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Rupert Murdoch’s Wall Street Journal and The Australian are providing the media coverage for climate contrarian damage control. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA
Dana Nuccitelli: Climate contrarians appear to be running damage control in the media before the next IPCC report is published
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Dana Nuccitelli12.42 EST
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Wednesday 11 September 2013
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A handful of corn is shown before it is processed at the Tall Corn Ethanol plant. Photograph: Charlie Neibergall/AP
John Abraham: Contrary to common perceptions, corn-based ethanol is a useful technology on the road to reducing carbon emissions
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John Abraham15.05 EST
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Monday 9 September 2013
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It’s only a matter of time before we experience an Arctic sea ice-free summer. Photograph: Jenny E Ross/Corbis
Dana Nuccitelli: Both UK periodicals focus on short-term noise and ignore the rapid long-term Arctic sea ice death spiral
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Dana Nuccitelli13.26 EST
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Tuesday 3 September 2013
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The global warming puzzle continues to be pieced together. Photograph: George Diebold/Getty Images
Dana Nuccitelli: Evidence continues to mount that the slowed warming of global surface temperatures is mainly due to changes in the oceans
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Dana Nuccitelli14.46 EST
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Friday 30 August 2013
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The IPCC RCPs give us four possible future climate scenarios. Photograph: Corbis
Graham Wayne: The new IPCC RCPs describe four scenarios how the planet might change in the future, for climate research and modeling
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GP Wayne14.19 EST
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Wednesday 28 August 2013
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Most global warming is absorbed by the world’s oceans. Photograph: Alamy
John Abraham: The world’s leading oceanography experts examine global warming in a new paper
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John Abraham04.00 EST
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Friday 23 August 2013
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Our gamble may lead to an unstable future climate. Photograph: Don Mcphee
Dana Nuccitelli: Humans are very good at managing risks, except when it comes to the greatest risk we’ve faced – climate change
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Dana Nuccitelli12.19 EST
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Wednesday 21 August 2013
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A burnt-out firefighters’ truck after forest fires devastated southern Greece during a heatwave last August. Photograph: Louisa Goulimaki/AFP/Getty Images
Dana Nuccitelli: Depending on our greenhouse gas emissions path, today’s extreme heat could become the norm, or could be relatively rare
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Dana Nuccitelli14.28 EST
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Monday 19 August 2013
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The next UN IPCC report is due out in September. Photograph: Joshua Lott/REUTERS
John Abraham: Climate contrarians may concede more than they bargained for when the next IPCC report is published
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John Abraham13.29 EST
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Wednesday 14 August 2013
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Fortunately for us, solar activity is quite stable, and a solar minimum would only have a small effect on global temperatures. Photograph: saesnes
Dana Nuccitelli: Research has shown that a grand solar minimum would offset no more than 0.3°C of global warming
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Dana Nuccitelli14.52 EST
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Monday 12 August 2013
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Arctic sea ice image from NASA. Photograph: HO/AFP/Getty Images
John Abraham: Armchair scientist Neven provides valuable insights into the rapid decline of Arctic sea ice
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John Abraham16.11 EST
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Thursday 8 August 2013
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Fox News is helping prop up conservative American global warming denial.
Dana Nuccitelli: American consumers of conservative media like Fox News distrust climate scientists and don’t believe the planet is warming
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Dana Nuccitelli14.16 EST
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Tuesday 6 August 2013
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Andrew Dessler’s research into the effects of clouds on global warming is helping us understand the climate change to come. Photograph: Jim Beckel/AP
John Abraham and Andrew Dessler: As human beings, climate scientists have a vested interest in getting the policy on climate change right
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John Abraham and Andrew Dessler14.45 EST
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Friday 2 August 2013
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Concern trolls can be mistaken for climate skeptics. Photograph: Andrew Dunsmore/Rex Features
Dana Nuccitelli: Warren Pearce has mistaken concern trolling for caring about the scientific method
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Dana Nuccitelli14.42 EST
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Tuesday 30 July 2013
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A lake and waterfall in the Niut Range, British Columbia, Canada. Photograph: alamy.com
Dana Nuccitelli: Five years in, BC’s carbon tax has successfully reduced greenhouse gas emissions in a stable economy
