To Bishop Hill

You may be interested in this letter to Geoscientist from a Colin Summerhayes, the magazine of the Geological Society in which Bob Ward recently had a rant published by its sumpathetic editor (for which Ward seems to have joined up as an FGS for the sole purpose of getting a platform for his rant).

http://www.geolsoc.org.uk/gsl/op/%20%3C%3C/geoscientist/letters

oakwood FGS

Feb 15, 2011 at 6:07 PM, Jane Coles: 'I've just discovered The Survival of Civilization.'

That is indeed an eyebrow rattler of a book!! Glancing through it, I wonder if at the heart of the malaise it represents is the attraction of omniscience. I suspect that through the ages, the doomsayer with enough flair and assurance has some kind of hypnotic appeal to us. I'd love to see a bit of the 'climate change' funding bonanza spent on digging more deeply into such vulnerabilities.

Just wondering, did anyone catch the opening to the Brits last night? The award has been changed and is now a blank canvas for a designer to decorate each year. This year the award was designed by Vivienne Westwood.

When James Corden announced the award upon opening the Brits, he announced the award as the "Stop! Climate Change" award. Luckily, that was all you heard about it all night, but I still found it repugnant. Bloody Celebs.

Here's a link with info.

http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/columns/belinda-white/TMG8255694/BRIT-Awards-trophy-gets-a-high-fashion-makeover-courtesy-of-Dame-Vivienne-Westwood.html

matthu said

Serious questions have been raised about the quality, accuracy and political motivation driving the Australian temperature records

Please give us a break. These are not serious questions nor are they addressed to any competent authority. They are a typical drive-by attack with no substance and full of empty words like 'audit'. Steve McIntyre does real technical audits. These guys just sling mud with no technical basis whatsoever. Their main expected outcome is more publicity.

Any competent questioner would have a detailed analysis and verifiable criticism.

Hilary

The Doran survey fails to disclose the full poll results. See my post Feb 15, 2011 at 9:38 PM on the Beddington on Warpath thread. I wonder if any of the original participants 10,000 plus still has all of the questions on the poll request in their email archives?

On your opinion survey, I would suggest that the Denizens thread on Judith Curry's Climate Etc is a good recent resource, giving individuals background and views.

Speaking of Anderegg, Doran & Zimmerman ... and surveys ...

I wonder if I might ask folks to take a look at a brief survey I'm conducting in which I seek the responses of scientists (of any and all persuasions). I’m interested in learning about the views of scientists regarding the role of human generated CO2 - and in how scientists would communicate their views on climate change to the general public. Background and link to the survey can be found at:

Calling all scientists - an invitation to speak for yourself!

Your Grace ... if you're reading this and if you deem it to be worthy of elevation to post-hood, perhaps you would be kind enough to mention it in your next round of climate clippings.

Thanks,
Hilary

Copner and John Hewitt, Strangely enough. I got exactly the same response from the BBC too!

Serious questions have been raised about the quality, accuracy and political motivation driving the Australian temperature records. Recent research as reported in several new articles show that the bulk if not all of the recently recorded temperature data being used by policymakers and being supplied to the media could contain serious flaws and bias.

A team of skeptical scientists, citizens, and an Australian Senator have now lodged a formal request with the Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) to have the BOM and CSIRO audited.

(The NZ equivalent to the Australian BOM is already currently under official review.)

http://joannenova.com.au/2011/02/announcing-a-formal-request-for-the-auditor-general-to-audit-the-australian-bom/#more-13221

I remember that from Eric Steig. The faithful were going on and about the paper, but things calmed down a bit after Spencer Weart and Steig shot the PNAS paper down.

Copner

The response I got from the BBC was identical to yours. I guess we have made our point and have to take the response at face value. Credit to the BBC for doing it quickly - that might reflect the volume of complaint.