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Climatologists Wager on Global Warming

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the dollars-for-degrees dept.

coflow writes "The Guardian is carrying a story about a $10,000 bet that a pair of Russian scientists have entered with British climate expert James Annan. According to the article, the Russians believe the world will be cooler in 10 years. "If the temperature drops Dr Annan will stump up the $10,000 (now equivalent to about £5,800) in 2018. If the Earth continues to warm, the money will go the other way.""

3 of 591 comments (clear)

  1. Re:2018? by WilliamSChips · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    Where have the last three years gone?
    The same place all those socks and the grammar skills of /. editors went.
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    Please, for the good of Humanity, vote Obama.
  2. umm... by jazzman251 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Climatologists Wager on Global Warming:
     
      This is a bet, so why is it under science?

  3. Re: or maybe the Russians just hedged their bet by cyber_rigger · · Score: 0, Offtopic


    1. Spend another $10,000 on cheap Siberian tundra
    2. Global warming
    3. ????
    4. Profit