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…warming since the 1970s using natural factors alone; we have to consider anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions to explain this decadal scale warming. Ian Plimer has strong connections to the Australian…
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Increases in atmospheric CO2 is mainly from natural causes, like ocean outgassing, and not from humans who emit so little in comparison
Scientists’ Feedback SUMMARY This op-ed in The Australian by Ian Plimer, titled “Let’s not pollute minds with carbon fears”, makes many claims: that polar ice is not melting, that human-caused…
Scientists’ Feedback SUMMARY This op-ed published by The Australian, written by Ian Plimer, makes a large number of claims that run counter to science and observations or are the expression…
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“We have been cooling down for the past 4000 years”; the Earth has cooled since the ‘medieval warming’, “It’s all about when you start the measurements”
Scientists’ Feedback SUMMARY This commentary by Ian Plimer, published by The Australian, criticizes a political leader’s stance on climate change, but makes a number of verifiably false claims about climate…
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there is no relationship between temperature and carbon dioxide emissions by humans[...] carbon dioxide has had a minuscule effect on global climate
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The atmospheric residency time of carbon dioxide is five years and it is quickly sequestered into plants, marine life, oceans and sediments.
Scientists’ Feedback SUMMARY This opinion in The Australian by Ian Plimer repeats a number of false but common claims to support an argument that human activities are not responsible for…
