Skeptical Science

Skeptical Science is one of 31 authors -powered Science Blog, which is available in 21 languages. It was founded by Australian solar physicist and author John Cook in 2007. The site carries over 160 typical arguments of climate skeptics and their refutation. In addition, articles on current issues in the context of global warming appear.

Description

John Cook called on the site to life after he heard a speech by U.S. Senator Jim Inhofe in 2007, in which it described the problem of global warming as a joke. Cook structured the site so that he and his co-authors every climate skeptic argument, the statements of science faces; In addition, explanatory background information and scientific references are supplied. Background information can be found in two to three different verbosity levels, so that the reader can choose the complexity of the response. The site is not affiliated with any political, economic or charitable organization and is financed solely by John Cook.

Smartphone App

The company Shine Technologies provided for Cook an app that is made available to both the operator of the website, as well as for the free users. The user can thus read the summaries of the arguments given above. The app is available for Android, iPhone and Nokia and has been downloaded: 8 months after its appearance already 60,000 times.

Reception

The The Washington Post called Skeptical Science as the most prominent and most detailed website that deals with arguments of climate skeptics. Skeptical Science won in 2011, the Eureka Prize from the Australian Museum in the category of advances in knowledge to global warming. David Suzuki recommends SkepticalScience as an entry point to acquire knowledge on the topic of global warming. The marine biologist Ove Hoegh - Guldberg described Skeptical Science as the most prominent global, knowledge-based website that deals with the topic of global warming.

The science blog was called in 2010 per month 400,000 times.