Climate Change: Professor Brian Cox clashes with sceptic Malcolm Roberts - BBC News

Professor Brian Cox has verbally sparred with a newly elected Australian politician who believes climate change is a global conspiracy. The British physicist behind BBC's Wonders of the Universe was a guest on the adversarial panel show Q&A. Also on the Australian TV show was senator-elect Malcolm Roberts from the anti-immigration One Nation party. The celebrity scientist was dumbfounded by Mr Roberts' claim that climate change data was manipulated by Nasa.

[leew]

"Show me the Evidence!' (He's shown the evidence) evidence has been corrupted!'

[englishwithemily]

Why have you muted out all the responses given by the sceptic?

[rmapcynan]

I don't agree with Malcolm Roberts, however...!

When the audience applaud enthusiastically after Brian says 'I brought the graph', I have to say, so what? We don't know what the X and Y axes are. The graph could say anything, and it is very easy to create a graph that misrepresents data.  So simply applauding because someone holds up a graph that they couldn't possibly see from a distance, could not possibly interpret, is lunacy. This isn't a discussion about climate change, its TV entertainment.

[brettb]

lol cuts the handle off the "hockey stick" oh and a wee note from the UN that's sure to increase credibility 😂

[AbyNeon]

Its raining in London today, same as the last 6000 years.

[arbanaskocudo]

" Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and im not sure about the former "

[reasonableguy]

BBC + Brian Cox + a graph on a piece of paper. 😂

[deborahflack]

This is a BBC programme, therefore must be viewed with several handfuls of scepticism.

[kvuppal]

How can you claim "absolute consensus", when right before you there's a scientist who disagrees?

[apple_cider]

at least you guys have the decency to sit down and talk about it. such panels with both opinions are rarely held in the US

[pingu]

If the evidence doesen't agree with you, it must be false.

[Lineysraceroom]

Well if there is a graph printed on A4 paper it must be true. I'd like to know what data is on the graph, for example what length of time is the graph data showing. I recently seen one curtsey of the BAS which shows the last 60 years 🤣. Juat a thought shall we add a few thousand years to the graph so we can get a nice chunk of data.

[criticalbiker]

Nice picture of the Michael Mann fake ‘hockey stick temperature data model right there by Brian Cox.

[Electrozonelectronic]

Bad science to say absolute consensus and you can’t argue....

[MyThingsRedux]

His graph doesn't go back to 1659. There are thermometer records from 1659-present for Central England. Shows many 1C rise and falls in the 18th and 19th centuries, and a 2C rise in average temperature from 1690-1730. Great that Cox got told that consensus is not science. It is not. A consensus is never overturned by a consensus!

[aus]

“Where is the evidence?”
“Right here”

“no”

[ranbyhall-ourlifetimeadven]

Consensus is due to money, it’s paid for therefore not valid

[jruskky]

So no weatherman can predicted an accurate forecast for more than a few days but the Climate crazies know what will happen in 100 years😅😅😅

[justintype]

What year does the graph start? 1880? Not really showing the whole picture now are you Brian?

[gitmoholliday]

it's just politics and corruption nothing else