How credible is this blog about climate change?

Question

I came across this blog about climate change today, and it seems to be a pretty comprehensive blog. Would others, experts on the science of climate change, recommend this site as reliable? http://www.worldclimatereport.com/index.php/category/climate-history/

Are there other blogs that are helpful showing the latest news about climate change?

Answer 1

Not terribly.  Note that they won't even tell you anything about themselves, other than their name.  Not a good sign.

The guys below are recognized climate experts.  Detailed biographies are available on the site, they have nothing to hide, and much to be proud of.  They have extensive publications in the peer reviewed scientific literature.  Their stuff is always heavily referenced to scientific source documents.

http://www.realclimate.org/

"climate science from climate scientists"

Answer 2

very credible and true.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?...

Answer 3

It's about as good as empirical analysis gets.  I see lots of flaws, because only some of his information is factual.  This is a view of climate as this guy would like it to be.  This for example is absolutely wrong

"  plants could become more water use efficient thanks to higher levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide and therefore extract less water from the soil  "

There's been good research on this in Sweden and in California.  Trees grown in higher CO2 environments are stunted in height, with more but smaller leaves, and have a shortened life span on the order of 2-3 years.  There isn't much variation among the species tested.

I'll bet he likes to say he "thinks for himself".  I'd sure agree.

Answer 4

It was interesting to here the truth after all the nay-sayers.

Global warming is the warming up of the planet above the temperature it "should" be. It is such a concern at the moment as it seems that the temperature is rising at a rate far faster than ever before and it is thought that it may be the activities of the human population over the last 150 years or so that is doing it.

Global warming is the single biggest threat to wildlife today.

Scientists have told us that we must reduce global warming pollution by 80% by 2050 to avoid the worst impacts of global warming. They have set the goal, now we have to set the pace. We can get there by reducing global warming pollution by 2% every year for the next 40 years.

The Antarctic Peninsula is particularly sensitive to small rises in the annual average temperature, this has increased about 2.5�C in the region in the last 50 years, this is 2 or 3 times faster than the average in the rest of the world. The temperature of Antarctica as a whole is predicted to rise by a small amount over the next 50 years. Any increase in the rate of ice melting is expected to be at least partly offset by increased snowfall as a result of the warming.

Answer 5

I have lived 77 years ,and I have Sean nothing to believe that there is a change that Mother nature hasn't already throne at me.

Answer 6

The first two lines sum them up pretty much, I could go out on a wild limb and suggest that the "Western Fuels Association" might be linked to an oil company.

Answer 7

Very Credible.

I'll give you a site to avoid, however. realclimate.org.

realclimate.org is a leftist political site founded by the Gore team. It's run by propagandists.

Answer 8

It is about as credible as realclimate.org.  For many people anyone who disputes the notion that humans are causing catastrophic climate change is not credible.

According to them:

"World Climate Report, a concise, hard-hitting and scientifically correct response to the global change reports which gain attention in the literature and popular press. As the nation’s leading publication in this realm, World Climate Report is exhaustively researched, impeccably referenced, and always timely. This popular web log points out the weaknesses and outright fallacies in the science that is being touted as “proof” of disastrous warming. It’s the perfect antidote against those who argue for proposed changes to the Rio Climate Treaty, such as the Kyoto Protocol, which are aimed at limiting carbon emissions from the United States.

Acclaimed by those on both sides of the global warming debate, World Climate Report has become the definitive and unimpeachable source for what Nature now calls the “mainstream skeptic” point of view, which is that climate change is a largely overblown issue and that the best expectation is modest change over the next 100 years. WCR is often cited by prominent scientists and lawmakers and is a surprisingly enjoyable read—which may account for its broad appeal."

Its staff:

Chief Editor: Patrick J. Michaels

Contributing Editor: Robert C. Balling, Jr.

Contributing Editor: Robert E. Davis

Administrator: Paul C. Knappenberger

One of the best blogs for info on climate skepticism were many prominent  people and many blogs  get their info from is icecap.

http://icecap.us/index.php

Answer 9

The average h-index of the senior staff of WorldClimateReport.com weighted by years since they received their PhD is 0.56 with a maximum of 0.66 for Balling.  The average h-index of the senior staff of RealClimate.org weighted by years since Ph.D. is 1.53 with a maximum of 2.9 for Mann.  An h-index weighted in such a way should be about 1 for a scientist of ordinary productivity (e.g., Jim Hansen's is 0.85).  

The climate scientists on RealClimate.org simply stomp the skeptics.