Prophecy fails the scientific test

The Prime Minister's Chief Science Adviser, Sir Peter Gluckman, has done us all a favour and provided a textbook illustration of the difference between science and non-science.

Rodney Hide
Sat, 17 Aug 2013

The Prime Minister's Chief Science Adviser, Sir Peter Gluckman, has done us all a favour and provided a textbook illustration of the difference between science and non-science.

His recent report, New Zealand's Changing Climate and Oceans, boldly predicts an average temperature increase of

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