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You’ll see the term “peer-review” a lot on these pages, as well as on both scientific and denialist blogs, and in the media. Unfortunatel...

In this age of near-universal online access to information, it seems everyone has an opinion. Whereas plumbers, brain surgeons, and scient...

One of the most striking aspects of climate denial is how much effort - and desperation - deniers put into denying even basic realities. T...

Periodically I post reviews of relevant science communication books. The following is a reposted review of Merchants of Doubt: How a Handf...

It should come as no surprise that 2014 is now officially the hottest year globally since records began in 1891. This news comes from the Ja...

A year ago The Dake Page underwent a transition from a periodic science and policy news blog to a weekly source of science/policy analysi...

The year 2014 will go down as one of the most important years in climate science, not so much because action was taken (though some was), bu...

Climate denial remains active despite the overwhelming consensus that human activity is causing the warming of the planet and that act...

Graphics can be an extremely useful way to communicate science to the public. Simple graphs related to climate change can be used to show th...

In a high-expertise area of science like man-made climate change we by necessity have to rely on experts. But what is an expert? For most ...

Happy Thanksgiving! Thanksgiving, along with Christmas, are a time for families and good cheer. And football. But they can also be a...

One of the problems with the IPCC 5th Assessment Reports (AR5) is that they are highly technical. Even the Summary for Policymakers i...