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The rowers are blazing south at 4km/hour into a stiff headwind.

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Are climate sceptics the real champions of the scientific method?

Since climate change came to prominence in 1988, the role of scientific knowledge – especially an idea of scientific consensus – has played a starring role in the ensuing academic enquiry/political debate/trench warfare (delete as preferred).

Beyond a depressingly binary characterisation of simply pro or anti-science, I’d argue sceptics cannot simply be written off as anti-science or conspiracy theorists (although I am sure one or two may fall into that category). Rather, they see themselves as upholding the standards of what they’d call “real science”.

Are climate sceptics the real champions of the scientific method? | Warren Pearce | Science | theguardian.com

One of the stupidest claims in climate science, originally pushed by the constantly stoned Carl Sagan, is that increasing CO2 will lead to a runaway greenhouse effect.

This is a spectacularly stupid concept. The only IR bands which are not saturated are ones which CO2 doesn’t affect.

File:Atmospheric Transmission.png – Global Warming Art

The IPCC says :

a “runaway greenhouse effect”—analogous to Venus–  appears to have virtually no chance of being induced by anthropogenic activities.

www.ipcc.ch/meetings/session31/inf3.pdf

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Mikey does Climategate III on twitter

When would global warming destroy life on Earth? Study hazards a guess. – CSMonitor.com

The trend in global temperatures looks devastating.

Wood for Trees: Interactive Graphs

Newt Gingrich (newtgingrich) on Twitter

June 29

(1) Mainstream Last First

I’m posting this now, while they still might be able to get out. It would be bad form later to say “I told you so” to the deceased.

“We are now in uncharted territory,” said NSIDC Director Mark Serreze

Serreze said, “While lots of people talk about opening of the Northwest Passage through the Canadian Arctic islands and the Northern Sea Route along the Russian coast, twenty years from now from now in August you might be able to take a ship right across the Arctic Ocean.”

NSIDC Press Room: Arctic sea ice reaches lowest extent for the year and the satellite record

Strong southerly winds will keep them on their little island paradise for another day.

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