Author Archives: Watcher

Discussing: Vinther, B.M., Jones, P.D., Briffa, K.R., Clausen, H.B., Andersen, K.K., Dahl-Jensen, D. and Johnsen, S.J. 2010. “Climatic signals in multiple highly resolved stable isotope records from Greenland”. Quaternary Science Reviews 29: 522-538. Background The authors introduce the report of their new study by writing that “during the past 10 years studies of seasonal ice [...]

The poor soul! His props are being taken away from under him. Just an excerpt below but take it from me that there is not a single scientific fact mentioned in the article. It is all “ad hominem” stuff Advocates across the political spectrum habitually cite polls to “prove” that the public holds a certain [...]

The UN has admitted a report linking livestock to global warming exaggerated the impact of eating meat on climate change. By Alastair Jamieson Dr Frank Mitloehner said the UN comparison between meat farming and transport emissions was ‘lopsided’ Photo: STEPHEN LOCK A 2006 study, Livestock’s Long Shadow, claimed meat production was responsible for 18 per [...]

Senators John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) and David Vitter (R-La.) have written a letter to NASA chief Charles Bolden demanding answers to questions surrounding newly uncovered irregularities in the space agency’s climate data. Concerns about the validity of NASA’s climate research are being raised following revelations that the space agency admitted its data was less accurate than [...]

History may see the interview of CRU’s Professor Phil Jones by the BBC’s Roger Harrabin on 12 February 2010 as the opening of the end-phase of the long-running “alarmists versus sceptics” debate.