Bury before publishing - Josh 172

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Burn after reading - Josh 171

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Weather outlook: poor, expect gales - Josh 170

Peter Gleick in the clear, but of what is less clear.

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Hide da d.cline - Josh 169

Hopefully you've watched the video, read the posts and comments here and at Climate Audit and Watts Up With That. Basically Myles Allen has been castigating journalists for getting Climategate wrong while getting it spectacularly wrong himself. Nice one Myles. Honest error or disingenuous?

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'Vermin Supreme', honest, that's his name - Josh 168

Head over to Lucia's for an explanation and the video. And you can tweet him @VerminSupreme 

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The 'not so great and not so good' - Josh 167

It is not really acceptable, is it?

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Give us a clouseau - Josh 166

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Mapping the debate - Josh 165

 

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With a certain amount of hysteria and hand wringing over the latest Heartland ads I thought a more pastoral cartoon might be a good idea.

I will update the cartoon if people suggest improvements but my aim is to express where we are in the debate over Catastrophic Anthropogenic Global Warming - I think the catastrophists are on a small island of sinking sand out there somewhere cold, and, even though there are still arguments to win and vested interests to battle, I think the land is ours.

Here is the wonderful Shakespeare reference in full.

This royal throne of kings, this sceptred isle,

This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars,

This other Eden, demi-paradise,

This fortress built by Nature for herself

Against infection and the hand of war,

This happy breed of men, this little world,

This precious stone set in the silver sea,

Which serves it in the office of a wall

Or as a moat defensive to a house,

Against the envy of less happier lands,--

This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England.

William Shakespeare, "King Richard II", Act 2 scene 1

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Update on May 5, 2012 by Josh

It's triplets!

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Donna, the Canadian iceberg.  Plus corrections.

Cartoon the cartoon - Josh 164

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There is a lovely cartoon over at Roger Pielke Jr's which, delightful though it is, helps perpetuate the myth that Global Warming is somehow an issue for climate skeptics. It isn't. The issue is Catastrophic Anthropogenic, and specifically that singularly caused by CO2, Global Warming and the alarmist hype surrounding the lack of science and the punitive energy policies that have been pursued in response to a non problem.

So I decided to do my own version of the cartoon - with apologies to the other cartoonist.

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Connect the dots - Josh 163

Anthony over at WUWT is requesting we write to our local paper's editor - read about it here

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To an incredible degree - Josh 162

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Update on Apr 13, 2012 by Josh

H/t  to Anthony Watts for some text tweaks and the crystal ball. 

Medallion man - Josh 161

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49 former NASA scientists and astronauts have written to NASA saying “We believe the claims by NASA and GISS, that man-made carbon dioxide is having a catastrophic impact on global climate change are not substantiated.” Something I am sure most of us thoroughly agree with.

You can read the whole letter here at WUWT

Great timing too considering that James Hansen, famous NASA employee, was awarded the Edinburgh Medal this week...

H/t to Anthony Watts for suggesting adding the NASA logo - why didnt I think of that?

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Ideological? Memo to Keith - Josh 160

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Keith Kloor has probably got the message by now but I thought a helpful cartoon would underscore the fact that sceptical views on Catastrophic Anthropogenic Global Warming are not based on ideology or political views but on the woeful state of climate science. Not all of climate science is in a dire state, of course, and many like Judith Curry, including Richard Betts and Tamsin Edwards, are making great efforts to create understanding and dialogue.

But until other scientists and commentators understand that the sceptical objection is primarily scientific they will be seen to be saying "There is nothing wrong with the science we do" which, ahem, will be something akin to a state of denial. How ironic.

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Optimistography - Josh 159

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Matt Ridley's wonderful book The Rational Optimist provided some upbeat fodder for Reader's Digest which Matt has posted on his blog.

As it has been 'Planet under pressure' week I thought I would join in.

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Opengate - Josh 158

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It looks like John Cook and co at Skeptical Science are in a bit of a tizzy because their secret forum has been exposed to public view. Their complaint is that they have been hacked though John Cook admits that their security is almost non-existent.

What is interesting, in reading some of the excerpts from the forum posted here, is the similarities between the SkS secret forum and the Climategate emails - i.e. we know the facts don't support what we say but don't tell anyone!

That's ok, guys, your secrets are safe with us ;-)

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