New Scientist have bundled a collection of articles debunking common climate myths and misconceptions. I’ve shown the titles below but click through to their post for the full introduction and article links.
Climate change: A guide for the perplexed - New Scientist Environment
So for those who are not sure what to believe, here is our round-up of the 26 most common climate myths and misconceptions. There is also a guide to assessing the evidence. In the articles we've included lots of links to primary research and major reports for those who want to follow through to the original sources.
- Human CO2 emissions are too tiny to matter
- We can't do anything about climate change
- The 'hockey stick' graph has been proven wrong
- Chaotic systems are not predictable
- We can't trust computer models of climate
- They predicted global cooling in the 1970s
- It's been far warmer in the past, what's the big deal?
- It's too cold where I live - warming will be great
- Global warming is down to the Sun, not humans
- It’s all down to cosmic rays
- CO2 isn't the most important greenhouse gas
- The lower atmosphere is cooling, not warming
- Antarctica is getting cooler, not warmer, disproving global warming
- The oceans are cooling
- The cooling after 1940 shows CO2 does not cause warming
- It was warmer during the Medieval period, with vineyards in England
- We are simply recovering from the Little Ice Age
- Warming will cause an ice age in Europe
- Ice cores show CO2 increases lag behind temperature rises, disproving the link to global warming
- Ice cores show CO2 rising as temperatures fell
- Mars and Pluto are warming too
- Many leading scientists question climate change
- It's all a conspiracy
- Hurricane Katrina was caused by global warming
- Higher CO2 levels will boost plant growth and food production
- Polar bear numbers are increasing
