Tag Archives: Andrew Montford

What will they think?

Posted on November 15, 2013 by ...and Then There's Physics

I often wonder what people, in the future, will make of the overall coverage of global warming and climate change today. We’ve just released the first chapters of the IPCC’s Assessment Report 5, written by 100s of climate scientists. It … Continue reading →

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Engaging with “skeptics”

Posted on October 26, 2013 by ...and Then There's Physics

Sou has a recent post about why scientists talk to contrarians. This all started when Andrew Montford (Bishop Hill) reported on a talk by Rob Wilson. In this talk Rob discussed the analysis used by Michael Mann and colleagues to … Continue reading →

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Hockey Sticks and things

Posted on October 23, 2013 by ...and Then There's Physics

There’s been a somewhat unfortunate spat involving Michael Mann, Robert Wilson and Tamsin Edwards, amongst others. I don’t really want to discuss the details of the spat (Sou has a post about it that includes some interesting comments) but there … Continue reading →

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Why it must be frustrating

Posted on October 21, 2013 by ...and Then There's Physics

There are many aspects of the climate change/global warming debate that are clearly frustrating for many of those involved, but one might think that fundamentally everyone is interested in the same thing: understanding the science associated with climate change. It … Continue reading →

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Andrew Montford and the BBC News

Posted on September 29, 2013 by ...and Then There's Physics

Andrew Montford, who writes the Bishop Hill blog is a noted climate science “skeptic”. In the run-up to the release of the IPCC’s AR5 SPM, the BBC had a number of news reports about climate science. One of the reports … Continue reading →

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