Tag Archives: The Guardian

Listen to the (political) science

Posted on December 30, 2019 by ...and Then There's Physics

I’ve been meaning to post a review of 2019, but wanted to first comment on something else. I quite often see criticism of how some people approach the issue of climate change. For example, in the Guardian yesterday, there was … Continue reading →

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The impact of 4C of global warming

Posted on May 20, 2019 by ...and Then There's Physics

On a number of occasions I’ve highlighted Kevin Anderson saying At 4oC most of the scientists I talk to about this, and the social scientists as well, would say it’s incompatible with organised global community. I don’t know if this … Continue reading →

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The Guardian’s new style guide

Posted on May 19, 2019 by ...and Then There's Physics

It seems that the Guardian is changing the language it uses about the environment. It’s updated it’s preferred terms to include climate emergency, crisis or breakdown, instead of climate change and global heating, instead of global warming. Maybe most controversially, … Continue reading →

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Not even giving physicists a bad name!

Posted on February 16, 2017 by ...and Then There's Physics

When I’m trying to have a bit of a dig at physicists (of which I’m one) who think they somehow know better than climate scientists, I’ll post the cartoon on the right. When I came across this interview with William … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate sensitivity, ClimateBall, physicists, Science, Sound Science (tm), The scientific method | Tagged , , , , , , , | 70 Comments

Why should anyone care?

Posted on December 18, 2016 by ...and Then There's Physics

Steve Fuller, who is a sociologist at the University of Warwick, recently wrote an article in the Guardian called Science has always been a bit post-truth. I thought it was confused. Others were somewhat blunter I have rarely read a … Continue reading →

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Working with Trump?

Posted on November 12, 2016 by ...and Then There's Physics

Jack Stilgoe and Roger Pielke Jr have an article in the Guardian called They may not like it, but scientists must work with Donald Trump. My first impression was rather negative, but some on Twitter suggested that it was really … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate change, Policy, Politics, Research, Roger Pielke Jr, Science | Tagged , , , , , , | 287 Comments

Mass migration

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

Given that I haven’t had a chance to write anything for a few days, I thought I would highlight this Guardian article called Mass migration is no ‘crisis’: it’s the new normal as the climate changes. It’s the kind of … Continue reading →

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Tolerably tepid?

Posted on May 4, 2015 by ...and Then There's Physics

I was going to ignore Tamsin Edwards’s article in the Guardian, but there was one phrase that, I think, deserves due diligence and which – IMO – illustrates the problem with how the whole article is framed. The article was … Continue reading →

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Lomborg science

Posted on April 24, 2015 by ...and Then There's Physics

I was going to write a post about the whole Lomborg saga, but I really can’t be bothered writing too much. If you want to read about his many errors, you could read Graham Readfearn’s Guardian article. If you want … Continue reading →

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Implausible?

Posted on March 15, 2015 by ...and Then There's Physics

There was a recent paper looking at the near term acceleration in the rate of temperature change. The Guardian covered it in an article called global warming set to speed up to rates not seen for 1000 years, while Carbon … Continue reading →

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