It looks like science doesn’t have all the answers, but whoever said it did?

Since the release of private emails between climate scientists at the University of East Anglia, the climate change sceptics have been enjoying a renaissance. Apocalypse-predicting moralists have been covering up inconvenient findings and now the empirical basis of their research, and of the arguments for climate change, have been undermined. (more…)

Firstly, the above is a ‘Facebook friend’s’ status and the cause for much consternation. According to a recent opinion poll, nearly half of Britain still isn’t convinced that we’re to blame for climate change. And with freezing temperatures and streets looking like Christmas cards, how to convince them? For a worryingly large number of people, the recent weather conditions alone are enough to disprove climate change. (more…)