Eric Steig Gets 27 Million Pinocchios
Posted: April 27, 2015 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a commentReal Science
[Update : comment from Eric Steig]
For the record, I never said anything of the sort. It’s best to avoid publishing quotes, unless you have first hand evidence that the quote is correctly attributed. I agree with you that such claims about there being “a 1-in-27 million chance” that Earth’s record hot streak is natural are stupid. I’d appreciate your correcting or deleting this blog post of yours, seeing as there is a 100% chance you are misquoting me!
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There is less than a 1-in-27 million chance that Earth’s record hot streak is natural
Eric Steig, a professor at the University of Washington, told Mashable that satellite data’s main flaw is that it doesn’t tell us much about the changing climate where we live — that is, at the surface.
“We live on the surface, and the surface temperature…
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