Tag: The Register
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Climate reporting – compare and contrast
There’s a subtle difference here that I can’t quite put my finger on. An article in The Register (by Lewis Page): Agricultural brainboxes at Stanford University say that global warming isn’t likely to seriously affect poor people in developing nations, who make up so much of the human race. Under some scenarios, poor farmers “could…
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Freedom of obfuscation
I have regrettably discovered that my old faithful source of technology news (which I haven’t paid much attention to in recent years) is engaging in one of those enlightening let’s-all-laugh-at-the-scientists climate change denialism campaigns. This article in The Register caught my attention today, and made me despair a little. Andrew Orlowski reports light-heartedly on a…