‘Winning’ the Conversation on Climate Change - Campus Progress

Payne played devil’s advocate during the interview and concluded the segment by telling Nye he was “confusing some of the viewers.”

To be fair, Payne made that remark after Nye drew a comparison between dog sex and racism:

If you have a dachshund and it has sex with a pit bull, you get a dog. That’s all you get. … If someone from New England has sex with someone from Papua New Guinea, you get a human. You don’t get anything else. So racism is scientifically not especially compelling.

And when you learn the science of climate change, in my opinion, you will find it quite compelling. And you will want to do something about it, rather than pretend it doesn't happen.

PM - Albanese faces off against anti-carbon tax protesters 01/09/2011

TIMOTHY MCDONALD: There was another smaller protest earlier in the day in favour of action on climate change.

Some of those in attendance viewed the protest against the carbon tax with a certain amount of incredulity.

VOX POP 8: I'm here recruiting for the Flat Earth Society, I think we've got a whole pile of potential members just about to arrive.

Space junk risk is real, experts say | FLORIDA TODAY | floridatoday.com

Global warming has shrunk the height of the upper atmosphere, and the relatively quiet cycle of solar activity, which expands the atmosphere, during the past decade has extended the longevity of orbital debris.

Rick Perry Needn't Sweat His Global Warming Skepticism - Forbes

A 2008 international survey of climate scientists conducted by German scientists Dennis Bray and Hans von Storch revealed deep disagreement concerning two-thirds of the 54 questions asked about their professional views, with responses to about half of those areas skewing on the “skeptic” side and no consensus to support any alarm. The majority did not believe that atmospheric models can deal with important influences of clouds, precipitation, atmospheric convention, ocean convection, or turbulence. Most also did not believe that climate models can predict precipitation, sea level rise, extreme weather events, or temperature values for the next 50 years.

A 2010 survey of media broadcast meteorologists conducted by the George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication found that 83% believe global warming is mostly caused by natural, not human, causes. Those polled included members of the American Meteorological Society (AMS) and the National Weather Association. Another survey published by the AMS found that only one in four respondents agreed with UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change claims that humans are primarily responsible for recent warming.