Tag Archives: global climate change

Stop using Al Gore as an excuse for rejecting science

Posted on July 9, 2019 by

There are a lot of bad reasons for rejecting the science of climate change (indeed, there are no good reasons), but some arguments are more well thought out than others. This is not going to be an article about one … Continue reading →

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Climate change denier vs Attenborough: Why did those walruses die?

Posted on May 9, 2019 by

Sir David Attenborough recently lent his voice to a new Netflix series, “Our Planet,” that documents human impacts on the planet, with a particular focus on climate change. Unsurprisingly, climate change contrarians were unhappy about this series and seized any … Continue reading →

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How not to science: Lessons from flat earthers and climate change deniers

Posted on March 5, 2019 by

Science is an amazingly powerful tool for disentangling fact and fiction. When done correctly, it is a systematic, objective, unbiased, and self-correcting method for understanding our universe. Unfortunately, many people don’t appreciate the objectivity that science requires, and instead view … Continue reading →

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5 hottest years on record all happened in the past 5 years (global warming is real)

Posted on February 7, 2019 by

Climate change is based on scientific facts and evidence, not politics or ideology, and it is an incontrovertible fact that the planet is warming. Nevertheless, many people continue to deny this reality (although polls suggest that their numbers are shrinking). … Continue reading →

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Dear Americans, stop using China and India as climate change scapegoats

Posted on December 5, 2018 by

I spend a lot of time on this blog debunking bad arguments, and I have previously devoted a lot of effort to debunking bad arguments against man-made climate change. There is, however, one extremely common argument that I have not … Continue reading →

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Extreme weather: The effects of climate change are already here

Posted on September 17, 2018 by

We are in the middle of yet another atypical hurricane season. Between hurricane Florence in America and typhoon Mangkhut in the Philippines and China, both hemispheres have been hit almost simultaneously by unusually strong storm systems. As a result, many … Continue reading →

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Facts aren’t political (or religious)

Posted on October 31, 2017 by

On this blog/Facebook page, I try very hard to stick to scientific facts and avoid discussing politics. Nevertheless, I am frequently accused of being political, even when I am simply reporting a fact. For example, I often post facts about … Continue reading →

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