Showing posts with label skeptic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label skeptic. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Looking for mainstream climate skeptics

The Duluth News Tribune published a letter from Tom Harris of the International Climate Science Coalition

I searched for “International Climate Science Coalition” as well “Tom Harris” in the following newspapers:
New York Times
Chicago Tribune
Washington Post
Wall Street Journal
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Philadelphia Inquirer
Boston Globe
Toronto Star
Star Tribune (Twin Cities of Minnesota)
Los Angeles Times
Ottawa Citizen

I only found two references to these searches.  One was a letter from Tom Harris similar to the letter he submitted to the Duluth News Tribune; it was date 2015-05-01. The other was about a scientist connected to Harvard and the Smithsonian who wrote a paper skeptical of climate change.  He didn’t disclose that he received funds from the oil industry.  See
https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2015/01/26/harvard-smithsonian-climate-change-skeptic-accused-violating-academic-disclosure-agreement/Y1uMQ8yuLpYCjOHGckRArO/story.html

Wednesday, August 01, 2012

Global warming – how to lose your case

The Coffee Party's Facebook page has a link to "In case you missed it, Greenland just melted".

One of the color-coded pictures shows Greenland with mostly white, the other with mostly pink or dark pink. If you read the text though, 97% of the surface ice on Greenland is melting.  Quite a bit different than all the ice melting.  The question is how normal is this summer melt compared with previous summer melts.

A few of the commenters pointed this out.  Some leapt on the article as a chance to claim global warming doesn't exist.  And many leapt on the article with an alarmist view.

For more, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenland_ice_sheet.