Five shots against global warming denialism

It's a truism that whenever I write about the solid fact that the Earth is warming up, that post will get comments that make it clear that denialists -- and please read that link before commenting on my use of the word -- are like religious zealots, writing the same tired long-debunked arguments that are usually debunked in the very post they're commenting on. Still, we press on. The noise machine only wins if they can outshout reality, so it's important to keep writing about it. Here are five news items about climate change that might help mitigate the nonsense. 1) Last week, I posted the results from studies showing 2011 was the 9th hottest year on record. Forbes online has more information on this. They take a different tack on it, but get the same results I do: the Earth is warming up, and humans are why. 2) Some ...