Category Archives: Climate

You must explain the warming

Posted on 28 June 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

**Note since posting Richard has commented to say the quote (which I couldn’t find myself) referred to something else. So apologies Richard and thanks, because it was about time I wrote an article on this. So even if it doesn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Academia, Climate, Fails | 5 Comments

Academics reject scientific method

Posted on 27 June 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

The physicist who runs a blog he should call “AndThenIGaveUpScience” has a blog post on: consensus, the appeal to authority, and how we counter manufactured doubt, And the video (at end) is a real laugh. In the talk we hear … Continue reading →

Posted in Academia, Climate, science | 8 Comments

Met Office "One of the warmest Junes" – how unremarkable is that?

Posted on 27 June 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

The met office are now saying that “Early statistics from the Met Office National Climate Information Centre show that this has been one of the warmest Junes in records dating back to 1910. Based on figures up until 25 June … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate, Fails | 4 Comments

Global warming is not a scientific issue.

Posted on 27 June 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

Thanks to Stefanthedenier for prompting this. Whilst many assume global warming is a scientific issue, my long held view is that it is not. Global warming is a social issue. It is really a question of the way we decide … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate, History, science | 16 Comments

Eureka!! (Ice Age theory)

Posted on 27 June 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

I’ve had a partial explanation for why the earth enters and leaves ice-ages for a while. I’ve been tempted to publish for a while, but wasn’t entirely happy with it because the mechanism (which I’ve not seen anyone suggest) didn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate, Ice age | 2 Comments

What really annoys climate academics about the public critique of their work.

Posted on 26 June 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

The Guardian have some interesting comments from climate academics (I refuse to call people who don’t practice real skeptic science “scientists”). This really needs a detailed response to each one – something that is impossible on the Guardian, and something … Continue reading →

Posted in Academia, Climate | 13 Comments

The Global Warming Pause – definition

Posted on 25 June 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

Back around 2007 I posted a section in Wikipedia Global Warming talk page titled “The Pause”. In this I pointed to the lack of warming since AR3 and the growing number of articles referring to the lack of warming. (I … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate, History | 71 Comments

Key Articles

Posted on 25 June 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

The problem with good a blog is that whether an article is good or not, it quickly gets buried and so I have problems finding some of my better and/or key articles. So to help find them I’ve created a … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate, Proposals | 1 Comment

EU green group funding.

Posted on 25 June 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

Following on from #Frackinggate – the allegations by NATO that green groups are funded by Russian oil, Andrew Montford has another post at  Bishop hill which caught my attention: There is, however, an even more sinister element. As we see … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate, greenblob | 1 Comment

My best estimate: less than 1C warming if CO2 level is doubled.

Posted on 25 June 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

I keep making this argument in bits, and have been meaning to put it together but have never had the time. So rather than putting it off again, I’ve decided to put my assessment of the impact of CO2 on … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate, Proposals | 6 Comments