Physicist, graph. Out of frame, climate denier.
Credit: ABC TV/MashableAustralia
On Monday night, Professor Brian Cox (University of Manchester)1 & Senator Malcolm Roberts (Senate of the Australian Parliament, representing the extreme right One Nation party, & climate denier)2 had a difference of opinion on climate change on the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) TV programme, Q&A.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-08-16/professor-brian-cox-vs.-senator-malcolm-roberts/7746576
http://mashable.com/2016/08/15/brian-cox-climate-change-qanda/?utm_cid=mash-com-Tw-main-link#SLAP1rthVPq3
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http://hhg2tech.blogspot.com/2016/07/climate-change-is-really-very-simple.html
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1 Wikipedia: “Brian Cox (physicist)”, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Cox_(physicist)
2 Wikipedia: “Malcolm Roberts (politician)”, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_Roberts_(politician) / Q&A Professor Brian Cox takes on Senator Malcolm Roberts climate change stoush climate change showdown Q&A last night when Professor Brian Cox One Nation Senator Malcolm Roberts guests on the panel exchanges audience question British physicist Senator Roberts request proof human element climate change Professor Cox responded clear global problem absolute, absolute consensus human action leading increase average temperatures try to argue with that but you can't global warming Senator Roberts response pause so-called warming depends how you measure it Richard Feynman scientist believes empirical evidence quoting consensus graph draw a slightly straighter trend line on there misunderstanding misrepresentation NASA conspiracy Tony Jones interpretation highly qualified scientist I don't believe that data has been corrupted manipulated NASA audience began to laugh Steve Goddard 1930s were warmer recent decades Bureau of Meteorology Greg Hunt squashed investigation BoM Bureau of Metrology moon landing NASA Australian Academy of Science adversarial report is superb accusation NASA Australian Bureau of Meteorology Met Office UK collaborating manipulate global temperature data model answer question making projections based on models providing models validated proven accurate models have already been proven inaccurate IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change empirical data that's flat out wrong deception flat out incorrect snapshot evidence 2015 global upper ocean heat content highest record 2015 global sea level highest on record in 2015 70mm higher than that observed in 1993 global surface temperature highest on record El Nino 10-40 per cent contribution tropical cyclones well above average overall key point is if you don't accept that the only way to try to formulate policy what we do with emissions build models predict the future tarot cards tea leaves /
