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Mikhail Kolybaba left a comment for Kate
Hi Kate,
I just wanted to congratulate you on winning the YWCA Women of Distinction Award. A family friend, Linda Bulka, won the 'Education and Training' category, and I heard about that a while back. I was reading the article in the Free…
Kate and Nicole Lahaie are now friends
Kate left a comment for Mikhail Kolybaba
Hey Mikhail,
Thanks for your comment, I'm glad you like my blog! Spread it around to people you know, I want this kind of logic to become more widespread.
I have a year left of high school, but I'm way overeager in climate science and…
Mikhail Kolybaba left a comment for Kate
Hi Kate,
My names Mikhail, I designed this website.
I've been checking out your blog. It's quite interesting; I like how you seem to break down your posts into basic logic, making an argument, for example, about the credibility of…
Kate left a comment for Ryan Persaud
RYAN! Great picture! The CCC team (I get to work for them this summer!!!) recommended I make a profile here to spread my blog around some more.
Worm arrangements are taken care of for the summer. They will miss you when you gradulate.
Kate left a comment for Dean Medeiros
Hi there - Erica recommended that I create a profile on this site so I can spread my blog around some more. Just wanted to let you know I'm up here.
Blog posts by Kate
Profile Information
- About Me:
- Kate is an aspiring climatologist. Currently, she is attempting to battle the misinformation and confusion surrounding climate change in the general public.
- Email Address
- climatesight@live.com
Visit Kate's blog at:
http://climatesight.wordpress.com
http://climatesight.wordpress.com
Kate's Blog
It's Everyone's World
A nation’s policies usually only affect its citizens. Take health care, crime, or taxes. These policies could affect the rest of the world indirectly – through the economy, for example – but the benefits and consequences of the policies’ effectiveness, or lack thereof, will be present first and foremost in the nation in which they were created.
Climate change legislation doesn’t work the same way.…
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Climate change legislation doesn’t work the same way.…
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Posted on June 11, 2009 at 6:10pm
Normal Scientific Practice
Scientists debate each other’s work all the time. In fact, they’re encouraged to do so. The peer-review process was set up so that every misconception, assumption, or source of error in a scientific article could be nailed down and corrected. Scientists look for mistakes. It’s practically in their job description.
Normal scientific practice states that, should a scientist find a mistake in someone else’s work, they approach them about it, either directly or through the journal which… Continue
Normal scientific practice states that, should a scientist find a mistake in someone else’s work, they approach them about it, either directly or through the journal which… Continue
Posted on June 11, 2009 at 6:09pm
The Source of the Ice Age Claim
An all-too-common claim people use to justify ignoring the widespread scientific agreement on climate change is, “The scientists were all predicting an ice age in the 70s, and that didn’t happen.”
Last year, a publishing climatologist, the highest category for an individual on our credibility spectrum, decided to investigate just how valid this claim was.
Continue reading "The Source of… Continue
Last year, a publishing climatologist, the highest category for an individual on our credibility spectrum, decided to investigate just how valid this claim was.
Continue reading "The Source of… Continue
Posted on June 11, 2009 at 6:08pm
Why Al Gore Doesn't Matter
Climate change skeptics like to imply that Al Gore’s word is all we have going for us. That our faith in the theory is upheld simply because he supports it. That he’s brainwashed us all and we should think for ourselves. If it sounds like I’m exaggerating, go check out some YouTube comments – and even entire videos – dedicated to these concepts.
But the truth is, Al Gore could have never existed and the scientific theory of anthropogenic climate change would be the same as it is… Continue
But the truth is, Al Gore could have never existed and the scientific theory of anthropogenic climate change would be the same as it is… Continue
Posted on June 11, 2009 at 6:07pm
Making Up Your Own Science
Why do so many people believe they’re more qualified on the topic of climate change than the climatologists themselves?
Visit Youtube, the editorial page of a newspaper, or even the blogosphere. All over places like these, where opinions can be expressed freely, there are countless people who
1) have little to no scientific training,
2) rely solely on the popular media for information on climate change,
3) are obviously unfamiliar with elementary… Continue
Visit Youtube, the editorial page of a newspaper, or even the blogosphere. All over places like these, where opinions can be expressed freely, there are countless people who
1) have little to no scientific training,
2) rely solely on the popular media for information on climate change,
3) are obviously unfamiliar with elementary… Continue
Posted on June 11, 2009 at 6:06pm
Comment Wall (2 comments)
- At 12:20pm on June 5, 2010,
Mikhail Kolybaba said… - Hi Kate,
I just wanted to congratulate you on winning the YWCA Women of Distinction Award. A family friend, Linda Bulka, won the 'Education and Training' category, and I heard about that a while back. I was reading the article in the Free Press, and I remembered you from this website and your blog and realized the article was talking about you, so I thought I'd congratulate you. It's a big award, so it's nice to see you're getting some recognition. Keep up the good work with the blog and in general!
Take care,
Mikhail
- At 1:16pm on June 15, 2009,
Mikhail Kolybaba said…
- Hi Kate,
My names Mikhail, I designed this website.
I've been checking out your blog. It's quite interesting; I like how you seem to break down your posts into basic logic, making an argument, for example, about the credibility of sources, as opposed to their truth value.
I particularly like what you had to say here:
"Leave the science to the scientists. As citizens and voters, let’s use our efforts to look at action and risk management instead, which you don’t need a PhD to understand."
That's a very clever outlook, and it's one I share. I'm glad to see you're spending time clearing up some of the confusion on these issues. I'm finding that your positions are similar to mine, and I'll be the first to admit that you're doing a better job articulating them and publishing them than I am. Keep up the good work, and welcome to the website!
Sincerely,
Mikhail
PS: I noticed that you said you are an 'aspiring climatologist'. Are you currently studying climate sciences? Or maybe planning to in the future?
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