Q & A smackdown: Brian Cox brings graphs to grapple with Malcolm Roberts

One Nation senator-elect asks repeatedly for ‘empirical data’ – and the celebrity physicist has plenty at handThe celebrity physicist Brian Cox came prepared to the ABC ’s Q&A on Monday night with graphs, ready to counter claims by his co-panellist, the climate denier and Australian senator-electMalcolm Roberts.Roberts, one of four senators elected from Pauline Hanson ’s One Nation party, took the first opportunity to espouse long-refuted climate-denialist claims, including that warming stopped more than 20 years ago, starting the so-called “hiatus” or “pause”.Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - Category: Science Authors: Tags: Q & A Brian Cox One Nation Climate change scepticism Environment Science Australian media Australia news Australian politics Greg Hunt Australian immigration and asylum Nauru CSIRO Source Type: news