Potholer and Tom Debate Climate: The Movie | Tom Nelson Pod #298

About Potholer: I am a former science journalist and geologist  00:00 Introduction and Debate Setup 00:37 Debate Topics Overview 02:46 Discussion on Graphs and Data 04:17 Debate on Climate Change Evidence 05:36 Proxy Data and Temperature Records 08:42 Disputing the 'Spike of Doom' 14:42 Modern Temperature Trends 25:13 Statistical Robustness and Data Interpretation 30:02 Debating Statistical Robustness 31:24 Holocene Climate Optimum and Ancient Civilizations 32:36 Medieval Warm Period vs. Holocene Climate Optimum 33:08 Disputing Study References 35:48 The Spike of Doom Debate 45:41 CO2 Levels and Ice Ages 54:47 Urban Heat Island Effect 59:26 Urban vs. Rural Temperature Trends 01:00:33 Critique of Movie's Temperature Graphs 01:06:34 Debate on Urban Heat Island (UHI) Effect 01:13:14 Discussion on Extreme Weather 01:17:11 Cosmic Rays and Climate Variability 01:24:03 Motivations and Funding in Climate Science 01:30:50 Final Thoughts and Closing Remarks Info-rich NoTricksZone post: “Unmasking Marcott’s “Uptick”: https://notrickszone.com/2018/12/13/a-fabricated-uptick-marcotts-2013-hockey-stick-graph-debunked-by-marcotts-own-2011-ph-d-thesis/ Potholer’s channel: https://www.youtube.com/@potholer54 ======== AI summaries of all of my podcasts: https://tomn.substack.com/p/podcast-summaries My Linktree: https://linktr.ee/tomanelson1