Taboos and the reporting od science

No, we are not experiencing more weather extremes. If you are interested, and if you give me a bit of time, I can point you to records which prove that too. Global warming/climate change alarmism is simply that – alarmism. In 'street' parlance: Climate changes. Get over it!

Or adapt, of course, as we (and all other life on the planet) always have.

Bags... PHEW!
Only came on for a quick break and look what I find!!!!! Will take time to look at all your references later, thanks.
Actually what makes me SAD (in both senses of the word) is that whatever we think the cause may be, the weather is changing. Without any real scientific evidence that I can quote to back it, I have always thought that global warming would lead to more extremes. I suppose we are witnessing that in our own weather patterns.

butty, see if this link works: Lawrence Solomon article

OGM, the evidence for the sea ice extent is in the following places all collected together for ease of reference (but with live links to the originals) at the link right at the bottom.

1. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin. (NOAA)
2. National Snow and Ice Data Centre (NSIDC)
3. The Danish Meteorological Institute
4. NANSEN Arctic ROOS
5. Cyrosphere Today – Arctic .Climate Research, Univ Illinois
6. Naval Research Laboratory
7. EC/Canadian Ice Service Map

sea ice reeference pages

Sad though it may make you, I think these guys know more about polar ice than David Attenborough. He's a lovely man and has made amazing programmes, but he hasn't got all his facts right about sea ice or climate change.

Jacey or abuse it!

Like all things based on data ogm ...it's how you use it that counts!

Bags I found the second article far more interesting than the first which seemed a bit of a rant. Where, for instance, is the writer's evidence that:
'...one eye-opener is the advance of ice in both the Arctic and Antarctic- both are now at average levels....'
when David Attenborough, amongst others, actually showed us the opposite.

Found both articles interesting ..including Lawernece's take on how journalists view scientists!

Scientists are human ...with all the character faults of any other group!!
Just think of the pride that held back the research into the 'Double helix'

fp won't let me access it!

I think James Lovelock has been saying much more balanced things about global warming for quite a while now, he certainly wasn't alarmist when my father heard him lecture last year.

Scientific reporting in the popular press is generally of pretty poor quality, I guess because being alarmist sells more papers than a reasoned and balanced discussion.

Hereis the Royal Astronomical Society'sown press release about Svensmark's paper: www.ras.org.uk/news-and-press/219-news-2012/2117-did-exploding-stars-help-life-on-earth-to-thrive

oops! title should say 'of' not od