This 11-page article critiques the controversial documentary on climate change by British television producer Mr Martin Durkin, The Great Global Warming Swindle.
Jones D, Watkins A, Braganza K, Coughlan M. 2007. The Great Global Warming Swindle a critique. Bulletin of the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society Vol. 20
The overwhelming view amongst climate scientists is that twentieth century global warming is largely due to an increase in atmospheric greenhouse gases resulting from increased industrialization over the last 100-150 years.
Mr Durkin presents an alternative view that recent global warming is neither significant nor due to human activity.
His The Great Global Warming Swindle television documentary argues against conventional scientific understanding of the degree and cause of recent, observed climate change.
The documentary does not attempt to argue the latter view through any critical deconstruction of climate science orthodoxies.
This article argues that the documentary does not attempt to argue the latter view through any critical deconstruction of climate science orthodoxies.
Rather, it contends that modern climate scientists are at best seriously misguided in their collective opinion on the nature and causes of global warming, or are at worst guilty of lying to the rest of the community.
Publicity for the documentary leans heavily towards the latter, stating that global warming is 'the biggest scam of modern times'.
This article by researchers of the National Climate Centre, Bureau of Meteorology endeavours to redress the claims of the documentary.
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