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16 Articles by Jason Leggett

Milloy's $150,000 Global Warming Contest

After I wrote my previous post here at Celsias, someone commented that if I believe in global warming, I should go to junkscience.com, the website of Steven Milloy, and claim my $150,000 prize. This piqued my interest, so I went to go check it out, not because I ... keep reading

Written by Jason Leggett in January 2008, about Climate Change (1 comment)

"400 Prominent Scientists": An Overview

Many of you by now have probably heard about the infamous list of "over 400 prominent scientists" that supposedly disagree with the idea that humans are responsible for global warming. Since this report came out, collecting over 1,000 Diggs and causing much excitement within the skeptical community, there have ... keep reading

Written by Jason Leggett in January 2008, about Climate Change

Study Claims Human Contribution to Warming Negligible

If you are even a casual observer of current news regarding our climate system, you may have noticed a recently published research paper, which has gotten the skeptical community very excited. This new paper, according to a press release, supposedly demonstrates that the human contribution to current observed warming trends ... keep reading

Written by Jason Leggett in December 2007, about Climate Change

Green Myth Busting: Global Average Temperature

Editor's Note: Today we continue our Friday content partnership with our friends over at Green Options, with Jason Leggett exploding yet another green myth. This post was originally published on August 15, 2007. Myth: Global temperature data is inaccurate and/or too sparse to be able to establish a ... keep reading

Written by Jason Leggett in September 2007, about Climate Change

Green Myth Busting: Martian Warming

Editor's Note: With this post we begin a Friday content partnership with our friends over at Green Options. Today we start out with a science-based terrestial tale from climate science fiend Jason Leggett, who our regular readers will recognise already, as he also writes for us here at Celsias ... keep reading

Written by Jason Leggett in September 2007, about Climate Change

Earth Warming from the Inside Out?

At my blog, I'm continually faced with many new and different arguments against anthropogenic global warming. This one, however, I found to be particularly interesting. A regular contributor, named the Grit, postulated that the heat that is generated from beneath the Earth's surface actually contributes to global warming ... keep reading

Written by Jason Leggett in September 2007, about Climate Change (2 comments)

Hurricanes Headed for Europe?

In the past, hurricane activity has been somewhat predictable, at least on a grand scale. We could be reasonably sure that hurricanes would form in either the North Atlantic or the Gulf of Mexico, and would either rotate north and then east to die in colder waters, or strike the ... keep reading

Written by Jason Leggett in July 2007, about Climate Change

New Scientific Study: Recent Warming Not Caused By Sun

One of the most common skeptical arguments against global warming is that the Sun is to blame for our current warming. This argument is presented in various forms and involves varying methods. For many skeptics, it is the primary reason for their disbelief in the idea that humans could be ... keep reading

Written by Jason Leggett in July 2007, about Climate Change

Greenland Was Actually "Green"...

According to Fox News, a new study has found that Greenland was indeed green at one time. The title of the article was "DNA Test Indicates Very Green Greenland". So, that being a topic of interest in climate change, I was interested to know more. The details were very revealing ... keep reading

Written by Jason Leggett in July 2007, about Climate Change

Cheney and the Corruption of Science

The other day, an article revealed how Vice President Dick Cheney has intruded in the business of underlings within the EPA and the Department of the Interior to get his way in environmental issues. As I’ll explain later, this interference, and, particularly, Cheney’s method of handling the situation ... keep reading

Written by Jason Leggett in July 2007, about Environment & Wildlife, Industry & Business, Politics & Government, Weather

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