Ben has an article over at Spiked-Online today, For the furore around ‘Glaciergate’, we didn’t actually need to know that Himalayan glacial retreat was exaggerated to know that the disaster story it seemingly produced was pseudo-scientific bunk. The plots of such...
Africagate – Worse than Previously Thought
Africagate – Worse than Previously Thought Richard North picks up from our post here and Ben’s guest post on Roger Pielke’s blog, which revealed the spurious claim in IPCC AR4 WGII report, concerning rainfall in Africa. The Times also covers the story. North searches...
Don’t Blame Collapse of Credibility on the IPCC’s Wobbly Chair
Ben has a brief comment on the credibility of the IPCC and the climate change agenda in The Guardian, today, with a slightly longer version on the Guardian’s site. There are also comments there from some familiar names. However, Ben’s comment was written in about 5...
WWF… WTF?
All eyes are on the IPCC. Although some of it is ugly, and some sceptics – in our view, at least – are making less dignified arguments than they ought to be, this has been a long time coming. The IPCC, by virtue of the argument that 'climate change is the most...
Ball or Aerosol?
[youtube d6IBiR9m3vY] According to the likes of Bob Ward, George Monbiot, Ben Goldacre and Steve Connor, it is a well established fact that the slump in global temperatures over three decades in the middle of the last century is the result of changes in the...
The IPCC and the Melting Glaciers Story
This is a big post in two parts. The first is our take on the current story about the Himalayan glaciers. The second is a similar case of non-scientific research being passed off as 'science'. A story in the Sunday Times demonstrates the murky nature of the process by...
Spiking Copenhagen
Happy New Year! We have been somewhat neglectful of our blog. The truth - other than that we’re very busy - is that we decided to enjoy Christmas, and forget about climate change for a while. Normal blogging service will be resumed shortly. And there will be much to...