Whilst I would describe myself as a scientific skeptic, in that
I will try to investigate claims before coming to a judgement, I
would not say I was a “climate change skeptic”. This term is
often used to label those that are irrationally dismissive of
the scientific evidence (or worse). Several commentators on
climate issues, notably George Monbiot of the Guardian, have now
started referring to many within this group as “climate change
deniers” as it appears that any amount of evidence counter to
their stance will alter their belief in that position. One
prominent blogger, though, found the use of the denial tag
unhelpful and has set himself the challenge, as a layperson, “to
make sense of the global warming and climate change debates” via
a new blog. Now, though, we have an opportunity to test the
scientific integrity of one of these skeptics. Anthony Watts, an
American weather presenter, blogger and self proclaimed climate
change skeptic, was instrumental in setting up a web campaign to
survey the United St