The Blackboard

Interesting word choice by Peter Gleick: In a remarkable bit of irony, the art chosen by editors (not by the authors of the letter) at Science to accompany the letter was a picture of a polar bear on an ice flow. To the embarrassment of the journal, this photo is “photoshopped” — combining polar bear, [...]

In some sort of deluded attempt to do… something, a commenter here, and one at Bishop Hill have gotten it into their heads to create metaphors that go like this: Climate scientists losing public trust == Jodie Foster being gang raped after getting drunk and dancing provocatively. This is ridiculous. Obviously climate scientists have not [...]

Today, Dr. Judy Curry posted On the Credibility of Climate Research, Part II: Towards Rebuilding Trust at her web site. She invited a number of bloggers to use her post as a jumping off point for discussion. Today, I am going to discuss structural changes in archiving of research results that might prevent future “climategates” [...]

In comments, FrankBi drew my attention to Lambert’s blog discussing a hate email campaign which has also been discussed by Clive Hamilton. I think nearly everyone disapproves of hate email, (the exceptions being those who send it.) In his post, Clive Hamilton suggested those who receive these missives should store the emails; it might be [...]

Read on planet30: Frank Bi pointed this guy out the other day. At least one denialist blogger has hinted at having inside knowledge of the CRU hack. BCL Following links I eventually found a rather rambling post at Jimi Bostock’s Diary. He does seem to hint he had something to do with or has inside [...]

Are we all going to have to be subjected to the word “Manichean” again? In his debate roundup, Lambert notes that: And Andrew Bolt responds to the debate by defaming me, calling me “vituperative, deceptive, a cherrypicker, an ideologue, a misrepresenter and a Manichean conspiracist only too keen to smear a sceptic as a crook [...]

Several of us chatted while watching the Monckton v. Lambert debate. I’ve edited lightly to take out the ramblings when I was trying to get the chat script sorted out and pasted into the blog. The narrative may make no sense without watching the debate, but it might give you a flavor of our reactions. [...]

Deltoid reports there will be a live feed for of the Monckton/ Lambert face off in Sydney. If you are already in Australian, here’s the time, date and location. Friday February 12th, 12:30 – 2:30 Grand Ballroom, Hilton Hotel, 488 George St Sydney Admission is $30 at the door; you can preregister by emailing cool@exemail.com.au [...]

In an article criticizing Monckton, Australian journalist Mike Carlton says some things I would not contradict. However, he also says something thing rather puzzling to my American ears. This world government codswallop began years ago with one Lyndon H. LaRouche, a conspiracy theory lunatic so far to the right he makes George W. Bush look [...]

Penn States inquiry into possible misconduct by Mann moves forward. They considered 4 possible charges, and find one warrants further investigation. From Penn state In looking at four possible allegations of research misconduct, the committee determined that further investigation is warranted for one of those allegations. The recommended investigation will focus on determining if Mann [...]