109 Skeptic Arguments and What the Science Says

Posted by Jimalakirti in Climate Change,Critical Thinking
at 6:05 am on Thursday, 13 May 2010

Here is a summary of what the science says on each skeptic argument. You can also view the arguments sorted by taxonomy or a print-friendly version.

Skeptic Argument vs What the Science Says
1 “It’s the sun” In the last 35 years of global warming, the sun has shown a slight cooling trend. Sun and climate have been going in opposite directions.
2 “Climate’s changed before Natural climate change in the past proves that climate is sensitive to an energy imbalance. If the planet accumulates heat, global temperatures will go up. Currently, CO2 is imposing an energy imbalance due to the enhanced greenhouse effect. Past climate change actually provides evidence for our climate’s sensitivity to CO2.

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    Comment by arguendo > Critique of Cal Thomas’ article “More Abandon Climate ‘Myth’” . at 3:46 pm on 10 June 2010 at

    [...] Thomas obliquely refers to an article in the third most popular newspaper in Germany, Focus. He doesn’t actually cite anything in the article except the mention of El Nino, La Nina, and “shifting winds” as drivers of weather. These three phenomena are thoroughly described and accounted for in the scientific literature. He missed a big change to enumerate a whole list of popular denier arguments that were featured in the article. (All of the arguments in the Focus article have long been debunked. [...]