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In 1998, researchers Michael Mann, Raymond Bradley and Malcolm Hughes(MBH98) conducted a paleo-reconstruction of the Northern Hemisphere temperature record. They concluded that the current NH temperature increase was anomalous in the past 1000 years. Former mining executive and statistician...

Les commented in another thread that he couldn't get your link to work. The same thing was happening in this thread, hence my p.s. Right, you mentioned them, not me... It's not slander to re-state what has already been stated. I'm not the only one who notices cherry picking. I'm not the only...

It's standard fare. It's up there with hundreds of other memes that get repeated ad nauseum once the blogosphere gets hold. Similar treatment indeed Mab. ;)

Blue names, yellow names, purple names, black names... Can I be Mr. White, actually I'd be cool with Mr. Pink too I suppose. So, yah...the colours. I'm gone for a week and the place goes all psychadelic! Groovy.

And here's a challenge to Scotty. Show me one model, that doesn't include anthropogenic effects, that actually works. And by works I mean : a) can reproduce past changes b) will produce results that fall within the range of uncertainty, and error c) here's the biggie. Can explain away the ~1.6...

I don't understand why an electrical engineer would call himself a rocket scientist, especially when he's never been employed in the aerospace industry. My conclusion, he thinks calling himself a rocket scientist makes him sound more brilliant. Pathetic. That's funny. One photo, from one day...

That's just more speculation. Maybe that flew over your head, so I'll explain again. I never disputed that there haven't been larger swings in the climate than the current change afoot. I'm disputing what you said, that the past fluctuations that these corals have experienced were all larger...

Well, that's not a logical fallacy at all...:roll: How about argumentum ad poplarum, or even the unsubstantiated middle? Your assertion assumes that: a) any species alive today must have survived multiple fluctuations (ignoring the greater speciation as time passes on), and that b) they were...

Wow, the blogs are certainly active these days... The electrical engineer who apparently isn't comfortable enough with that title, so instead calls himself a rocket scientist. Great expert witness by the way :roll:... Photos that show very little, are apparently enough to quell all questions...

Here is a good article written on the issue of attribution and earthquakes. Some of the notable quotes: In short, shoddy statistics and lax scientific standards can help find a link between two different phenomena. That's not at all complimentary.

Is there a reason Extra, that you didn't quote the entire article from ScienceDaily? I think there is, perhaps this information doesn't fit your premise: As for your second piece, the scientists are predicting an increase in calcification rates based on global models. It's hard to comment...

There are maximum speeds for falling objects due to the earth's gravitational field, until we remove obstacles like air resistance. The maximum speed of light is calculated with all obstacles removed. Stick a pane of glass in the way and the photons slow down. Ideas can change of course ;) The...

The big bang of course is not a law, but that doesn't make it any less of a scientific discovery. Laws are often expressed as simple mathematical formulas. How would you make a simple formula that can explain the entire universe and all of the varied interactions between matter and energy? It's...

No, DB, the degrees of science ensures a certain amount of conformity with the rigors of a method, the scientific method. High school is where a student learns conformity with the establishment. I'm not sure what you mean by electric universe. How does that explain the rate of expansion and...

Les, Well, I'm not actually a scientist. It's not the first time someone thought that. Online anonymity and whatnot. I'm nearly finished my bachelors degree. You need at least a Master's degree to be considered a scientist. You simply don't publish, except for perhaps a few honorary mentions...

There are many different forms of energy Eanassir. That doesn't mean all forms of energy act in the same way. They can be transformed through specific mechanisms, but that's not the same thing at all. I wouldn't advise consuming a radioactive material to obtain your dietary energy needs. It's...

[/FONT][/SIZE][/LEFT] Eanassir, It might make for better conversations if you shared the observations upon which your assumption rests, being that this is the science and environment sub-forum. The excessive quoting of rhetoric doesn't make your claims true. For instance, the gravity is...

Very true. Walter is a textbook example.

Yes, that's right. I'm a big fish in a small pond. You better swim faster or hope you taste like poison. :roll: You're right, people did. Just as the acidification is of our doing. That doesn't make it any more acceptable.

Corals, some species of phytoplankton (which produce a large portion of the oxygen in our atmosphere), and some bivalves for starters. And that's just from the ocean acidification that happens when carbon dioxide dissolves in sea water as carbonic acid. Warming waters also wreak havoc on a host...