My new blog…
Readers of mutantBlog may have noticed that in the last few months I have become increasingly interested in the subject of climate change and the associated arguments and have found myself comenting more and more on this issue, both in my posts here and in the comments at other blogs.
In order to prevent mutantBlog becoming [...]
The Guardian’s Fred Pearce seems to be confused
The Guardian is not the first place one expects to see stories jumping on the “climategate” bandwagon, but they made a big splash this week with this story by Fred Pearce.
Phil Jones, the beleaguered British climate scientist at the centre of the leaked emails controversy, is facing fresh claims that he sought to hide problems [...]
Dendrochronology scuppered by guy on a blog
The world of climate science was dealt a stunning blow today when the world’s dendrochronologists, who study past temperatures by analysing tree rings, issued a collective statement announcing that they were abandoning their studies and declaring the discipline of dendrochronology itself to be invalid. Although no reason was officially given, an insider revealed the background [...]
Daily Mail spreading climate change misinformation again
Note: This piece has been updated on 15th December
The Daily Mail seems to have found yet more evidence to persuade its readers that they should be skeptical of man-made global warming. This piece by David Rose has two startling revelations - that both proxy data and an important diagram in an IPCC report were manipulated [...]
AGW deniers in “statistically illiterate” shock
One of the most popular myths promoted by those skeptical about man-made global warming is that warming has stopped and, in fact, the trend has even reversed in recent years. This illusion largely stems from the fact that 1998 was an exceptionally hot year and 2008 relatively cool due to the respective el Niño and [...]