Author Archives: Scottish-Sceptic

Proof of long term pressure change & its implication for ice-age cycle.

I’ve already written a few articles on the possibility of atmospheric air pressure change causing the temperature change over the ice age:  (overview,  calculations), this suggests that if the air pressure increased by 30% that would be enough on its … Continue reading

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Duration of urination does not change with body size

I was searching for “froude number diameter” (something that won’t mean anything except to a hydrologist – or maybe ship builder) and I came across this stunning piece of research: Significance Animals eject fluids for waste elimination, communication, and defense … Continue reading

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Guardian lays off 310

There seems to be something in the air with climate. First the Australian government layed off 350 self-styled “scientists”, now the Guardian is doing the same for so called “Journalists” (and other staff). It couldn’t happen to a more deserving … Continue reading

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Trump the revolution?

For a while I’ve been saying that the internet has fundamentally changed the behaviour of society. In the UK, it has led to the arrival of UK, the Greens and in Scotland the massive and unexpected support for the “non-mainstream” … Continue reading

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The stupidest reply yet

I sent a Letter to the head poncho in Scotland explaining how Scotland would be particularly susceptible to the rapid onset global cooling that has occurred numerous times around 10,000 years after the end of the ice age. As you … Continue reading

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Results of Greenhouse effect quiz so far

Thanks everyone who answered the quiz “Do you understand the greenhouse effect?” The initial result showing the distribution of scores for the 35 people who have completed the test is above. To give an idea of what results mean, the … Continue reading

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Friday Sceptic Quiz

Obviously I’ve been far too hard with the previous quiz (Do you understand the Greenhouse effect?). So to compensate, I’ve created one that doesn’t require any expert knowledge: [WATU 3]

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Quiz: Do you understand the greenhouse effect?

There’s also a fun quiz about well known sceptics & similar subjects here: Quiz: Just for fun [WATU 2]

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Does El Nino cause volcanoes – or do volcanoes cause El Nino?

True to form Anders has commented that ” A recent paper by Lehner et al. shows that all large eruption since 1951 coincided with El Niño events.” Of course he completely fails to realise the importance of this and then … Continue reading

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Is the El Nino over?

Earlier this year I proclaimed “this year global cooling”. As usual I was hedging my bets because that claim would be true even if only started to see significant cooling in December. However, looking at the latest El Nino report, … Continue reading

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