Does New Scientist Foresee Paradigm Shift on Climate Theory?
With its frank 'thumbs down' to 'whitewash' inquiry into the Climategate scandal is international science magazine sensing a climate paradigm shift?Holidays help boost happiness (Science Alert)
With the cold weather biting across the country, flights to sunnier climes are heavily booked, but research shows travel could also have benefits for the clinically depressed as well as those seeking a winter break.Why tackling global warming is more urgent than ever | WWF news | WWF UK
Since the end of March, the extent of sea ice in the Arctic has reduced by a staggering 3,245,156 km2. That’s an area roughly half the size of the entire USA.Climatologist Stephen Schneider [Confusing timeline: "we" said that humans were "part" of global warming only in 1995?]
Stephen Schneider: "And we started out saying sort of 'Houston, there's a problem’ in 1990. Then we said, not only is there a problem, but the humans are part of it, in 1995..."Flashback: The Collapsing Scientific Cornerstones of Global Warming Theory | Publications | National Center for Policy Analysis | NCPA
James Hansen, whose 1988 pronouncements started the clamor for action to prevent global warming, wrote in the 1998 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that "the forcings that drive long-term climate change are not known with accuracy sufficient to define future climate change." So much for being sure.
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