Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Cherry Picking the News

Cherry Picking the weather: anyone can do it:

The IPCC Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation. (Presentation Slideshow, p.8).


The Little Skeptic

Links to newspaper articles all from the first decade of the 20th century:
Agriculture: http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/63863482
Energy: http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/12281781
Water: http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/search/results/1900-01-01/1909-12-31?contenttype=article&basicsearch=drought africa&anysearch=drought africa&frontpage=false&sortorder=score
Public Health: http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/24841602
Tourism: http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/69918661
Transportation: http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/56724650