Added 7-12-2009

When someone makes a specious claim, do you ignore it or confront it? Deniers claim they win the argument unless they are confronted. Here's some grist for the confrontation mill!

University tackles sceptics' arguments

DEBORAH SMITH
SCIENCE EDITOR
The Age
December 7, 2009

AS WORLD leaders gather in Copenhagen, efforts to undermine public confidence in the science of climate change have intensified.
Sceptics have recently gained traction by exaggerating uncertainties in the research, said Brett Parris, a research fellow at Monash University and World Vision Australia's chief economist.
'They have been working very hard to create an impression there is a raging debate among research scientists about whether humans are contributing to climate change,' he said. 'But that is not the case.'
With the advice of scientists, Dr Parris, who trained as a geologist, has developed a 48-page document outlining scientific responses to questions and objections proposed by sceptics.

Copy the URL below and paste it into your browser and you’ll find the paper “Responses to Questions & Objections on Climate Change” by Dr Brett Parris, Chief Economist, World Vision Australia and Research Fellow at Monash University.

http://www-personal.buseco.monash.edu.au/~BParris/BPClimateChangeQ&As.html