A small sample from email inbox of a climate scientist.
These and nearly 200 other "zombie" arguments are fully addressed, with citations to all the original scientific studies, by this excellent list: skepticalscience.com/argument.php
I also have more than 30 short episodes here that address common questions from "isn't it just a natural cycle?" to "how is climate change affecting me where I live?" and "is it too late to fix it?" globalweirdingseries.com
And I have answered many @Quora questions here, from "Does anyone have a legitimate argument for skepticism over man-made climate change?" to "How would a lay person find all of the data or research about climate change so they can be really informed?" quora.com/profile/Kathar…
The US National Climate Assessment has an exhaustive set of answers to Frequently Asked Questions, from "how do we know the earth is warming?" to "can we use geoengineering to fix climate change?" and "is climate change affecting wildfires?" here: nca2018.globalchange.gov/chapter/append…
Together, it is very rare to find a single objection to or question about climate change that has not already been addressed by at least one, if not several, of the resources above. So why don't I reply to such emails with these resources? Here's why.
PS. I forgot to mention one of my other favourite sources: @CarbonBrief explainers like this, where they show how climate models have tracked actual temperature change since the 1970s, perfect for any who claim "those models are always wrong." Stellar! carbonbrief.org/analysis-how-w…
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Many Texans are in dire straights. Some have not had power or water for days. As always, it's those below the poverty line who are suffering most. If you'd like to help, please donate to one of the organizations in this list. rollingstone.com/culture/cultur…
Overshadowed by coronavirus, 2020 set a new annual record of 22 billion-dollar weather and climate events in the U.S. - shattering the previous annual record of 16 events that occurred in 2011 and 2017. Source: ncdc.noaa.gov/billions/
As this Global Weirding episode explains, the question isn't "did climate change cause this event?" Rather, scientists ask "how much worse did climate change make it?" And increasingly, the answer is: "a lot."
Putting a number on how much stronger, more damaging, bigger or more frequent climate change made an event is something climate scientists call "attribution." It's at the cutting edge of our research today, and this fantastic book by @FrediOtto explains: greystonebooks.com/products/angry…
If you're wondering how climate change is a justice issue, here's a very short + simple explanation: it disproportionately affects the poor, vulnerable, and marginalized and puts at risk our ability to achieve every extremely basic goal on this list. It's a Threat Multiplier.
The reason why @EcuPatriarch Bartholomew has made climate change a central focus is because it's a justice issue; and I'll be speaking with him and Metropolitan John of Pergamon about it tonight. halkisummit.com/hs4/
Why this effect? Not because @GretaThunberg ate less meat or encouraged her family not to fly: if that's all she'd done, we'd never know her name. No, it's because she did one simple but incredibly powerful thing we can all emulate: she raised her voice to advocate for change.
Every year, I add 2 new low-carbon habits to my life. But every DAY, I do the most impt thing anyone can to do change the system we live in: I TALK about climate change. Not the science details, but why it matters and how, working together, we can fix it. ted.com/talks/katharin…
Individual's power to alter the world is splashed across human history; and social science is starting to understand how we do this. A tsunami of change begins by changing social norms & accumulating a groundswell of (at first) nearly invisible support. sciencealert.com/change-don-t-h…
hey everyone - I'll be doing a lot of different online events the next week or two with everyone from the Hip Hop Caucus' Rev Yearwood to the Patriarch Bartholomew to Dwight Schrute ahem Rainn Wilson. For a complete list, please see below (short thread)
Over the last few days I've been speaking and (virtually) visiting @Calvin_Uni and though my live lecture on Climate, Christians and our Culture was last Friday, it was recorded and you can watch it here:
Tues, Wed and Thurs this week is the Orthodox Church's Halki Summit hosted by the Patriarch Bartholomew feat. @billmckibben@JeffDSachs Mary Evelyn Tucker and I, and many more. Register here: archons.org/-/halki-summit…
I've put all three of my #agu20 talks online so you can watch them without needing an (expensive) registration! (short thread)
My first #AGU20 talk lists 10 things climate change and coronavirus have in common - from their disproportionate impact on the marginalized & poor to rampant disinformation. What can we learn from this past year that could help us fix the climate crisis?
My second #AGU20 talk is for my fellow scientists who are interested in communication beyond the ivory tower. How can we be more effective? Focus, learn, practice ... and evaluate!