Dr. Michael Connolly and his son Dr. Ronan Connolly have done an in-depth assessment of weather balloon temperature records. In this video, Dr. Michael Connolly explains that there is a significant difference in temperature between urban temperature monitoring stations and those in rural settings. This is well-known as the "Urban Heat Island" effect, where the heat generated by human activity, as well as the absorption of heat from the sun on black pavement and concrete, is retained in a kind of heat 'bubble' around a city, while in the country, daytime heating is dissipated by evaporation and wind. To find out to what extent the claim of 'global warming' is affected by this phenomenon (which might be an artificial claim), the Connolly's sought an independent data source that would not be affected by urban/human activity - they chose weather balloons. Dr. Michael Connolly discusses their findings. Their full presentation can be seen here on our blog: Balloons in the Air: Understanding weather and climate. https://blog.friendsofscience.org/2019/08/17/balloons-in-the-air-understanding-weather-and-climate/ ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_pEjJ5F0gw

Over 70,000 climate activists, government leaders and influencers are at COP28 - the big UN Climate Conference - set in fabulous Dubai, a miracle city that rises from the desert. One of the main objectives for activists is to phase out fossil-fuels to allegedly stop global warming. Imagine their shock when the president of this year's COP Conference, Sultan Ahmed al-Jaber, said that there is 'no science' behind demands for the phase-out of fossil fuels! Of course this rather spoiled the party for the activist set; some had been dreaming of crushing Big Oil and Big Natural Gas; other had been planning to put a wealth or giant carbon dioxide pollution tax on Big Oil and Big Natural Gas; others had been dreaming of how to force Big Oil and Big Natural Gas to finance the triple the renewables demanded by activists; other want to impose a global carbon tax LAW. No matter how you look at it, they are all using the fantasy claims of a climate catastrophe to try and pick the pockets of energy corporations, and to make ordinary people poor by driving up the cost of everything through these draconian energy taxes. This video explainer walks through some of what the reactions were and also gives people a glimpse of the energy and materials that went into the building of the Burj Khalifa tower in Dubai, surely the most prominent reference to the miracles that hydrocarbons help humans create. But the climate cult is not amused by Sultan al-Jaber's comments and are just digging in their heels. Please support our work. Subscribe, like and share our videos. Joins us! Become a member or donate: https://friendsofscience.org/ ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHk2S6XlzsU

Friends of Science Society offers a five part rebuttal to statements made by Ecojustice on their blog "President Trump isn't the only one ignoring climate science." ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X209M0yKxNU

We are told that the 'science is settled' on climate change and that there is a 97% consensus of scientists who agree. How many people have looked into the data of these surveys? Friends of Science Society did. Here's a short clip reviewing the consensus survey by Doran and Zimmerman (2009/2011). Using some simple, three dimensional objects that represent the reported data from the peer-reviewed study, Michelle Stirling, our Communications Manager, makes it clear that the 'consensus' is not what you think it is. Likewise, 'consensus' researchers don't even agree! Have a look! You can review our report here: https://friendsofscience.org/assets/documents/97_Consensus_Myth.pdf ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgXWN05P_Zo