Speaking of Frigid…
John Tierney points to an interesting minority report put out by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, which attempts to debunk fears that man-made global climate change is driving polar bears to extinction.
It’s notable for the link to this study critiquing the forecasting methods used by researchers predicting the polar bear demise. The forecasting critique comes from the Forecasting Principles website. I didn’t know that anyone had studied forecasting itself as a discipline. This chapter from the website authors’ book on forecasting looks like a useful introduction.