Comments on: Misleading Pictures, Wrong Caption… http://omnologos.wordpress.com/2007/03/15/misleading-pictures-wrong-caption/ Where no subject is left unturned Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:28:15 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: omnologos http://omnologos.wordpress.com/2007/03/15/misleading-pictures-wrong-caption/#comment-8778 omnologos Tue, 15 Jan 2008 08:51:47 +0000 http://omnologos.wordpress.com/2007/03/15/misleading-pictures-wrong-caption/#comment-8778 Graham They went only as far as admitting the caption was wrong (read it <a href="http://omnologos.wordpress.com/2007/04/23/my-correction-printed-on-the-new-york-review-of-books/" rel="nofollow">here</a>). I am afraid as long as they'll stick to the likes of <a href="http://omnograms.wordpress.com/2007/10/11/the-new-york-review-of-books-bill-mckibben-vs-bjorn-lomborg/" rel="nofollow">Bill McKibben</a>, truth will always be secondary to "global warming" Graham

They went only as far as admitting the caption was wrong (read it here).

I am afraid as long as they’ll stick to the likes of Bill McKibben, truth will always be secondary to “global warming”

]]> By: Graham Eagleton http://omnologos.wordpress.com/2007/03/15/misleading-pictures-wrong-caption/#comment-8770 Graham Eagleton Tue, 15 Jan 2008 02:04:49 +0000 http://omnologos.wordpress.com/2007/03/15/misleading-pictures-wrong-caption/#comment-8770 Hi, Thanks for your interesting observations. Did the New York Review of Books publish your letter? What, if any, was the response? regards Graham E. Hi,

Thanks for your interesting observations.

Did the New York Review of Books publish your letter? What, if any, was the response?

regards

Graham E.

]]> By: Scientific Literature on Patagonian Glaciers « The Unbearable Nakedness of CLIMATE CHANGE http://omnologos.wordpress.com/2007/03/15/misleading-pictures-wrong-caption/#comment-8766 Scientific Literature on Patagonian Glaciers « The Unbearable Nakedness of CLIMATE CHANGE Mon, 14 Jan 2008 22:04:42 +0000 http://omnologos.wordpress.com/2007/03/15/misleading-pictures-wrong-caption/#comment-8766 [...] Patagonian Glaciers 14 01 2008 And so once more Global Warming has meant the publication of misleading pictures, with a wrong caption…why oh why does the mere mention of AGW force so many otherwise thoughtful and wise people to [...] [...] Patagonian Glaciers 14 01 2008 And so once more Global Warming has meant the publication of misleading pictures, with a wrong caption…why oh why does the mere mention of AGW force so many otherwise thoughtful and wise people to [...]

]]> By: omnologos http://omnologos.wordpress.com/2007/03/15/misleading-pictures-wrong-caption/#comment-3511 omnologos Mon, 02 Jul 2007 16:22:33 +0000 http://omnologos.wordpress.com/2007/03/15/misleading-pictures-wrong-caption/#comment-3511 Thank you milo. In fact, I have cited 4 papers. Please go read them. Thank you milo. In fact, I have cited 4 papers. Please go read them.

]]> By: milo http://omnologos.wordpress.com/2007/03/15/misleading-pictures-wrong-caption/#comment-3509 milo Mon, 02 Jul 2007 14:26:51 +0000 http://omnologos.wordpress.com/2007/03/15/misleading-pictures-wrong-caption/#comment-3509 Scientists don't rely on pictures, they use evidence. And the evidence is for significant melting. No amount of cheesy rhetoric by will change that - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3200450.stm Scientists don’t rely on pictures, they use evidence. And the evidence is for significant melting. No amount of cheesy rhetoric by will change that -

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3200450.stm

]]> By: Dialogo Sul Cambioclimatismo « Maurizio Morabito http://omnologos.wordpress.com/2007/03/15/misleading-pictures-wrong-caption/#comment-1588 Dialogo Sul Cambioclimatismo « Maurizio Morabito Wed, 25 Apr 2007 21:24:13 +0000 http://omnologos.wordpress.com/2007/03/15/misleading-pictures-wrong-caption/#comment-1588 [...] Si dice che si siano sciolti. Io mi sono fatto un giro (virtuale, ahime’) su quelli della Patagonia, compreso l’Upsala la cui foto piace tanto a Greenpeace e Al Gore, e (come al solito) ho trovato una situazione molto [...] [...] Si dice che si siano sciolti. Io mi sono fatto un giro (virtuale, ahime’) su quelli della Patagonia, compreso l’Upsala la cui foto piace tanto a Greenpeace e Al Gore, e (come al solito) ho trovato una situazione molto [...]

]]> By: Enzo http://omnologos.wordpress.com/2007/03/15/misleading-pictures-wrong-caption/#comment-966 Enzo Fri, 16 Mar 2007 07:05:18 +0000 http://omnologos.wordpress.com/2007/03/15/misleading-pictures-wrong-caption/#comment-966 Someone please stop the lunatics! http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070315/ap_on_hi_te/climate_tech_3 WASHINGTON - Crazy-sounding ideas for saving the planet are getting a serious look from top scientists, a sign of their fears about global warming and the desire for an insurance policy in case things get worse. ADVERTISEMENT How crazy? There's the man-made "volcano" that shoots gigatons of sulfur high into the air. The space "sun shade" made of trillions of little reflectors between Earth and sun, slightly lowering the planet's temperature. The forest of ugly artificial "trees" that suck carbon dioxide out of the air. And the "Geritol solution" in which iron dust is dumped into the ocean. "Of course it's desperation," said Stanford University professor Stephen Schneider. "It's planetary methadone for our planetary heroin addiction. It does come out of the pessimism of any realist that says this planet can't be trusted to do the right thing." [...] Someone please stop the lunatics!

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WASHINGTON – Crazy-sounding ideas for saving the planet are getting a serious look from top scientists, a sign of their fears about global warming and the desire for an insurance policy in case things get worse.
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How crazy?

There’s the man-made “volcano” that shoots gigatons of sulfur high into the air. The space “sun shade” made of trillions of little reflectors between Earth and sun, slightly lowering the planet’s temperature. The forest of ugly artificial “trees” that suck carbon dioxide out of the air. And the “Geritol solution” in which iron dust is dumped into the ocean.

“Of course it’s desperation,” said Stanford University professor Stephen Schneider. “It’s planetary methadone for our planetary heroin addiction. It does come out of the pessimism of any realist that says this planet can’t be trusted to do the right thing.”
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