Examining David Rose's "no warming" Daily Mail Stories

Spending time sparing with climate science skeptics, I've had to listen to folks who have uncritically accepted David Rose's claims and are repeating them as if they were holy writ, rather than the sensation seeking creations of a biased reporter's imagination.  A reporter who's more intent on selling himself and News copy then objectivity looking at the evidence.  

The saddest part is how these science distrusting believers are guilty of every intellectual dishonestly they keep accusing professional scientists of.

I will not to presume to present Rose's claims and theory so I've linked to two examples.  Read his articles with some objective skepticism and then consider his claims in light of what serious scientists have to say.  

To help with that I've reposted an article from the folks over at SkepticalScience.com where they do a point by point examination that describes the many flaws in David Rose's reasoning and disingenuous conclusions.

Global warming stopped 16 years ago, Met Office report reveals: MoS got it right about warming... so who are the 'deniers' now?
By David Rose
PUBLISHED: 20:12 EST, 12 January 2013
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2261577/Global-warming-stopped-16-years-ago-Met-Office-report-reveals-MoS-got-right-warming--deniers-now.html
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The Great Green Con no. 1: The hard proof that finally shows global warming forecasts that are costing you billions were WRONG all along   
By David Rose
PUBLISHED: 18:37 EST, 16 March 2013
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2294560/The-great-green-1-The-hard-proof-finally-shows-global-warming-forecasts-costing-billions-WRONG-along.html

Global Warming is Accelerating, but it's Still Groundhog Day at the Daily Mail (via Skeptical Science)

Posted on 17 April 2013 by Rob Painting Key Points Global warming has accelerated, however most of this warming (over 93%) has gone into the ocean - the Earth's largest heat reservoir. An important development has been the uprecedented warming of the deep ocean in recent years. Most of the remaining…

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The Other Scandal In Unhappy Valley vs. The Scientific Evidence

Over at Skepticforum I’ve just been introduced to the latest example of the ruthless depths the AGW “skeptic” community is happy to sink to, in order to distract attention from the scientific evidence of what society is doing to it’s one and only home planet.  The slander is so disgusting I will not discuss it, though the above link will take you to the post in question.

Suffice it to say the attacks against Michael Mann have reached new depths of sleaze in their desperate attempts to deny what Earth Observation evidence is showing us.  Namely, that Michael Mann’s pioneering paleoclimate reconstructions and the early so called Hockey Stick graph’s voracity continues to be supported by the evidence.  And that the basic outline has been repeated, well... repeatedly.  As illustrated within the evidence at the other side of the links provided below.

It is tragic that the contrarian skeptical community has managed to sell the notion that anything less than 100% accuracy should be shrugged off.  As for the constant refrain 'we want proof', well the lie in that is - we don’t even have proof the sun will rise tomorrow morning until after it happens.  So can we try to be realistic?  When will these folks start learning rather than dodging and ignoring every new piece of evidence?
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Thus I share a slightly cleaned up version of my reply:

I'm still in a bit of shock at these new depths of brutality and ruthlessness that the denialist community and it's adherents feel comfortable promulgating.  {and some folks wonder why I'm so motivated - and frustrated at not being able to spend all my energy in trying to present the science and confront lying predators like osullivan et al.}



If there is anyone out there interested in learning something rather than clinging to the rear view mirror, here are some more hockey sticks to consider:

Do critics of the hockey stick realise what they're arguing for?
19 October 2010 by John Cook

Climate and Sea Level: An Emerging Hockey Stick
12 January 2012 by Rob Honeycutt

Arctic Sea Ice Hockey Stick: Melt Unprecedented in Last 1,450 years 

24 November 2011 by Rob Painting

Sea Level Hockey Stick
23 June 2011 by dana1981

Hockey Stick Own Goal
23 February 2011 by dana1981

More evidence than you can shake a hockey stick at
6 August 2010 by John Cook

A South American hockey stick 
18 September 2010 by John Cook

An underwater hockey stick 
1 October 2010 by John Cook

Hockey stick or hockey league?   

31 October 2010 by John Cook

 Can you make a hockey stick without tree rings?
2 December 2009 by John Cook

Examing Dr. David Evans' misrepresentation of Ocean Warming

The following is another in depth examination of the misrepresentation AGW "skeptics," or should I say contrarians, use to cover up their lack of substance.  It comes courtesy of Rob Painting over at SkepticalScience.com and I'm sharing it here because it's the least I can do to help get this information out to anyone willing to pay attention to what's happening these days.  

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David Evans: All at Sea about Ocean Warming and Sea Level Rise (via Skeptical Science)