New Scientist slår hål på 26 klimatmyter

published May 17, 2007 10:46   by admin ( last modified May 17, 2007 10:46 )
Det är mycket tyckande i klimatdebatten i media och speciellt i bloggosfären. New Scientist gör nu ett ambitiöst försök att styra upp debatten med inte mindre än tjugosex fokuserade artiklar, som var och en behandlar en klimatmyt. Det är ett mycket bra och effektivt upplägg, som jag tror kan fungera som en bra utgångspunkt för vidare diskussioner. Och, ja, det är rätt uppenbart vilken ståndpunkt New Scientist har i frågan.

So for those who are not sure what to believe, here is our round-up of the 26 most common climate myths and misconceptions.


Läs mer: Climate change: A guide for the perplexed - earth - 16 May 2007 - New Scientist Environment

Här länkar till artiklarna:

  1. Human CO2 emissions are too tiny to matter
  2. • We can't do anything about climate change
  3. • The 'hockey stick' graph has been proven wrong
  4. • Chaotic systems are not predictable
  5. • We can't trust computer models of climate
  6. • They predicted global cooling in the 1970s
  7. • It's been far warmer in the past, what's the big deal?
  8. • It's too cold where I live - warming will be great
  9. • Global warming is down to the Sun, not humans
  10. • It’s all down to cosmic rays
  11. • CO2 isn't the most important greenhouse gas
  12. • The lower atmosphere is cooling, not warming
  13. • Antarctica is getting cooler, not warmer, disproving global warming
  14. • The oceans are cooling
  15. • The cooling after 1940 shows CO2 does not cause warming
  16. • It was warmer during the Medieval period, with vineyards in England
  17. • We are simply recovering from the Little Ice Age
  18. • Warming will cause an ice age in Europe
  19. • Ice cores show CO2 increases lag behind temperature rises, disproving the link to global warming
  20. • Ice cores show CO2 rising as temperatures fell
  21. • Mars and Pluto are warming too
  22. • Many leading scientists question climate change
  23. • It's all a conspiracy
  24. • Hurricane Katrina was caused by global warming
  25. • Higher CO2 levels will boost plant growth and food production
  26. • Polar bear numbers are increasing