9:05 am in global climate change, global warming science, Science & Technology by TreeHugger
In this final in a series of six videos TreeHugger has done in collaboration with the good folks (and sometimes
guest writers here) over at
Skeptical Science, John Cook explains how logical fallacies are employed by climate deniers--such as claiming that since climate has changed many times in the past, before humans, we couldn't be causing it now. ...
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9:05 am in global climate change, global warming science, Science & Technology by TreeHugger
In this fifth in a series of six videos TreeHugger has done in collaboration with the good folks (and sometimes
guest writers here) over at
Skeptical Science, John Cook explains how some skeptics and climate deniers set impossible expectations of certainty regarding climate science. That fact of the matter is that every scientific field is constantly changing and nothing is ever 100% settled. However, gi...
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10:26 am in global climate change, global warming science, Science & Technology by TreeHugger
In this fourth in a series of six videos TreeHugger has done in collaboration with the good folks (and sometimes
guest writers here) over at
Skeptical Science, John Cook explains climate deniers often will cherry pick data to attempt to prove their position, focusing on one small inconsistency in data or using time frames for analysing data chosen to exclude results that would undermine their viewpoint. ...
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10:50 am in global climate change, global warming science, Science & Technology by TreeHugger
In this third in a series of six videos TreeHugger has done in collaboration with the good folks (and sometimes
guest writers here) from
Skeptical Science, John Cook explains how climate change deniers and the polluting industries that they are often linked to use the same sort of tactics the tobacco industry employed in trying to convince people that smoking isn't bad for your health....
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2:50 pm in global climate change, global warming science, Science & Technology by TreeHugger
In this second in a series of six videos TreeHugger has done in collaboration with the good folks (and sometimes
guest writers here) over at
Skeptical Science, John Cook explains how climate deniers often attempt to smear climate scientists, in an effort to try to distract from the science itself....
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11:50 am in global climate change, global warming science, Science & Technology by TreeHugger
When it comes to
climate change skepticism versus
climate change denial, the distinction between the two may seem slight, but it's very important.
In the first in a series of six videos TreeHugger has done in collaboration with the good folks (and sometimes
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2:45 pm in glaciers, global climate change, global warming science, science by TreeHugger
Image : Old Farmer's Almanac
If the reindeer of northern Scandinavia or Siberia are up to their antlers in snow, it could mean a deeper freeze for North Americans in the subsequent winter season. Scientists from the
University of Georgia report in the
International Journal of Climatology on an analysis that suggests snowpack in Eurasia may have as much or more effect on the North American climate as the well-known El Niño/La Niña phenomenon.
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Powdered coal storage area at a Beijing power plant, photo: 
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