- Bishop Hill blog - Paul Nurse on geoengineering

...if we demand that putative medical treatments are thoroughly tested to see if they actually do what they claim, should we not demand the same from the climate models that Sir Paul and so many others believe justify us redesigning our economies on neanderthal lines.

The Mann behind climate change | The Cavalier Daily

Mann is best known for his “hockey stick” graph, a visual representation published in 1998 of climate warming since the industrial revolution. The data show an upturn in global temperature, and provide a scientific basis for theories of global warming.

Keene characterizes the graph as “a visceral description” of the phenomenon.

“People thought climate change was happening in the future, but it’s happening now,” he said. “That graph really captured a lot of people’s imagination.”

Keene added this graph does not sit well with conservative ideologues. Mann has forcefully responded to their attacks and proudly accepts his role in the fight against those who do not believe that human activity affects climate change.

“A personal hero of mine, Steve Schneider … once told me to wear the attacks by climate change deniers as a badge of honor; that they were simply an indication of the importance of my work, and the threat that the significance of my research findings held for those doing the bidding of vested interests,” Mann said in an email.

Despite evidence for climate change, denial continues | TheUnion.com

Here are some possibilities for climate change denial:

1) You have major petroleum holdings and you are afraid that some day you will be held financially and morally accountable for all of the pollution you have created and the problems that pollution has caused. If you deny climate change is true then you can sleep better at night because the millions or billions of dollars you made poisoning the planet won't seem quite so sleazy.