Are Conformist Scientists Overhyping Global Warming?

Very often people utter the most important truths of their careers when they near retirement. The owl of Minerva flies at twilight in part because people with most of their lives behind them have little to lose by voicing controversial points.

owl of Minerva

The nineteenth-century idealist philosopher G.W.F. Hegel famously noted that "the owl of Minerva spreads its wings only with the falling of the dusk" — meaning that philosophy comes to understand a historical condition just as it passes away.

Seasonal weather forecasting: Still uncertain despite leaps in technology | UK news | guardian.co.uk

Long-range forecasts are limited by the chaotic nature of weather system

Reuters AlertNet - INTERVIEW-Germany's Greens want to ride 'green' wave to power

Speaking to Reuters at Greens party headquarters under a roof covered with solar panels, Oezdemir said he believed the Greens were riding high in opinion polls because the world had entered a new era due in part to fears about climate change.

[Hear that subtle noise?  Is it the sound of your cell phone charger making the weather worse?]

WASHINGTON - A new study has determined that it’s now possible to hear the rise of global warming, in the form of more larger and more intense storms, which are signs of climate change.