Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
Today I have a story that comes via the New York Times. Highlighting this is perhaps partially a controversial move on my part due to the recent hiring of a Climate denying journalist, Bret Stephens, by the New York Times in the name of “balance”. To put it politely, I’m not exactly thrilled by that move. … Read more
There is a new study that takes a rather serious look into the idea that you can psychologically inoculate people. Well yes, with my tongue firmly placed in my cheek I believe the term we use to describe that is the word “Education”. OK, so putting the teasing to one side, it is actually both … Read more
The Medical Society Consortium has published a report that lays out the impact that Climate Change is already having on human health. Who? They have an about page. There they explain … The mission of the Consortium is to inform the public and policymakers about the harmful health effects of climate change on Americans, as well as … Read more
NSIDC have published their April update, and that of course prompts a question. Has it been a normal average dull April with nothing of note, or do we have a new low? Arctic sea ice extent for April 2017 tied with April 2016 for the lowest in the satellite record for the month. Warm weather conditions and … Read more
Rather a lot of fuss has been made about the hiring of Bret Stephens by the New York Times as a columnist. Because he has a reputation as a global warming agnostic, some rather prominent climate scientists went public with the withdrawal of their subscriptions as a protest and also encouraged others to do the same via … Read more
Chris Mooney gives us a heads in a recent Washington Post article that the EPA, under the leadership of climate-denying Pruitt, has now started to purge Climate Science from public view … The Environmental Protection Agency announced Friday evening that its website would be “undergoing changes” to better represent the new direction the agency is taking, triggering the … Read more