John Cook's post, The National Center for Science Education defends climate science in high schools started the week off with bang, generating nearly 100 comments to date. Cook followed with the Debunking Handbook: update and feedback. Dana added to his "fact checking" posts with Patrick Michaels Continues to Distort Hansen 1988, Part 1 and Part 2.
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A Comprehensive Review of the Causes of Global Warming was re-posted by Triple Pundit.
Arctic methane outgassing on the E Siberian Shelf was re-posted by TreeHugger.
Rob Painting also guest posted NASA scientists expect more rapid global warming in the very near future (part 1) on Planetsave.
The Climate and Carbon Science component of the US Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) is a fantastic resource for SkS readers to tap into.
The Climate and Carbon Science Mission:
In keeping with its mission to "enhance the energy and environmental security of the nation" LLNL promotes the many climate and carbon science research and development efforts that are described on these pages. These efforts involve teams of both environmental and computer scientists, as well as diverse support personnel, who work together to achieve scientific and technical innovations directed toward pressing national and international problems in these fields.
Click here to access the home page of the LLNL's Climate and Science initiative.
Posted by John Hartz on Monday, 30 January, 2012
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