Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
This is a story about what happened when a published peer-reviewed paper was discovered to be wrong. It is a great illustration of science being a process about the pursuit of truth. For some “Science” is perhaps viewed as a body of knowledge. For example in some educational systems it is a topic where you … Read more
What can we actually do about our Fossil Fuel addiction, are the consequences we face inevitable, or can meaningful decisions be taken?
The UK’s Guardian ran the following revelation on 9th Oct regarding where all the CO2 carbon emissions are coming from … Revealed: the 20 firms behind a third of all carbon emissions New data shows how fossil fuel companies have driven climate crisis despite industry knowing dangers Half a century of dither and denial – … Read more
Letter from 500 “scientists” that supposedly refutes climate consensus, offers no evidence and is signed by a bogus list of experts.
A brief listing of some of the new climate science reports and poblications that have popped up and caught my attention during the past week.
ScienceAlert, the Australian based website that promotes general science news, has announced a comment policy in response to an unprecedented degree of trolling on their Facebook page. Climate Trolls appear to be swarming whenever a climate related science posting is published. Let’s dive in and see what is happening. What exactly is a comment troll? … Read more
