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Just trying to get some truth out about Climate Change. David Allard, Professor of Biology, Texas A&M Universtiy-Texarkana.

David Allard


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    Lying leaders

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2021 2:49


    Lies spread by country leaders result in deaths.

    Keep wearing the mask!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2021 4:23


    Better be safe than sorry.

    It ain’t over.

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2021 3:23


    COVID is still with us even though numbers in some places are falling.

    Myth 8 vaccines

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2021 4:49


    Short discussion on the vaccines

    Update from Who on herd immunity

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2021 0:52


    Not this year

    COVID-19 Myth 7

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2021 2:56


    Herd immunity

    COVID-19 myth number 6

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2021 2:22


    Testing gives inrlcreases

    COVID MYTH number 5

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2021 2:19


    Hydroxychloroquine is an effective treatment

    COVID Myth 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2020 2:51


    Wealthy elites are using the virus to profit from a vaccine.

    Ivermectin?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2020 2:46


    This one talks about using Ivermectin to treat COVID-19. Check FLCCC. HTTPS:/covid19criticalcare.com

    COVID myth 3 Mask wearing

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2020 2:10


    Mask wearing is effective in this pandemic. Wear one!

    COVID 19 Myth 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2020 2:56


    No worse than the flu?

    COVID 19 myth 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2020 1:47


    There are a number of persistent myths surrounding COVID-19. This is the first.

    Psychology of denial

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2020 3:42


    A bit of the psychology of climate change denial. Link to full interview of Lewandowsky: https://youtu.be/7FQUsCyLzlE. Article: Lewandowsky, S., Pilditch, T. D., Madsen, J. K., Oreskes, N., & Risbey, J. S. (2019). Influence and seepage: An evidence-resistant minority can affect public opinion and scientific belief formation. Cognition, 188, 124–139. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2019.01.011

    Some data points

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2019 3:39


    World continues to do little about climate change.

    Trump's first 1000 days and Science

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2019 2:41


    https://www.csldf.org/2019/10/17/heres-how-science-has-suffered-during-the-first-1000-days-of-trump/ I describe a blog post from the Climate Legal Defense Fund blog dated October 17, 2019 "Here’s How Science Has Suffered During the First 1,000 Days of Trump" Check it out.

    Thawing in Siberia.

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2019 4:24


    From the Washington Post Oct. 3, 2019

    Myth 10. Antarctica is Gaining Ice.

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2019 1:39


    “Satellites measure Antarctica is gaining sea ice but losing land ice at an accelerating rate which has implications for sea level rise.” WWW.skepticalscience.com

    Myth 9. The climate has not warmed since 1998.

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2019 1:08


    “Every part of the Earth's climate system has continued warming since 1998, with 2015 shattering temperature records.” https://skepticalscience.com/global-warming-stopped-in-1998.htm

    Myth 8. Animals and Plants Can Adapt

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2019 1:28


    Another myth perpetrated by the contrarians. Animals and plants cannot change as fast as the climate is changing. Check www.skepticalscience.com.

    Myth 7. The temperature record is unreliable.

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2019 2:41


    The warming trend is the same in rural and urban areas.

    11 Things

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2019 3:56


    Based on an article in Forbes Magazine by Dr. Marshall Shepherd of the University of Georgia and the Weather Channel.

    Myth 6: Climate Models are Unreliable.

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2019 7:25


    Models have in fact predicted most of what we are seeing in global change. Check the information at www.skepticalscience.com/climate-models.htm

    Myth 5. It’s Cooling!

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2019 2:29


    When you are looking for evidence of global warming, it is easy to find and is overwhelming. The key indicators of global warming are all moving in the direction expected of a warming globe. Check https://skepticalscience.com/global-cooling.htm for more information.

    Myth 4: There is no Consensus

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2019 1:40


    97% of the scientific papers published by climate scientists support the proposition that current climate change is real and human-induced. Check https://www.skepticalscience.com/ and http://theconsensusproject.com/ for more information.

    Myth 3. Its not that bad.

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2019 2:18


    Short discussion of some of the fallacies of this statement. Check www.skepticalscience.com

    It’s the weather stupid, not the climate!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2019 1:06


    The current cold snap is not evidence that the global climate is not changing.

    Myth 2. It is the Sun.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2019 1:21


    Actually the Sun has been in a cooling period during the last 35 years. The Earth keeps getting warmer.

    Myth 1. Climate has changed before.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2019 9:09


    Yes, climate has changed before but not like it is now and not because of human activity. Check https://goo.gl/fX1sHU for information from Mauna Observatory and https://skepticalscience.com/ for more information.

    Science Denial (Trailer)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2019 0:35


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