By Paul Homewood
h/t Dennis Ambler
It seems the Met Office is getting worried that its one-sided reporting of climate change is becoming exposed, as people are beginning to check the facts for themselves:
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There is overwhelming evidence that climate change is affecting the health of the planet and the wellbeing of billions of people around the world. The impacts are affecting the lives and livelihoods of many, sometimes on a daily basis.
Despite the evidence and public concern about climate change – 82% of people in the UK are at least fairly concerned with 39% very concerned according to a recent survey by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero – there is a proliferation of climate misinformation especially on social media. As one of the world’s leading weather and climate organisations we believe it is important we all have access to trusted, up to date information on climate change.
In this age where the flow of information is shared so quickly, we have developed a toolkit to provide information and clarity around topics on which misinformation is sometimes shared. This will enable individuals to form opinions from information based on peer-reviewed science. Much of our scientific research forms part of the national and international scientific evidence for climate change and climate change impacts. These pages include the latest climate science from our own research as well as the latest internationally agreed science collated by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
There are certain areas that are regularly questioned and unfortunately some of this scepticism can deflect attention away from important issues such as the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. When we spot themes of climate misinformation, we will update the content on these pages to give you access to trusted information on what we believe is one of the greatest challenges to the future of our planet and society.
If you would like to find out more about what you can do to help tackle climate change, visit our Get Climate Ready webpages.
https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/climate-change/tackling-climate-misinformation
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Well, if it comes down to misinformation, let’s take a closer look at this latest missive from the Met Office:
There is overwhelming evidence that climate change is affecting the health of the planet and the wellbeing of billions of people around the world. The impacts are affecting the lives and livelihoods of many, sometimes on a daily basis
This is an utterly absurd and baseless claim. Heaven knows what they mean about “health of the planet”, but what about the rest of the guff?
Billions of people around the world are better off than ever before. The idea that climate change is affecting their lives on a daily basis is the sort of lie that you expect from the BBC/Guardian, not from what is supposed to be a reputable scientific organisation.
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39% very concerned
I have no doubt that this is true. It is why they are “very concerned” that we should all be worried about, because it is an utterly irrational reaction, certainly for anybody living in Britain.
The blame for this sad state of affairs lies mainly with the BBC led media operation. But if the Met Office believe they are science-based, they should be doing all they can to add balance, and debunk all of the silly scare stories. Unfortunately they are all too keen to be part of that propaganda effort.
Peer-reviewed science
As most honest scientists admit, peer review is grossly overrated. Instead of appealing to authority, the Met Office should be prepared to debate on the basis of actual data.
internationally agreed science
If it is “agreed”, it is not science!
“We believe it is important we all have access to trusted, up to date information on climate change.
On the contrary, the Met Office make it extremely difficult to obtain up to date data, such as daily temperature stats. Their policy appears to be – don’t bother your little heads with facts, just believe what we tell you!
So that’s five pieces of misinformation in a very short statement. Not a very good look is it?
Their web-page includes some examples of the “misinformation” they have felt compelled to correct:
This is a strawman. As far as I am aware, nobody has accused the Met Office of doing this.
Rather, it is the BBC and some other media outlets who have been accused of changing their colour schemes.
Contrary to their denial, this is precisely what they have done, when they introduced Version 2 last year. The adjustments made had the effect of increasing the warming trend since the 1970s:
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Their own data clearly shows that the warming trend in the 1990s has since fizzled out, and that there has effectively been little or no warming in the last two decades:
https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/hadobs/hadcet/data/download.html
The fact that it is warmer now than it was 360 years ago is irrelevant. Maybe temperatures will start increasing again sometime in the future. But the Met Office should be honest and openly admit that at the moment they have stopped rising, instead of trying to obscure the fact.
This particular sentence sums up the Met Office’s motivation:
There are certain areas that are regularly questioned and unfortunately some of this scepticism can deflect attention away from important issues such as the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
What they are in effect saying is that, in their minds, climate change is too important a topic to allow inconvenient facts to get in the way.
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