How can people completely deny scientific creativity based on evidence and knowledge? - SCI-ART LAB2024-03-29T14:34:24Zhttps://kkartlab.in/forum/topics/how-can-people-completely-deny-evidence?groupUrl=some-science&feed=yes&xn_auth=noScientists Launch Investigati…tag:kkartlab.in,2015-04-30:2816864:Comment:1278392015-04-30T04:34:04.868ZDr. Krishna Kumari Challahttps://kkartlab.in/profile/DrKrishnaKumariChalla
<p>Scientists Launch Investigation into Climate Data “Adjustments”</p>
<p><a href="http://www.thenewamerican.com/tech/environment/item/20762-scientist" target="_blank">http://www.thenewamerican.com/tech/environment/item/20762-scientist</a>...</p>
<p>Scientists Launch Investigation into Climate Data “Adjustments”</p>
<p><a href="http://www.thenewamerican.com/tech/environment/item/20762-scientist" target="_blank">http://www.thenewamerican.com/tech/environment/item/20762-scientist</a>...</p> http://www.theguardian.com/en…tag:kkartlab.in,2015-04-29:2816864:Comment:1277332015-04-29T03:20:05.340ZDr. Krishna Kumari Challahttps://kkartlab.in/profile/DrKrishnaKumariChalla
<p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2013/may/16/climate-change-scienceofclimatechange" target="_blank">http://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cen...</a><br></br> Survey finds 97% of climate science papers agree warming is man-made<br></br> Overwhelming majority of peer-reviewed papers taking a position on global warming say humans are causing it<br></br> --<br></br> Quantifying the consensus on anthropogenic global warming in the scientific…</p>
<p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2013/may/16/climate-change-scienceofclimatechange" target="_blank">http://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cen...</a><br/> Survey finds 97% of climate science papers agree warming is man-made<br/> Overwhelming majority of peer-reviewed papers taking a position on global warming say humans are causing it<br/> --<br/> Quantifying the consensus on anthropogenic global warming in the scientific literature <br/> <a href="http://iopscience.iop.org/1748-9326/8/2/024024/article" target="_blank">http://iopscience.iop.org/1748-9326/8/2/024024/article</a></p>
<p>Abstract</p>
<p>We analyze the evolution of the scientific consensus on anthropogenic global warming (AGW) in the peer-reviewed scientific literature, examining 11 944 climate abstracts from 1991–2011 matching the topics 'global climate change' or 'global warming'. We find that 66.4% of abstracts expressed no position on AGW, 32.6% endorsed AGW, 0.7% rejected AGW and 0.3% were uncertain about the cause of global warming. Among abstracts expressing a position on AGW, 97.1% endorsed the consensus position that humans are causing global warming. In a second phase of this study, we invited authors to rate their own papers. Compared to abstract ratings, a smaller percentage of self-rated papers expressed no position on AGW (35.5%). Among self-rated papers expressing a position on AGW, 97.2% endorsed the consensus. For both abstract ratings and authors' self-ratings, the percentage of endorsements among papers expressing a position on AGW marginally increased over time. Our analysis indicates that the number of papers rejecting the consensus on AGW is a vanishingly small proportion of the published research.</p>
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<p>Despite the <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2013/may/16/climate-change-scienceofclimatechange" class=" u-underline">97% expert consensus</a> on human-caused global warming <a href="http://www.skepticalscience.com/global-warming-scientific-consensus-advanced.htm" class=" u-underline">supported by</a> peer-reviewed research, expert opinion, the IPCC reports, and National Academies of Science and other scientific organizations from around the world, a large segment of the population remains unconvinced on the issue. <a href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2013EF000226/abstract" class=" u-underline">A new commentary</a> by Edward Maibach, Teresa Myers and Anthony Leiserowitz in <em>Earth's Future</em> notes that most people don't know there is a scientific consensus about human-caused climate change, which undermines public engagement on the subject.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2014/apr/11/climate-change-research-quality-imbalance" target="_blank">http://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cen...</a></p>
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<p>Why climate confusers (new word to deniers) are wrong...</p> Too Many Americans Think the…tag:kkartlab.in,2015-03-10:2816864:Comment:1256402015-03-10T03:38:57.028ZDr. Krishna Kumari Challahttps://kkartlab.in/profile/DrKrishnaKumariChalla
<p>Too Many Americans Think the Earth is the Center of Our Solar System<br/> <a href="http://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/13268/20150309/many-americans-think-earth-center-solar-system.htm" target="_blank">http://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/13268/20150309/many-americans-think-earth-center-solar-system.htm</a></p>
<p>Too Many Americans Think the Earth is the Center of Our Solar System<br/> <a href="http://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/13268/20150309/many-americans-think-earth-center-solar-system.htm" target="_blank">http://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/13268/20150309/many-americans-think-earth-center-solar-system.htm</a></p> http://mediamatters.org/resea…tag:kkartlab.in,2015-02-11:2816864:Comment:1242882015-02-11T03:16:42.027ZDr. Krishna Kumari Challahttps://kkartlab.in/profile/DrKrishnaKumariChalla
<p><a href="http://mediamatters.org/research/2015/02/10/climate-denial-food-cha" target="_blank">http://mediamatters.org/research/2015/02/10/climate-denial-food-cha</a>...<br/> Climate Denial Food Chain: Conservative Media Run With Baseless Climate Science Conspiracy Theory</p>
<p><a href="http://mediamatters.org/research/2015/02/10/climate-denial-food-cha" target="_blank">http://mediamatters.org/research/2015/02/10/climate-denial-food-cha</a>...<br/> Climate Denial Food Chain: Conservative Media Run With Baseless Climate Science Conspiracy Theory</p> How Does Climate Denial Persi…tag:kkartlab.in,2014-12-23:2816864:Comment:1230722014-12-23T03:27:25.959ZDr. Krishna Kumari Challahttps://kkartlab.in/profile/DrKrishnaKumariChalla
<p>How Does Climate Denial Persist?<br></br> A preponderance of evidence points to humanity bearing the blame for global warming<br></br> <a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-does-climate-denial-p" target="_blank">http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-does-climate-denial-p</a>...</p>
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<h1>Scientist says Arctic and Antarctic ice isn't melting</h1>
<p><span id="advenueINTEXT" style="float: left;">A global warming expert has made shocking revelations that the north and…</span></p>
<p>How Does Climate Denial Persist?<br/> A preponderance of evidence points to humanity bearing the blame for global warming<br/> <a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-does-climate-denial-p" target="_blank">http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-does-climate-denial-p</a>...</p>
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<h1>Scientist says Arctic and Antarctic ice isn't melting</h1>
<p><span style="float: left;" id="advenueINTEXT">A global warming expert has made shocking revelations that the north and south poles are "not melting". <br/><br/> The scientist revealed that the poles are "much more stable" than climate scientists once predicted and could even be much thicker than previously thought, the Daily Express reported. <br/><br/> Ted Maksym, an oceanographer at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts, conducted a study in which he sent an underwater robot into the depths of the Antarctic sea to measure the ice. <br/><br/> His results contradicted previous assumptions made by scientists and showed that the ice is actually much thicker than has been predicted over the last 20 years. <br/><br/> Dr Benny Peiser, from the Global Warming Policy Forum (GWPF), said this latest research adds further proof to the unpredictability of the supposed effects of global warming and the Antarctic is actually growing and all the evidence in the last few months suggests many assumptions about the poles was wrong. <br/><br/> He said that Global sea ice is at a record high, another key indicator that something is working in the opposite direction of what was predicted and there is a huge inconvenience that reality is now catching up with climate alarmists, who were predicting that the poles would be melting fairly soon. </span></p>
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<p><span style="float: left;"></span></p> 'Alarmist' green groups made…tag:kkartlab.in,2014-11-05:2816864:Comment:1217872014-11-05T02:46:46.765ZDr. Krishna Kumari Challahttps://kkartlab.in/profile/DrKrishnaKumariChalla
<p>'Alarmist' green groups made 'exaggerated' claims about global warming, UN climate change scientist says<br></br> Prof Myles Allen criticises 'unhelpful' alarmism by some NGOs as UN report says science is clear that drastic action is now needed to tackle climate change <br></br> Green groups have been unhelpfully “alarmist” in making the case for tackling global warming - but the world now needs to take urgent and radical action if it wants to prevent dangerous climate change, leading UN scientists…</p>
<p>'Alarmist' green groups made 'exaggerated' claims about global warming, UN climate change scientist says<br/> Prof Myles Allen criticises 'unhelpful' alarmism by some NGOs as UN report says science is clear that drastic action is now needed to tackle climate change <br/>
Green groups have been unhelpfully “alarmist” in making the case for tackling global warming - but the world now needs to take urgent and radical action if it wants to prevent dangerous climate change, leading UN scientists have said.</p>
<p>Some claims that non-governmental organisations have made about climate change “have undoubtedly been exaggerated”, Professor Myles Allen, one of the lead authors of a major new report from the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) said.</p>
<p>“NGOs have at times been alarmist over climate change… but the IPCC has been very clear and measured throughout. I think alarmism on any issue is unhelpful.”</p>
<p>He suggested the alarmism had resulted in the general public getting the wrong impression about what climate change entailed.</p>
<p>“People think climate change is just all about melting icecaps and the Arctic, the reality is climate change is about the weather changing in many parts of the world including where many people live,” he said. <br/> Prof Allen was speaking after the IPCC unveiled a major report warning that time is running out to prevent "irreversible and dangerous impacts" of climate change.<br/>
<a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/environment/climatechange/11204289/Alarmist-green-groups-made-exaggerated-claims-about-global-warming-UN-climate-change-scientist-says.html" target="_blank">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/environment/climatechange/11204289/Alarmist-green-groups-made-exaggerated-claims-about-global-warming-UN-climate-change-scientist-says.html</a></p> http://www.lastwordonnothing.…tag:kkartlab.in,2014-05-25:2816864:Comment:1172722014-05-25T02:56:37.860ZDr. Krishna Kumari Challahttps://kkartlab.in/profile/DrKrishnaKumariChalla
<p><a href="http://www.lastwordonnothing.com/2014/05/22/climate-change-the-anti-story/" target="_blank">http://www.lastwordonnothing.com/2014/05/22/climate-change-the-anti...</a></p>
<p>The Last Word On Nothing<br></br> "Science says the first word on everything, and the last word on nothing" - Victor Hugo</p>
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<h1 class="article-title">What Have Climate Scientists Learned from 20-Year Fight with Deniers?</h1>
<div class="article-dek">Scientists discuss lessons learned from the struggle…</div>
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<p>The Last Word On Nothing<br/> "Science says the first word on everything, and the last word on nothing" - Victor Hugo</p>
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<h1 class="article-title">What Have Climate Scientists Learned from 20-Year Fight with Deniers?</h1>
<div class="article-dek">Scientists discuss lessons learned from the struggle with those who would deny human-caused global warming</div>
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<div class="article-dek">We live in an era where even presumably well-educated adults have problems telling fact and fiction apart.</div> Public interest in climate ch…tag:kkartlab.in,2014-05-22:2816864:Comment:1170352014-05-22T05:07:37.578ZDr. Krishna Kumari Challahttps://kkartlab.in/profile/DrKrishnaKumariChalla
<p>Public interest in climate change over the past decade and the effects of the 'climategate' media event</p>
<p>In 2009, hacked emails from the University on East Anglia’s Climatic Research Unit allegedly showed misconduct by climate researchers – a development dubbed ‘climategate.’</p>
<p>Several months later, news reports surfaced that an error had been made in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s fourth assessment report regarding the rate of ice melt in the…</p>
<p>Public interest in climate change over the past decade and the effects of the 'climategate' media event</p>
<p>In 2009, hacked emails from the University on East Anglia’s Climatic Research Unit allegedly showed misconduct by climate researchers – a development dubbed ‘climategate.’</p>
<p>Several months later, news reports surfaced that an error had been made in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s fourth assessment report regarding the rate of ice melt in the Himalayas.</p>
<p>While those skeptical about the existence of climate change seized on these reports as evidence of biased climate science, opinions about the subject largely went unchanged in the aftermath of the so-called scandals, according to a new report published in Environmental Research Letters.</p>
<p>The study determined how often people around the world searched the Internet for information on climate change and found overall public interest in the topic has steadily fallen since 2007. The study team looked explicitly for searches on “climategate” between Nov. 1 and Dec. 31, 2009. They discovered that the search pattern had a six-day “half-life,” which means that search rate fell by 50 percent every six days. After 22 days, the amount of searches for climategate was just 10 percent of its peak. Information around climategate was mostly searched for in the United States, Canada and Australia.</p>
<p>The study scientists also followed the popularity of the term “global warming hoax” to determine the overall damaging effect of climategate and the IPCC mistake on how the public feels about climate change. They discovered that searches for the phrase were actually greater the year before the events than during the year afterward.</p>
<p>“The search volume quickly returns to the same level as before the incident,” said study author Gregory Goldsmith, a postdoctoral researcher at Oxford University. “This suggests no long-term change in the level of climate-change skepticism.”</p>
<p>“We found that intense media coverage of an event such as ‘climategate’ was followed by bursts of public interest, but these bursts were short-lived,” he added.</p>
<p>The study team concluded that momentary scandals surrounding climate change science seem to have little effect of public opinion – a conclusion backed by independent polling data.</p>
<p>“There’s a lot of handwringing among scientists, and a belief that these events permanently damaged public trust. What these results suggest is that that’s just not true,” said study co-author William Anderegg, a postdoctoral research associate in the Princeton Environmental Institute.</p>
<p>The study author conceded that climate change is not as high in the public consciousness as say, the salacious activities of celebrities like Tiger Woods – who experienced his own scandal around the same time. To overcome this apparent lack of interest, the researchers suggested communicating issues in terms familiar to the public rather than to scientists.</p>
<p>“If public interest in climate change is falling, it may be more difficult to muster public concern to address climate change,” Anderegg said. “This long-term trend of declining interest is worrying and something I hope we can address soon.”</p>
<p>“This is an important study because it puts scientists’ concerns about climate skepticism in perspective,” said Michael Oppenheimer, a geoscientist at Princeton who was not directly involved in the research. “While scientists should maintain the aspirational goal of their work being error-free, they should be less distracted by concerns that a few missteps will seriously influence attitudes in the general public, which by-and-large has never heard of these episodes.”</p>
<p><a href="http://iopscience.iop.org/1748-9326/9/5/054005?fromSearchPage=true" target="_blank">http://iopscience.iop.org/1748-9326/9/5/054005?fromSearchPage=true</a></p> Bertrand Russell offers an ex…tag:kkartlab.in,2014-05-22:2816864:Comment:1171022014-05-22T02:07:31.425ZDr. Krishna Kumari Challahttps://kkartlab.in/profile/DrKrishnaKumariChalla
<p>Bertrand Russell offers an excellent answer to this question in his 1928 book Sceptical Essays [1]:</p>
<p>"When there are rational grounds for an opinion, people are content to set them forth and wait for them to operate. In such cases, people do not hold their opinions with passion; they hold them calmly, and set forth their reasons quietly. The opinions that are held with passion are always those for which no good ground exists; indeed the passion is the measure of the holder's lack of…</p>
<p>Bertrand Russell offers an excellent answer to this question in his 1928 book Sceptical Essays [1]:</p>
<p>"When there are rational grounds for an opinion, people are content to set them forth and wait for them to operate. In such cases, people do not hold their opinions with passion; they hold them calmly, and set forth their reasons quietly. The opinions that are held with passion are always those for which no good ground exists; indeed the passion is the measure of the holder's lack of rational conviction."</p>
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<h1 class="article-title">7 Solutions to Climate Change Happening Now</h1>
<div class="article-dek">Even as the world continues to spew more carbon pollution, change has begun—and is accelerating</div>
<div class="article-dek"><a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/7-solutions-to-climate-change-happening-now/?WT.mc_id=SA_DD_20141117" target="_blank" rel="noopener">http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/7-solutions-to-climate-ch...</a></div>