Ian Wishart: Major NIWA climate change study gets shredded in OpenAI’s ChatGPT peer-review

Media runs with bad data, again

On 2 July, the NZ Herald republished an opinion piece by Auckland University’s Dr Tim Welch, which, among other things, stated:

“It’s getting hotter. Niwa data shows New Zealand is already experiencing extreme temperatures five times more frequently than historical baselines. Wellington hit 30.3°C and Hamilton 32.9°C in January, both all-time records. Marine heatwaves are persisting around South Island coasts months longer than usual.”

Eliora: Is NIWA Under Political Pressure?

Disputing the existence of previous storms is pretty stupid... or is it?

Recently there has been a verbal stoush between the Government and an investigative journalist. Minister of Research, Science and Innovation Judith Collins believes NIWA (the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research) research and statistics. Awkwardly, Ian Wishart says NIWA has left out vital storm statistics. He subsequently informed the minister’s office of a concerning omission in his view. On 14 August, Reality Check Radio (RCR) breakfast host Paul Brennan interviewed Collins to discuss GE field trials and this alleged disparity. Listen here (below):

Mike Butler: Ice increase riles global warmers

Six years ago, the BBC cited climate scientists in predicting that the Arctic would be ice-free in (the northern) summer by 2013. Instead, Arctic ice now covers nearly a million more square miles of ocean than in August 2012 — an increase of 60 percent. This has led Britain's Mail on Sunday to report:

"Some eminent scientists now believe the world is heading for a period of cooling that will not end until the middle of the century — a process that would expose computer forecasts of imminent catastrophic warming as dangerously misleading."