A sensational paper in top science journal Nature has found "no change in the warming rate beyond the 1970s", blowing holes in alarmist claims that global temperatures are surging, says Chris Morrison.
In an excellent guest column in the Times, the fearless Lionel Shriver takes aim at lazy journalists who use the phrase "scientists say” to justify attributing extreme weather and wildfires to anthropogenic climate change.
Could last month's above average temperatures have been caused by a volcanic eruption in January that boosted water content in the atmosphere by a massive 10%? Don't expect to hear about that from 'climate correspondents'.
Last week, the BBC reported that seawater in Florida had reached 100°F, with much talk of records being broken. But if failed to note that just 48 hours later the water temperature had fallen to 85°F.
