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Climate change data dumped

This is what those of us in the scientific community have been complaining about for years. I work with data sets that are "endangered" on a daily basis and NASA is funding my work. It is amazing how much of this data has been lost to history.

Is there any real chance of averting the climate crisis?

It seems that even James Hansen, the father of AGW CO2 theory knows that Copenhagen is nothing more than a smoke screen that will do absolutely nothing toward lowering CO2 emissions. Healthcare, Climate Change, Economy, so far these guys are batting a 1000 for failure.

When Results Go Bad … A Tale of Climate Science

This is a fairly long post about the data that was originally produced by CRU that underpins the IPCC climate data. It turns out that when you go back to the original sources, things are not quite as CRU provided.

Visual Illusion Stumps Adults But Not Kids - Science News

Sometimes seeing means deceiving before believing, depending on your age. Children and adults size up objects differently, giving youngsters protection against a visual illusion that bedevils their elders, a new study suggests.

Moose is a Suspect in Swedish Death

STOCKHOLM – Swedish police say they've cleared a man who was arrested for allegedly murdering his wife after deciding the culprit was most likely a moose.

Wall Street Journal wanted to be Delisted from Google

Rupert Murdoch's suggestion that News Corp publications might strike an exclusive indexing deal with Bing and delist itself from Google's search engine.

Homeopathy and the nocebo effect

This week the parliamentary science and technology committee looked into the the funding of homeopathy on the NHS and the evidence behind the decision of the MHRA, which regulates medicines, to allow homeopathy sugar pill labels to make medical claims without evidence of efficacy …

Georgia Moon & ISS Flyby

Tonight while I was out back BBQ'ing some chicken I remembered there was going to be a flyby of the International Space Station (ISS). So I turned down the heat on the grill and turned to setting my camera up for a shot.

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The Manufactured Doubt industry and the hacked email controversy

There is no sign of a conspiracy to alter data to fit a pre-conceived ideological view. Rather, I see dedicated scientists attempting to make the truth known in face of what is probably the world's most pervasive and best-funded disinformation campaign against science in history.

Spreading FUD About CRU Climate Emails

A couple of new memes are starting to grow in the AGW believing blogosphere. Unable to fathom that they could have been wrong, they are now beginning to concoct a story that the climate emails were forged or modified in order to make the scientists involved look bad.

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