A new large-scale climate study just released finds - once again - that global warming is real, and largely confirms the studies that have been done before.
Why is this important? Because this was an independent study, done by scientists using private funding, so there is little or no government influence. And better yet - are your schadenfreude and irony meters calibrated for this? - the single biggest lump of funds for this study came from the ultra-conservative Koch brothers, who have pumped millions of dollars into the climate change denial industry.
I give some details on the study in the link below. My biggest concern at this point is that it's not peer-reviewed. However, the scientists involved are known for being cautious (Saul Perlmutter, who just won the Nobel prize in physics for his role in the discovery of dark energy, is one of the researchers), and they have posted all their data and methods for people to see. And Richard Muller leads the team - he is an actual climate change skeptic, someone who wants to make sure that the evidence is correctly gathered and examined. So I expect the findings will hold up.
And I'll note that even Muller admits the new findings support the idea of anthropogenic (human-caused) global warming...
New independent climate study confirms global warming is real | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine
Why is this important? Because this was an independent study, done by scientists using private funding, so there is little or no government influence. And better yet - are your schadenfreude and irony meters calibrated for this? - the single biggest lump of funds for this study came from the ultra-conservative Koch brothers, who have pumped millions of dollars into the climate change denial industry.
I give some details on the study in the link below. My biggest concern at this point is that it's not peer-reviewed. However, the scientists involved are known for being cautious (Saul Perlmutter, who just won the Nobel prize in physics for his role in the discovery of dark energy, is one of the researchers), and they have posted all their data and methods for people to see. And Richard Muller leads the team - he is an actual climate change skeptic, someone who wants to make sure that the evidence is correctly gathered and examined. So I expect the findings will hold up.
And I'll note that even Muller admits the new findings support the idea of anthropogenic (human-caused) global warming...
New independent climate study confirms global warming is real | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine
