Frank Best
@frankbest.bsky.social
Professor for Intl. Management @HTWG Konstanz. Main Focus Climate Economics / Greenhouse Gas Pricing. Scientist 4 Future. Climate Activist. Speaker.
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The term 'global warming', however, is attributed to W.S. Broecker from the 1975 article "Climatic Change: Are we on the Brink of a pronounced Global Warming?" - 20 years after the first instance of 'climatic change' that I could find.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Climatic Change: Are We on the Brink of a Pronounced Global Warming?
If man-made dust is unimportant as a major cause of climatic change, then a strong case can be made that the present cooling trend will, within a decade or so, give way to a pronounced warming induced...
www.science.org
August 14, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The term 'global warming', however, is attributed to W.S. Broecker from the 1975 article "Climatic Change: Are we on the Brink of a pronounced Global Warming?" - 20 years after the first instance of 'climatic change' that I could find.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Let's look at the facts.
The term 'climate change' appears as early as 1956 in Gilbert Plass' famous article "The Carbon Dioxide Theory of Climatic Change".
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
The term 'climate change' appears as early as 1956 in Gilbert Plass' famous article "The Carbon Dioxide Theory of Climatic Change".
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
The Carbon Dioxide Theory of Climatic Change
The most recent calculations of the infra-red flux in the region of the 15 micron CO2 band show that the average surface temperature of the earth increases 3.6° C if the CO2 concentration in the atmo...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 14, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Let's look at the facts.
The term 'climate change' appears as early as 1956 in Gilbert Plass' famous article "The Carbon Dioxide Theory of Climatic Change".
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
The term 'climate change' appears as early as 1956 in Gilbert Plass' famous article "The Carbon Dioxide Theory of Climatic Change".
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
... gaming search engines; “advertorials” that make misleading claims; developing and promoting education curriculum; ad hominem attacks against scientists; leveraging online media to pressure legacy media through flack; and harnessing right-wing media and culture war politics."
February 8, 2024 at 9:12 AM
... gaming search engines; “advertorials” that make misleading claims; developing and promoting education curriculum; ad hominem attacks against scientists; leveraging online media to pressure legacy media through flack; and harnessing right-wing media and culture war politics."
This has included Dark Money networks that fund think tanks, educational non-profits, political campaigns, and Super PACS; creating fake environmental organisations (called astroturfing); funding contrarian scientists (“merchants of doubt”) and pro-industry economists; ad spending by the oil lobby;
February 8, 2024 at 9:12 AM
This has included Dark Money networks that fund think tanks, educational non-profits, political campaigns, and Super PACS; creating fake environmental organisations (called astroturfing); funding contrarian scientists (“merchants of doubt”) and pro-industry economists; ad spending by the oil lobby;
January 18, 2024 at 3:26 PM
Another example of how spin doctors tried to and still are trying to undermine sound science on global warming. Source:
www.sourcewatch.org/images/4/45/...
www.sourcewatch.org/images/4/45/...
January 18, 2024 at 3:25 PM
Another example of how spin doctors tried to and still are trying to undermine sound science on global warming. Source:
www.sourcewatch.org/images/4/45/...
www.sourcewatch.org/images/4/45/...
"You need to be even more active in recruiting experts who are sympathetic to your view, [...]
If you wish to challenge the prevailing wisdom on global warming, it is more effective to have professionals make the case than politicians."
If you wish to challenge the prevailing wisdom on global warming, it is more effective to have professionals make the case than politicians."
January 18, 2024 at 3:25 PM
"You need to be even more active in recruiting experts who are sympathetic to your view, [...]
If you wish to challenge the prevailing wisdom on global warming, it is more effective to have professionals make the case than politicians."
If you wish to challenge the prevailing wisdom on global warming, it is more effective to have professionals make the case than politicians."