US climate scientists fight back after year of scepticism | Environment | guardian.co.uk

The website by the new rapid response team of climate scientists promises to connect reporters and editors with a team of experts. In the build-up to today's launch the three scientists behind the project – John Abraham, Scott Mandia, and Ray Weymann – have come off almost as climate science super heroes, which in a sense they are.
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Meanwhile, the next Congress is expected to be heavily biased against climate science and action on climate change. More than half of its newly elected Republicans deny the existence of global warming, according to an analysis by Think Progress, a blog run by the Center for American Progress.

"Over the last year or two there has really been some backsliding in public concern about this issue," said Abraham. "We hope that if we do a better job communicating and getting the scientists more engaged in speaking to the public we can turn the dial on public opinion. We think the science is compelling."

Abraham may be familiar to some readers for dissecting – and comprehensively debunking – global warming denier Christopher Monckton in 126 slides, called A Scientist Replies to Lord Monckton.