These are painful times for those hoping to see an international consensus and substantive action on global warming. In the US, Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney said in June 2011: “The…
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The trouble with words is that you never know whose mouths they’ve been in. – Dennis Potter Readers following the Australian news media’s coverage of climate change will probably have detected the conspiracy…
News that Gina Rinehart has reportedly attained a 12.8% stake in Fairfax Media (and is seeking just under 15%) is bad for the Australian media environment: it potentially puts yet another billionaire in…
On Friday, the Wall Street Journal published a letter from “16 concerned scientists”, telling the world we don’t need to worry so much about climate change. Unsurprisingly, the opinion piece has been picked…
The forces of climate science denial have geared down a level. Having failed in their attempt to confuse adults and stop the parliament adopting a timid first step in response to climate change, they are…
DURBAN CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE: With the UN Climate Conference underway in Durban, climate “sceptics” have been particularly active in the media and blogs. Many climate “sceptics” claim that alternate…
While corporate media often criticise the poor communication of others, they are reluctant to critique their own power to influence public opinion and debate. Today the Australian Centre for Independent…
Emails from the University of East Anglia’s Climatic Research Unit have once again been hacked and released on the internet. The timing is similar to the “climategate” scandal of 2009, with emails published…
The climate change debate has diminished the standing of science in some people’s minds, Australia’s Nobel Prize-winning…
“Everyone is entitled to his own opinions, but not to his own facts” – Senator Daniel Moynihan Science is a systematic, evidence-based, testable and self-correcting way of investigating the world. This…
A top environmental adviser to the Indian government has described the Gillard government’s proposed carbon tax as an “interesting…
MEDIA & DEMOCRACY - Natalie Latter wonders if there are some subjects that don’t really require balance. There’s a principle of balance that applies to news reporting. It’s important for journalists…
MEDIA & DEMOCRACY - Today, The Conversation launches a week-long series, looking at how the media influences the way our representatives develop policy. To kick off, Stephan Lewandowsky asks how media…
Ancient fossilised clams that lived off the coast of Antarctica have linked current climate change to similar change from…
On the weekend of 12-13 August the Western Australian branch of the Liberal Party passed a resolution calling for a Royal Commission into the science of climate change. Apparently the party members are…
Global average sea levels continue to rise but readings vary greatly depending on when and where they are taken, a leading…
The most important issue raised by Lord Monckton’s controversial appearance on two Western Australian campuses is not the limit of free speech or Monckton’s scientific competence. Rather it is whether…
It is a thankless task to track the frequent mistakes Christopher Monckton makes as he misinterprets science, as his statements are frequently at odds with the very scientists whose work he cites. It is…
If you’ve followed climate contrarian talking points over the years, you’ll be familiar with the argument over satellite observations of global warming. In 1990 it was reported that the satellite record…
Is it wise to try to block a speech by Christopher Monckton? Are there other options? Monckton, a well known climate change sceptic, was invited to speak at Notre Dame University in Fremantle on 30 June…
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Chair of Cognitive Psychology, University of Bristol
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Associate professor in astronomy, Monash University
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Professor of Public Ethics, Centre for Public and Contextual Theology, Charles Sturt University
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Research Assistant Professor, Center for Climate Change Communication, George Mason University
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Senior Lecturer, Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science, Australian National University
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Professor of Astrophysics, UNSW
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ARC Laureate Fellow, Climate Change Research Centre, UNSW
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Leader, NESP Earth Systems and Climate Change Hub, CSIRO
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Professor, University of Queensland, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, University of St. Thomas
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Honorary Senior Associate, Faculty of Science, The University of Melbourne
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Earth and paleo-climate scientist, Australian National University
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Professorial Fellow, Australian Centre for Independent Journalism, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Cognitive Psychology and Australian Research Council Future Fellow, University of Western Australia
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Professor of Cognitive Psychology, UNSW
