From The Guardian, a special report on "Climate wars: The story of the hacked emails". The UN's top climate panel has withdrawn a mistaken prediction that the Himalayan glaciers might not exist in 2035, but that doesn't mean the whole world isn't in hot water — the scientific evidence for climate change remains as strong as ever. Currently, a few errors in the last IPCC report (“AR4″) are making the media rounds, together with a lot of distortion and professional spin — but which of these putative errors are real, and which not? A look at how global-warming deniers are running circles around the UN's top climate body. David Brin on how the real struggle behind climate change is a war on expertise. Warm with a chance of denial: Despite the weight of scientific evidence, many TV meteorologists are global warming skeptics. As major storms cover the northeast, the classic canard of conflating climate with weather takes on ridiculous new forms — but is it better to fight or ignore them? Joshua Frank on how to answer the dumb things climate deniers say. From American Diplomacy, an article on the best of a bargain in Copenhagen: Diplomacy, power contest and global governance. Post-Copenhagen, as climate groups in the US regroup, some are arguing it's time for a new set of priorities and strategies. An interview with Jamais Cascio on global warming ("Egad, it's depressing") and more on geoengineering. The Earth Trials: Can we test our geoengineering schemes before we have to use them? (and more) A review of Storms of My Grandchildren: The Truth About the Coming Climate Catastrophe and Our Last Chance to Save Humanity by James Hansen (and more). NASA research finds the last decade was the warmest on record, and 2009 one of warmest years.
