Here are the articles at New Scientist (Mar 09). There is
also a guide to assessing
the evidence. New Scientist has included lots of links
to primary research and major reports for those who want to
follow through to the original sources.
| Climate Change, a Guide
for the Perplexed |
| Can we trust the science? |
Is the sun to blame? |
| • Chaotic systems are not predictable * |
• Global warming is down to the Sun, not humans |
| • We can't trust computer models of climate |
• It’s all down to cosmic rays |
| • Many leading scientists question climate change |
What is happening now? |
| • It's all a conspiracy * |
• Mars and Pluto are warming too |
| • They predicted global cooling in the 1970s |
• Antarctica is getting cooler, not warmer, disproving
global warming |
| Does CO2 cause warming? |
• Polar bear numbers are increasing |
| • Human CO2 emissions are too tiny
to matter |
• The lower atmosphere is cooling, not warming |
| • CO2 isn't the most important greenhouse
gas |
• The oceans are cooling |
| • Ice cores show CO2 increases lag
behind temperature rises, disproving the link to global
warming |
• Global warming stopped in 1998 |
| • Ice cores show CO2 rising as temperatures
fell |
What is going to happen? |
| • The cooling after 1940 shows CO2
does not cause warming |
• Warming will cause an ice age in Europe |
| What happened in the past? |
• Higher CO2 levels will boost plant
growth and food production * |
| • The 'hockey stick' graph has been proven wrong |
• Hurricane Katrina was caused by global warming
|
| • It's been far warmer in the past, what's the
big deal? |
Why should I worry? |
| • It was warmer during the Medieval period, with
vineyards in England |
• It's too cold where I live - warming will be
great |
| • We are simply recovering from the Little Ice
Age |
• We can't do anything about climate change * |
