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Language note: I'm using the terms "Skeptic"
and "AGW" (Anthropogenic Global Warming - believers).
I will not use the terms "deniers" or "contrarians".
I prefer "AGW" to "consensus". "AGW"
is not quite adequate as all skeptics include some undeniable
manmade effects such as Urban Heat Islands, and skeptics differ
on the net greenhouse effect of CO2 but agree it is non-catastrophic;
but "Warmist" is not quite right, "CAGW"
(Catastrophic AGW) is too heavy, and "alarmist"
is not helpful IMO.
Skeptics
Assemble Good Evidence
Books
Unstoppable
Global Warming: Every 1,500 Years by S. Fred
Singer (Author), Dennis T. Avery
Climate
Confusion by Roy Spencer. Curiously, all
the reviews got recently deleted - which Amazon
readers noticed and protested about. Curiously too,
this parallels several problems I've had with Amazon
over climate science material, that I've not had
with Amazon over anything else.
Warren Meyer of Climate Skeptic "A
Layman's Guide to Manmade Global Warming"
Environmentalist Lawrence Solomon's book on top
scientists "The
Deniers". Listen to his story here
Red
Hot Lies by Christopher Horner - "the
truly frightening part of the book is about the
systematic suppression of scientific debate and
serious dissenting voices. Whether you are on the
side of Al Gore or totally against what he says,
you should be frightened by any movement that thinks
we should spend a few trillion dollars... based
on proffered science which no one is allowed to
disagree with." |
Top Scientists
talk about the problem
Prof Akasofu "Why
has "global warming" become such a passionate
subject? - Let's not lose our cool"
Prof Akasofu "Misleading
Information on Global Warming"
Prof Lindzen - the increasing vulnerability to corruption
"Climate
Science: is it currently designed to answer questions?" |
Friendly, short Introductions
Prof Bob Carter "Climate
Change - has it been cancelled?" (U-tube)
Dr David Evans "I
devoted six years to carbon accounting"
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Skeptics' Handbook
Joanne Nova "Skeptics'
Handbook" - keeping clearly to the key
issues, in meeting AGW arguments |
Science-led
Primer told as a story of discovery
Lucy Skywalker "Curious
Anomalies in Climate Science" - my U-turn
as I discovered the real science hidden away |
Science-led Primers
Ric Werme "Science,
Method, Climatology, and Forgetting the Basics"
James Peden "The
Great Global Warming Hoax"
Ken Gregory "Climate
Change Science"
David Pratt "The
Global Warming Scare"
Alan Cheetham "Global
Warming - a very brief summary"
Steven Milloy "The
Real Inconvenient Truth - Some facts about
greenhouse and global warming" |
Science Primers
with a Political Edge
Petition Project "summary
of peer-reviewed research"
Dr John Everett "Global
Climate Change Facts: The Truth, The Consensus,
and the Skeptics" |
Challenges of "Scandal!"
Top scientist Jaworowski "CO2:
the greatest scientific scandal of our time"
Prof Segalstad Carbon
cycle modelling and the construction of the "Greenhouse
Effect Global Warming dogma"
Dr Vincent Gray Spinning
the Climate: the IPCC story
Monckton throws down the gauntlet regarding IPCC
corruption of Science Hockey
Stick? What Hockey Stick? |
Information
ANTHROPOGENIC GLOBAL
WARMING (AGW) SCIENCE "ANSWERS TO SKEPTICS"
- these are included because
- skeptics need to know what the "consensus"
believes and argues, before they can possibly
claim to know better
- skeptics need to know of "straw man"
arguments commonly used by "consensus"
to prove skeptics are mistaken
SKEPTIC REPLIES TO AGW "ANSWERS
TO SCEPTICS"
Climate Skeptic
Layman's Guide chapter 9 replies to each of
New Scientists' 20 "answers to skeptics"
NEUTRAL INFO SOURCE
Climate
Debate Daily Headlines, balanced exactly between
Consensus and Skeptics, + excellent long list
of websites
SKEPTIC INFO PORTALS
ICECAP
- news from all skeptic sources, plus library
with prime websites and some important articles/papers
GOOD SKEPTIC WEBSITE SOURCES NOT MENTIONED
BY ICECAP
Junk
Science - Global Warming at a Glance (excellent
info despite the name)
Global
Warming Science original, scientific, creative,
with links to other individualistic websites
Senator
Inhofe's list of 400 prominent sceptical scientists
The
Other Side of the Global Warming debate -
a first-rate list of articles, listed
by which AGW myth they discuss
LEARN REAL CLIMATE SCIENCE
Climate
For You Prof Ole Humlum |
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Join the Debate
AGW-MANAGED, NAME-CALLING HAPPENS
RealClimate
- prime pro-AGW blog - links only to other pro-CAGW
blogs - most skeptic posts get rejected
AGW-MANAGED BUT MORE COURTEOUS &
OPEN TO DEBATE
Skeptical
Science The best of consensus-managed open
debate
How
to talk to a Climate Skeptic Open to courteous
comments from all sides and contain some interesting
dialogue, despite the dismissive titles
SKEPTIC-MANAGED, AND VERY OPEN TO DEBATE,
NAME-CALLING CHECKED
WattsUpWithThat
- prime meeting-place for skeptics - links to
blogs both pro and anti - all courteous relevant
posts are accepted, AGW or skeptic
SKEPTIC-MANAGED, COURTEOUS, AND OPEN
TO ONLINE SCIENCE (STATISTICS)
Climate
Audit - first-class blog, science actually
happens here - links to blogs both pro and anti
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more openness, pursuit of science, and courtesy
on the sceptics' blogs than can be found
on the consensus blogs, in general. Of course
there are exceptions and nobody is perfect.
But the science is what we need.
Be aware too that although
the consensus are quick to cry "oil-funded!"
to skeptics, more often the reverse is the
case, namely that skeptics cannot get funding
at all, and certainly not from oil companies
who don't want their name tarred any further;
moreover, there is seldom mention of oil
or other big businesses that are known funders
of the "consensus"; often, name-calling
simply hides the lack of investigation of
the science itself. |
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AGW
relating to Skeptics
| Consensus websites
explain climate science and "debunk
the skeptics"
* BBC asks What's
a Sceptic? ----> questionnaire,
"belief", divergence, no science
quoted
* BBC Climate
scepticism - the Top Ten compiled
with advice from Fred Singer & Gavin Schmidt
* Coby Beck at Gristmill: How
to answer a Climate Change Skeptic
* Skeptical Science: 52
skeptics' arguments with its own Top Ten
* UK Meteorological Office:Climate
Change Myths
* New Scientist: Climate
Change: A guide for the perplexed (27
issues)
* Royal Society: Climate
Change controversies
* RealClimate: Responses
to common contrarian arguments - Index
of their posts
* Natural Environment Research Council (UK):
Summary
of the debate
* Union of Concerned Scientists - Past,
Present, and Future Temperatures: the Hockeystick
FAQ |
Gristmill
at least has open debate on the threads; but AGW
predominates, not surprisingly when it lists topics
by:-
Stages of Denial There's
Nothing Happening, We Don't Know Why it's
Happening, Climate Change is Natural / Not
Bad / Can't Be Stopped
Scientific
Topics Temp, Atmosphere, Extreme
Events, Cryosphere, Oceans, Modelling, Climate
Forcings, Palaeo-Climate, Scientific Process
Types of Argument Uninformed,
Misinformed, Cherry Picking, Urban Myths,
FUD (Fear, Uncertainty & Doubt) Non-scientific,
Crackpottery
Levels of Sophistication
Silly, Naive, Specious, Scientific. |
Skeptical
Science - a rare AGW site with some
good debate, with input from both sides; "contents"
list:-
For "deniers" who persist, see what
Climate
Progress have to say.
Hidden connections are "exposed" at
Sourcewatch
and other places - but are they correct???
Scholars and Rogues A
Thorough Debunking
BBC Latest 2008 hockey
stick revived |
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