Tag Archives: Andrew Montford

The BBC’s lack of balance

Posted on March 17, 2019 by ...and Then There's Physics

Just discovered that a new BBC Scotland news programme (The Nine) decided that it would invite Andrew Montford on to discuss the Youth Strike for Climate. Fortunately, no one else was willing to appear with him, so the segment didn’t … Continue reading →

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Science communication: an illustration in irony?

Posted on February 7, 2016 by ...and Then There's Physics

There’s a new paper on public understanding of science called Communicating science in public controversies: Strategic considerations of the German climate scientists. Andrew Montford has already concluded that: scientivists have so completely corrupted the field that it is now largely … Continue reading →

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A (stupid) $100000 bet

Posted on November 20, 2015 by ...and Then There's Physics

I was going to ignore this, but since this is a blog and I’ve nothing better to write about, I thought I would comment on Doug Keenan’s $100000 challenge. If you want some insights into Doug Keenan, Richard Telford’s blog … Continue reading →

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Emma Thompson

Posted on September 5, 2015 by ...and Then There's Physics

Emma Thompson’s interview on newsnight has caused a bit of a Twitter storm because she got some things wrong. For example she said if they take out of the earth all the oil they want to take out, you look … Continue reading →

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Personal attacks on Met Office scientists

Posted on August 6, 2015 by ...and Then There's Physics

I’ve been trying to stay out of the climate wars, but I really can’t resist commenting on this. There’s an interesting Greenpeace article discussing the UK government’s frustration with climate “sceptic” pressure (I added the inverted commas, as they seem … Continue reading →

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Rude and touchy

Posted on July 17, 2015 by ...and Then There's Physics

I’m off on holiday tomorrow. Just somewhere local, but it will be nice to get away and relax for a week. Some walking, some cycling, some relaxing and doing nothing, maybe a bit of eating good food and drinking nice … Continue reading →

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Matt Ridley on fossil fuels!

Posted on April 28, 2015 by ...and Then There's Physics

Matt Ridley had an article in The Times called Africa needs to be rich – rather than green, in which he essentially argues that Africa needs fossil fuels, including coal. Admittedly, he did acknowledge his own coal interests. I realise … Continue reading →

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The Big Questions

Posted on March 29, 2015 by ...and Then There's Physics

I discovered that Andrew Montford was a guest on The Big Questions this morning. I normally don’t watch it as I think it’s generally a very silly programme, that normally has some kind of religious undertone, and normally has guests … Continue reading →

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New albedo paper?

Posted on March 11, 2015 by ...and Then There's Physics

I was wondering if anyone had any insight into the recent paper by Stephens et al. on the albedo of the Earth. Judith Curry thinks the paper is profound. Andrew Montford and Roger Pielke Sr apparently think it is a … Continue reading →

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Critical thought?

Posted on March 9, 2015 by ...and Then There's Physics

I’m constantly amazed by what some seem to think is good or interesting. The latest seems to be an article by a Professor or Economics and an Independent Scholar called causes and conequences of the climate science boom. Both Judith … Continue reading →

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