compare today to the past
In the last post, I discussed the problems comparing modern instrumental global or hemispheric average temperatures to the past. Ocean temperature coverage was sparse and of poor quality prior to 2005. Prior to 1950, land [...]
Global Warming is happening, what does it mean
The concepts and data used to make temperature and climate reconstructions, or estimates, are constantly evolving. Currently, there are over 100,000 global weather stations on land and over 4,500 Argo floats and weather buoys [...]
Sea Level Rise Fastest in 2000 Years (Or Not!)
By Paul Homewood Sea Level Rise Fastest in 2000 Years (Or Not!) | NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT (wordpress.com) The rate of sea-level rise in the 20th century along much of [...]
Death spiral of American academia
by Patrick J Michaels Earlier this year, Eric Kaufmann of the University of London published a remarkably detailed and comprehensive study of bias in academia, “Academic Freedom in Crisis: Punishment, Political Discrimination, and Self-Censorship.” Kaufmann’s writing is [...]
There is no climate emergency
A global network of
1977
scientists and professionals has prepared this urgent message. Climate science should be less political, while climate policies should be more scientific. Scientists should openly address uncertainties and exaggerations in their predictions of global warming, while politicians should dispassionately count the real costs as well as the imagined benefits of their policy measures.