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Hyperbole and global warming alarmism

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A yahoo link caught my eye, so I went to read it.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/m/79b8ea...4a97d08/ss_climate-change-could-wipe-out.html
Headline on Yahoo,
Climate change could wipe out many food cereals by 2070
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If one clicks on the read more tab.
https://www.newscientist.com/articl...ld-destroy-wild-relatives-of-cereals-by-2070/
The headline is,
Climate change could destroy wild relatives of cereals by 2070
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First off the two headlines have entirely different meanings.
Secondly, while the globe is warming, the rate of that warming, as well as the pattern of the warming,
will only cause a slight shift in agriculture.
An example would be Wheat, Wheat is grown in almost every country in the world,
Brazil, only grows about 10% of the wheat the US grows, but wheat does grow in Brazil, I.E. in a much warmer environment.
Rice is another crop, that is known to grow across a wide spectrum of temperatures.
Global cooling would be bad, but global warming, is likely to expand the amount of arable land.
 
If you're getting your science reporting from Yahoo news, you deserve what you get.
 
Deuce said:
If you're getting your science reporting from Yahoo news, you deserve what you get.
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No, I am pointing out that the headline presented to the public at large, is quite different and more alarming,
than the actual linked article.
 
longview said:
No, I am pointing out that the headline presented to the public at large, is quite different and more alarming,
than the actual linked article.
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Yes, it was a generalized "you."
 
Science is the antidote. WUWT is an effective countermeasure against know-nothing alarmism.

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longview said:
No, I am pointing out that the headline presented to the public at large, is quite different and more alarming,
than the actual linked article.
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Worse yet, the 2016 Yahoo article uses a 2011 study, and corrects on the same day:



Article amended on 28 September 2016

The story has been updated to show that it is only the wild relatives of some cereals that will be affected

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And even then, the New Scientists magazine is recognized as pseudoscience. They reference a paper from the day before that incorrectly uses information from a 2011 study.

This is the deception of alarmist science, exposed.
 
Jack Hays said:
Science is the antidote. WUWT is an effective countermeasure against know-nothing alarmism.

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Congratulations Jack! Anthony Watts should give you a special gold star for your 1000's of click-bait spam posts promoting his blog to increase his numbers and his revenue from ads. I'm sure he has many devoted glazed-eyed know-nothing moronic climate truthers doing the same thing to make it one of the most visited climate truther anti-science conspiracy blogs on the net.
 
Quaestio said:
Congratulations Jack! Anthony Watts should give you a special gold star for your 1000's of click-bait spam posts promoting his blog to increase his numbers and his revenue from ads. I'm sure he has many devoted glazed-eyed know-nothing moronic climate truthers doing the same thing to make it one of the most visited climate truther anti-science conspiracy blogs on the net.
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Why are you always full of nonsense?

Do you really think it adds to discussion with integrity?

Do you have any integrity?
 
Lord of Planar said:
Why are you always full of nonsense?

Do you really think it adds to discussion with integrity?

Do you have any integrity?
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Right back atcha mate.

Try to watch that projection and hypocrisy schtick you've got going on.
 
Deuce said:
If you're getting your science reporting from Yahoo news, you deserve what you get.
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Another dismissive conversation dead end.

Good job!

Do you have anything of value to contribute to the discussion?
 
Quaestio said:
Congratulations Jack! Anthony Watts should give you a special gold star for your 1000's of click-bait spam posts promoting his blog to increase his numbers and his revenue from ads. I'm sure he has many devoted glazed-eyed know-nothing moronic climate truthers doing the same thing to make it one of the most visited climate truther anti-science conspiracy blogs on the net.
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I've always thought that any award like this says more about the "Our Club" thinking of these organizations than about the work of the recipient.

Witness the Nobel Peace Prize awards to Al Gore and/or Barrack Obama. Two ridiculously unqualified candidates that got the award because they suffer under the same delusions as the club that issued the awards.

That said, for people who appreciate this kind of award, this is the kind of award those people will appreciate.
 
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Jack Hays said:
Climate News / Sea level
[h=1]NOAA Jumps The Shark In Tampa Bay[/h]Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach I thought I might write about how I research a subject. Over at Dr. Judith’s excellent website, she periodically puts out a list of interesting papers that she has come across. This time it was “Week In Review: Water Edition”. She gave a link to an article from a Tampa…
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Greetings, Jack. :2wave:

One person I would miss if she decided not to post her thoughts is Judith Curry! :shock: She seems to be totally fair and unbiased, and I enjoy the fact that she allows her readers to make their own decisions about what they read! :thumbs:
 
polgara said:
Greetings, Jack. :2wave:

One person I would miss if she decided not to post her thoughts is Judith Curry! :shock: She seems to be totally fair and unbiased, and I enjoy the fact that she allows her readers to make their own decisions about what they read! :thumbs:
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Greetings Polgara.:2wave:

She is one of my favorites as well.:mrgreen:
 
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Jack Hays said:
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There's not much a journal can do about blogs such as WUWT coming to completely erroneous conclusions and publishing those made-up conclusions as if the conclusions come from the journal article. Fraudulent conclusions drawn from legitimate articles is the bread and butter of such blogs and there is no way to enact laws against it.
 
ecofarm said:
There's not much a journal can do about blogs such as WUWT coming to completely erroneous conclusions and publishing those made-up conclusions as if the conclusions come from the journal article. Fraudulent conclusions drawn from legitimate articles is the bread and butter of such blogs and there is no way to enact laws against it.
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That's not the subject of the linked article.
 
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