Mike the Mad Biologist reacts to Matthew Nisbet’s discussion of framing, Gore and global warming, with reference to a paper by Nisbet and Myers from last August.
Here are these posts in chronological order:

Twenty Years of Public Opinion about Global Warming

Does Gore Contribute to the Communication Crisis?
Framing, Evolution, and Power

Global warming.
The Story:
A Y2K bug in the software used to analyze global climate change caused post year-2000 data to show higher than actual temperatures. In the initial version of this story, it seemed to be implied that much of the concern over global climate warming was actually a Y2K bug. […]

Vaclav Klaus, president of the Czech Republic asserts that environmentalism is the current largest threat to democracy, the market economy, and general prosperity. He proposes several solutions in a recent oped in the Financial Times. One is to not respond to climate changes, and if so, do not respond from a top-down perspective […]

Interview of Michael Griffin, NASA Administrator, on NPR:

Q: Do you have any doubt that [Global warming] is a problem that mankind has to wrestle with?
A: I have no doubt that … a trend of global warming exists. I am not sure that it is fair to say that it is a problem we […]

This installment is about sea level rise and fall, in the past. Sea level change that results from the formation and melting of glaciers not only has an enormous impact on the physical nature of the landscape, but it also would not have gone unnoticed by people living ever pretty far from the sea! […]

“… All of the recent science … confirms that I was right on this thing. This thing is a hoax…” -unmitigated idiot and Republican Oklahoma Senator James Inhofe on Global Warming …
First, I heard that Al took off a few pounds between the Academy Awards and his visit to the Senate. So […]

The War in Iraq, now in its fifth year, will probably be George Bush’s legacy. But the damage his administration has done to society through its support of faith based initiatives, a medieval policy regarding stem cell research, its tacit (at least) support of creationism, and its politically motivated (paid for by special interests) […]

George Musser provides an interesting discussion on one aspect of the “global warming debate,” specifically, the role of the term “Scientific Consensus.”
To scientists, “consensus” really means two things (in my opinion): 1) A preponderance of evidence indicates a certain view, and 2) given an immediate need to make a decision based on […]

In the last post in this series (Global Warming, the Blog Epic ~ 05 ~ Causes of Large Scale Change) I talked about two aspects of large scale climate change: Milankovitch orbital geometry and the cycles of glaciation this effect causes, and the role of plate tectonics and related changes in altering sea and […]

This seems to be the policy of the Bush Administration, as reported in the New York Times. (This link may not work if you are not a subscriber to the NYT.)
Internal memorandums circulated in the Alaskan division of the Federal Fish and Wildlife Service appear to require government biologists or other employees traveling in countries […]

During the 1970s and 80s, creationists had a long list of reasons to doubt evolution, and every one of those reasons was wrong. But they had so many reasons, and it was so hard to keep track of them all, each with various versions, that a creationist that was trying to not live a […]

“Climate Studies” is a “causal” science. Most sciences are “causal” in nature, which is why the sciences and scientists are often loathed and distrusted by people in the humanities and some of the soft sciences. There is not the time or space right now to address this issue, but I’ll just say this: […]

Why It Matters What you Burn and When you Burn It
Carbon Dioxide is a deadly poison. It is about 50% heavier than air, so where it occurs in density, in mines or certain natural vents associated with volcanics, it can accumulate in low spots. There are places in the Western Rift Valley where […]

Why Greenhouses have nothing to do with the Greenhouse Effect, and more importantly, why CAN’T I microwave toast?
A greenhouse is a glass house that is sealed to keep air in and insulated to keep heat in but at the same time allow sunlight in. This sunlight contributes to the heat in the greenhouse by […]

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