Tag Archives: Michael Mann

Bringing the climate emergency to book

Posted on November 20, 2022 by John Gibbons

When this blog first when live in late November 2007, the world was a quite different place.  That year, global CO2 levels, as recorded at Mauna Loa, had reached an all-time high of 384 parts per million (ppm). Since then, … Continue reading →

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Taking the fight to the climate inactivists

Posted on February 24, 2021 by John Gibbons

One of the most enjoyable books on my 2021 reading list to date has been climatologist, Prof Michael Mann’s latest volume, ‘The New Climate War – The Fight To Take Back Our Planet’. I’ve long been a fan of his … Continue reading →

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When scientific facts and corporate fiction collide

Posted on January 24, 2021 by John Gibbons

The article below ran in the Business Post in late January. Just days after the inauguration of a new US president, it seemed like an opportune time to explain to a wider audience how the blitz of malignant lies aimed at … Continue reading →

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An Inconvenient Truth – then and now

Posted on August 31, 2017 by John Gibbons

Below, my article as it appeared in the Irish Times on August 19th last. I had been, along with my family and some friends, to the preview screening of ‘An Inconvenient Sequel – Truth To Power’ in the Lighthouse Cinema … Continue reading →

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Welcome to the Climate Madhouse

Posted on September 6, 2016 by John Gibbons

Below my article, as published in the September edition of ‘Village’ magazine IMAGINE for a moment the dilemma: you’re a celebrated climatologist whose work has helped shaped the modern science of climate change. In the course of your work, you … Continue reading →

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Mann on a mission – Hockey Stick scientist interviewed

Posted on April 13, 2014 by John Gibbons

Michael Mann is one of the world’s leading climate scientists. He is director of the Earth Systems Science Centre in Penn State University and has been a lead IPCC author since 2001. His ‘Hockey Stick graph’ became the defining symbol … Continue reading →

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