In Twitterland, you get to see Human Nature, red in both tooth and varnished fingernail. So I thought I would post this brief, timely reminder that naked sexism, as manifest in the Naked Ape, is still alive and well – and it cuts both ways.

Firstly, a familiar figure – Sarah Myhre, meteorologist Cliff Mass’s one time nemesis, who ironically pops up to defend him (albeit in a roundabout fashion) from the mild criticism of a fellow meteorologist who disagrees that CO2 is the climate control knob. Cliff posted this link to his article:

How Climate Change Exaggeration Can Hurt People and the Environment https://t.co/E5KIoDngoN pic.twitter.com/R3wH5BOxkU — Cliff Mass (@CliffMass) June 23, 2018

In reply, Craig Woods tweeted:

I disagree with the first part of this article. As a meteorologist who has studied this subject for almost 20 years, I do not see clear evidence that CO2 is the primary control knob for our ever changing climate. I see much evidence against it. i.e ice core records. — Craig Woods (@Woods8Craig) June 24, 2018

Cue, Sarah Myhre:

That is simply not an argument that is scientifically supported. It’s an uninformed opinion for one white dude. You need to take an Earth History undergrad course. I could recommend a few. — Dr. #abolishICE (@SarahEMyhre) June 24, 2018

To which Craig replied, quite rightly:

What a racist, arrogant, unscientific comment. Not surprising. Conversation not possible. — Craig Woods (@Woods8Craig) June 24, 2018

Sarah Myhre is well known for her outspoken feminist opinions and abrasive climate activism, whilst claiming that she has science on her side. Bizarrely, she still garners much support from her climate scientist colleagues.

As an antidote to Myhre’s extreme feminism, I came across this from climate scientist Friederike Otto on Twitter today:

I am at the @IPCC_CH WG1 lead author meeting, wearing a lead author badge. Meeting another lead author with different area of expertise, his very first question: "So, who is your supervisor at Oxford?" I'd be a very impressive student being a lead author! #everydaysexism — Friederike Otto (@FrediOtto) June 26, 2018

Which is a disgrace really, in this day and age, especially considering that it happened to a respected and well known female scientist at a UN IPCC WG1 lead author meeting where, of all venues, you might expect at least gender parity to prevail, if not a distinctly positive bias in favour of women to be apparent.

Funny old world we live in, still full of glaring contradictions.