Washington Post cartoonist Tom Toles points to the ultimate ‘inconvenient truth’ for climate change deniers. They can’t hold back the flood anymore. Their arguments have too many holes. They are being overcome. By reality.
Webinar TODAY: Dr. John Mashey on 'The Machinery of Climate Anti-Science'
When: 7:30 pm – 9 pm PDT | Thursday, April 7, 2011
Where: Flury Hall, Bob Wright Centre, University of Victoria
Live Web Stream: http://www.pics.uvic.ca/broadcast.php
Description:
The battle of truth versus disinformation is nowhere better demonstrated than in the distortion of climate science. More than 97 percent of practicing climate scientists support the fact that global warming is happening and caused by humans, yet the public often thinks that scientists are seriously divided on this issue.
In this special public lecture, Silicon Valley computer scientist and technology expert Dr. John Mashey will expose the underhanded, but effective PR/lobbying tactics of the anti-science campaign. It has included Internet-propagated disinformation, personal attacks, threats of violence and hate mail, including the manufactured non-event “Climategate.” His talk will examine the organization and activities of anti-science funders, think tanks, and spokespeople over the last 20 years, including recent developments and initiatives to counter their efforts.
For more info on the event, Dr. Mashey and to access earlier Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions seminars check out their website.
(Climate cartoon credit: Marc Roberts)
via plantedcity:
Global warming waning? Hardly. 2010 was tied as warmest year on record. - CSMonitor.com
2010 tied as warmest year ever, NOAA climatologists say. Year’s data are consistent with the notion that greenhouse gases from burning fossil fuels are contributing to global warming.
The many lines of evidence for global warming in a single graphic
I’ve added another pic to the high-rez Climate Graphics. This one is a graphic summary of just some of the evidence for global warming. When someone tells you global warming isn’t happening, this serves as a visual reminder that you need to consider all the evidence to understand what’s happening to our climate. Signs of warming are being found not only all over the globe but in many different systems. Ice sheets are shrinking. Tree-lines are shifting towards the poles and up mountains (eg - to cooler regions). Glaciers are retreating. Spring is coming earlier. Species are migrating to cooler regions. And so on…
(Read more on skepticalscience.com)
