Fact versus Fiction (Denialist Debunking)
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These links are mostly from blogs and sites that debunk common denialist positions regarding climate change. If you’re in doubt on Climate Change, or you’re wondering who’s right or wrong, these are a must read.
If you’re a sceptic, please read all of the following resources particularly http://scienceblogs.com/illconsidered/2008/07/how_to_talk_to_a_sceptic.php before engaging us to simply say “it’s the volcanos/it’s the sun/there’s no warming/etc” because chances are you’ll be using well-worn sceptic arguments, which we won’t debate (it achieves nothing), but can easily be disproven by reading below.
- Real Climate post about common responses to denialist positions: http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2004/12/index/#Responses
- http://www.yaleclimatemediaforum.org/2008/04/common-climate-misconceptions-global-temperature-records/
- http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2004/12/myths-vs-fact-regarding-the-hockey-stick/
- http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/corporate/pressoffice/myths/2.html
- http://www.skepticalscience.com/global-warming-stopped-in-1998.htm
- http://blogs.nature.com/climatefeedback/2008/05/postworld_war_ii_cooling_a_mir.html
- http://greenfyre.wordpress.com/2009/02/14/global-cooling-proof-that-summer-2008-never-happened/
- http://scienceblogs.com/deltoid/2009/01/97_of_active_climatologists_ag.php
- http://scienceblogs.com/deltoid/2009/01/the_australians_war_on_science_32.php
- http://scienceblogs.com/deltoid/2009/01/the_australians_war_on_science_34.php
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