UK climate scientist corrects Australian MP Craig Kelly's 'blatant misrepresentation'

Prof Sandy Harrison tells the Liberal on his Facebook page that his misuse of her study should not go unchallengedA leading UK climate scientist has used the Facebook page of the MP Craig Kelly to correct his “blatant misrepresentation” of a study she co-authored on a 70,000-year history of bushfires in Australia.Kelly, a serial denier of climate change, has been using the 2011 study to claim rising CO2 in the atmosphere can ’t be linked to Australia’s bushfire crisis, because the study had shown total area being burned was going down while CO2 is rising.Continue reading...

Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 22, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Graham Readfearn Tags: Climate change Coalition Australian politics Liberal party Facebook Australia news Environment Science Source Type: news