It is claimed that the Climate Research Unit at the University of East Anglia has been hacked and there is a massive file of emails and code up on a server in Russia. If what has been posted is real then the balloon is about to go up. Excerpts of the emails have been posted here . They include a CRU scientist welcoming the death of a prominent sceptic, discussion of how to fiddle results and so on....
Sea levels could rise by up to six metres if the world fails to get pollution under control according to the latest study in the Antarctic. By Louise Gray, Environment Correspondent Published: 1:56PM GMT 18 Nov 2009 The British Antarctic Survey found that during past periods of high carbon dioxide, temperatures in Antarctica were up to 6C above current levels. This could cause a sea level rise of up...
World temperatures are on course to rise 6C by the end of the century because of global warming, a major British study has forecast. What they’ve actually said is that it might. Professor Le Quere said the situation could get worse as the world loses the ability to absorb greenhouse gases in natural “carbon [...]
The Conservative MEP Roger Helmer is leading the Tory charge on global warming denialism this week by hosting a ‘climate sceptics’ conference in Brussels. It is titled: ‘Have Humans Changed the Climate?’ The Left Foot Forward blog, which highlighted the conference, adds: The climate sceptics conference comes in the same week as the warnings from the UN’s Global Carbon...
Heatwaves that kill thousands, tropical-style storms and widespread flooding could be regular features of Britain’s climate within a generation if global warming is not checked, according to the Met Office. Now go back and do the sums again looking at how many people are killed by cold each year and who would not be killed by [...]
Louis Gray in the Telegraph (UK) : In the first study of its kind, climate scientists looked at how much pollution the world could afford to produce between now and the end of the century in order to keep temperature rises within a "safe limit". A number of different scenarios were run and the most likely outcome was that carbon dioxide from factories and cars peaked somewhere between 2010...
Independent on Sunday: A new environmental award will be launched tomorrow with some of the biggest corporations and lobbying outfits in the world in contention for the top prize. But the winner will have nothing to celebrate. The inaugural Angry Mermaid award, inspired by Denmark's famous Little Mermaid statue, will go to the organisation "doing the most to sabotage effective action on climate...
Yesterday morning climate change sceptic Ian Plimer was interviewed on the Today programme. This stunning occurrence caused outrage among eco-activists. The Media Lens message board went nuclear wind turbine over the issue. Among the many who complained to the BBC was Green Party councillor Dr Rupert Read . The response he received from Today programme assistant editor Roger Hermiston included this...
Chusing the Facts to Fit His Story - Greg Pollowitz - Planet Gore on National Review Online Oops . Secretary Chu has been caught making stuff up on how he improved energy efficiency while head of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Prof Ian Plimer: tenets of a climate change sceptic - Telegraph He has described people's belief in anthropogenic climate change as "a fundamentalist religion...
Pumped-up prices: $4 per gallon gasoline may be coming in 2010 Climate change ’sceptic’ Ian Plimer argues CO2 is not causing global warming Does Islam Breed Violence? Networks Silent on President’s Violation of Pledge Not to Raise Taxes on Middle Class John Stossel on the Folly of Health Care “Reform” Hasan’s Pakistan Connection: Fort Hood Killer May Have Sent Cash...
What a way to start the day! This image is one of the first things I saw online this morning. In the image, taken by the Cassini spacecraft is Saturn, its rings and the moon Rhea. Amazingly, this is a raw image straight from Cassini; it has not been calibrated or enhanced in [...]
The latest scheme to reduce climate change: “After home insulation and more efficient boilers, we now need more intrusive things – double glazing, cavity wall insulation, solid wall insulation,” he said. “We need much more of a whole house approach – one-stop shops where people can get a [...]
Can NGO’s do journalism? Isn’t that the job of independent professionals? In this guest-blog, Polis Intern Esha Chhabra looks at a new campaigning film from Oxfam that seeks to go beyond charity marketing. Gabura, an island off the coast of Bangladesh, was ravaged by cyclone Aila this May. Rising sea waters are to blame. Thus, this winter, when [...]
We have previously drawn attention to the difficulties of Simon Singh, who was sued by the British Chiropractic Association. This is from a recent email from Sense About Science. Simon Singh’s libel case was back at the Court of Appeal where he was granted permission to appeal. While the best possible result, there is a long [...]
My number one pet peeve with the blogosphere is that too many bloggers post on a new report or paper without actually looking at the new report or paper. Bloggers regularly bash mainstream media for lazy reporting then often go ahead and base entire posts solely on newspaper stories. Hypocrisy aside, it is a real shame. Blogs should be an opportunity to examine and debate science and policy issues...
