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What does intellectual bankruptcy often look like? Trying to switch topics by going ad hominem, that s what. When somebody stops thinking and begins flinging irrelevant insults, threats and accusations at a person, we re seeing a crisply humiliating admission: I have nothing. Going broke isn t free. In the case of climate science it s climate scientists who bear costs. Global Witness quantifies this, finding that some 50% of climate scientists have found themselves on the receiving end of vitriol hurled by (surrendering, let s remember) abusers in various online venues. Being outsmarted by a woman seems to be particularly enraging for losers, or so disproportionate statistics of degenerate behaviors suggest. The entire sorry and shaming report is available as a PDF: Global Hating. From this week s collection of government and NGO reports.
Projected changes to El Niño will likely accelerate warming of the deep oceans around the Antarctic, supplying heat that could drive ice loss and sea level rise.
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