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OPEN CLIMATE LETTER TO UN SECRETARY-GENERAL: Current scientific knowledge does not substantiate Ban Ki-Moon assertions on weather and climate, say 125 scientists. | FP Comment | Fi...
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Open Letter to theSecretary-General ofthe United Nations
CO2 emissions are unlikely toinfluence future climate. Policiesneed to focus on preparation for,and adaptation to, all dangerousclimatic events, however caused
H.E. Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary-General, United NationsFirst Avenue and East 44th Street, New York, New York,U.S.A.November 29, 2012
Mr. Secretary-General:
On November 9 this year you told the General Assembly: “Extreme weather due toclimate change is the new normal … Our challenge remains, clear and urgent: toreduce greenhouse gas emissions, to strengthen adaptation to … even larger climateshocks … and to reach a legally binding climate agreement by 2015 … This should beone of the main lessons of Hurricane Sandy.”
On November 13 you said at Yale: “The science is clear; we should waste no more timeon that debate.”
The following day, in Al Gore’s “Dirty Weather” Webcast, you spoke of “more severestorms, harsher droughts, greater floods”, concluding: “Two weeks ago, HurricaneSandy struck the eastern seaboard of the United States. A nation saw the reality ofclimate change. The recovery will cost tens of billions of dollars. The cost of inactionwill be even higher. We must reduce our dependence on carbon emissions.”
We the undersigned, qualified in climate-related matters, wish to statethat current scientific knowledge does not substantiate your assertions.
The U.K. Met Office recently released data showing that there has been no statisticallysignificant global warming for almost 16 years. During this period, according to theU.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), carbon dioxide (CO2)
concentrations rose by nearly 9% to now constitute 0.039% of the atmosphere. Globalwarming that has not occurred cannot have caused the extreme weather of the pastfew years. Whether, when and how atmospheric warming will resume is unknown. Thescience is unclear. Some scientists point out that near-term natural cooling, linked tovariations in solar output, is also a distinct possibility.
The “even larger climate shocks” you have mentioned would be worse if the worldcooled than if it warmed. Climate changes naturally all the time, sometimesdramatically. The hypothesis that our emissions of CO2 have caused, or will cause,
dangerous warming is not supported by the evidence.
The incidence and severity of extreme weather has not increased. There is littleevidence that dangerous weather-related events will occur more often in the future.The U.N.’s own Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says in its Special Reporton Extreme Weather (2012) that there is “an absence of an attributable climate changesignal” in trends in extreme weather losses to date. The funds currently dedicated to
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trying to stop extreme weather should therefore be diverted to strengthening ourinfrastructure so as to be able to withstand these inevitable, natural events, and tohelping communities rebuild after natural catastrophes such as tropical storm Sandy.
There is no sound reason for the costly, restrictive public policy decisions proposed atthe U.N. climate conference in Qatar. Rigorous analysis of unbiased observational datadoes not support the projections of future global warming predicted by computermodels now proven to exaggerate warming and its effects.
The NOAA “State of the Climate in 2008” report asserted that 15 years or morewithout any statistically-significant warming would indicate a discrepancy betweenobservation and prediction. Sixteen years without warming have therefore now proventhat the models are wrong by their creators’ own criterion.
Based upon these considerations, we ask that you desist from exploiting the misery ofthe families of those who lost their lives or properties in tropical storm Sandy bymaking unsupportable claims that human influences caused that storm. They did not.We also ask that you acknowledge that policy actions by the U.N., or by the signatorynations to the UNFCCC, that aim to reduce CO2 emissions are unlikely to exercise any
significant influence on future climate. Climate policies therefore need to focus onpreparation for, and adaptation to, all dangerous climatic events however caused.
Signed by:
1. Habibullo I. Abdussamatov, Dr. Sci., mathematician and astrophysicist, Head ofthe Selenometria project on the Russian segment of the ISS, Head of SpaceResearch of the Sun Sector at the Pulkovo Observatory of the Russian Academy ofSciences, St. Petersburg, Russia
2. Syun-Ichi Akasofu, PhD, Professor of Physics, Emeritus and Founding Director,International Arctic Research Center of the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska,U.S.A.
3. Bjarne Andresen, Dr. Scient., physicist, published and presents on the impossibilityof a “global temperature”, Professor, Niels Bohr Institute (physics(thermodynamics) and chemistry), University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen,Denmark
4. J. Scott Armstrong, PhD, Professor of Marketing, The Wharton School, Universityof Pennsylvania, Founder of the International Journal of Forecasting, focus onanalyzing climate forecasts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
5. Timothy F. Ball, PhD, environmental consultant and former climatology professor,University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
6. James R. Barrante, Ph.D. (chemistry, Harvard University), Emeritus Professor ofPhysical Chemistry, Southern Connecticut State University, focus on studying thegreenhouse gas behavior of CO2, Cheshire, Connecticut, U.S.A.
7. Colin Barton, B.Sc., PhD (Earth Science, Birmingham, U.K.), FInstEng AusPrincipal research scientist (ret.), Commonwealth Scientific and IndustrialResearch Organisation (CSIRO), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
8. Joe Bastardi, BSc, (Meteorology, Pennsylvania State), meteorologist, State College,
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9. Franco Battaglia, PhD (Chemical Physics), Professor of Physics and EnvironmentalChemistry, University of Modena, Italy
10. Richard Becherer, BS (Physics, Boston College), MS (Physics, University ofIllinois), PhD (Optics, University of Rochester), former Member of the TechnicalStaff – MIT Lincoln Laboratory, former Adjunct Professor – University ofConnecticut, Areas of Specialization: optical radiation physics, coauthor – standardreference book Optical Radiation Measurements: Radiometry, Millis, MA, U.S.A.
11. Edwin X. Berry, PhD (Atmospheric Physics, Nevada), MA (Physics, Dartmouth),BS (Engineering, Caltech), Certified Consulting Meteorologist, President, ClimatePhysics LLC, Bigfork, MT, U.S.A.
12. Ian Bock, BSc, PhD, DSc, Biological sciences (retired), Ringkobing, Denmark
13. Ahmed Boucenna, PhD, Professor of Physics (strong climate focus), PhysicsDepartment, Faculty of Science, Ferhat Abbas University, Setif, Algéria
14. Antonio Brambati, PhD, Emeritus Professor (sedimentology), Department ofGeological, Environmental and Marine Sciences (DiSGAM), University of Trieste(specialization: climate change as determined by Antarctic marine sediments),Trieste, Italy
15. Stephen C. Brown, PhD (Environmental Science, State University of New York),District Agriculture Agent, Assistant Professor, University of Alaska Fairbanks,Ground Penetrating Radar Glacier research, Palmer, Alaska, U.S.A.
16. Mark Lawrence Campbell, PhD (chemical physics; gas-phase kinetic researchinvolving greenhouse gases (nitrous oxide, carbon dioxide)), Professor, UnitedStates Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, U.S.A.
17. Rudy Candler, PhD (Soil Chemistry, University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF)), formeragricultural laboratory manager, School of Agriculture and Land ResourcesManagement, UAF, co-authored papers regarding humic substances and potentialCO2 production in the Arctic due to decomposition, Union, Oregon, U.S.A.
18. Alan Carlin, B.S. (California Institute of Technology), PhD (economics,Massachusetts Institute of Technology), retired senior analyst and manager, U.S.Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, former Chairman of theAngeles Chapter of the Sierra Club (recipient of the Chapter’s Weldon Heald awardfor conservation work), U.S.A.
19. Dan Carruthers, M.Sc., Arctic Animal Behavioural Ecologist, wildlife biologyconsultant specializing in animal ecology in Arctic and Subarctic regions, TurnerValley, Alberta, Canada
20. Robert M. Carter, PhD, Professor, Marine Geophysical Laboratory, James CookUniversity, Townsville, Australia
21. Uberto Crescenti, PhD, Full Professor of Applied Geology, Università G.d’Annunzio, Past President Società Geologica taliana, Chieti, Italy
22. Arthur Chadwick, PhD (Molecular Biology), Research Professor of Geology,
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Department of Biology and Geology, Southwestern Adventist University, ClimateSpecialties: dendrochronology (determination of past climate states by tree ringanalysis), palynology (same but using pollen as a climate proxy), paleobotany andbotany; Keene, Texas, U.S.A.
23. George V. Chilingar, PhD, Professor, Department of Civil and EnvironmentalEngineering of Engineering (CO2/temp. focused research), University of SouthernCalifornia, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
24. Ian D. Clark, PhD, Professor (isotope hydrogeology and paleoclimatology), Dept. ofEarth Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
25. Cornelia Codreanova, Diploma in Geography, Researcher (Areas of Specialization:formation of glacial lakes) at Liberec University, Czech Republic, Zwenkau,Germany
26. Michael Coffman, PhD (Ecosystems Analysis and Climate Influences, University ofIdaho), CEO of Sovereignty International, President of Environmental Perspectives,Inc., Bangor, Maine, U.S.A.
27. Piers Corbyn, ARCS, MSc (Physics, Imperial College London)), FRAS, FRMetS,astrophysicist (Queen Mary College, London), consultant, founder WeatherActionlong range weather and climate forecasters, American Thinker Climate Forecasterof The Year 2010, London, United Kingdom
28. Richard S. Courtney, PhD, energy and environmental consultant, IPCC expertreviewer, Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom
29. Roger W. Cohen, B.S., M.S., PhD Physics, MIT and Rutgers University, Fellow,American Physical Society, initiated and managed for more than twenty years theonly industrial basic research program in climate, Washington Crossing,Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
30. Susan Crockford, PhD (Zoology/Evolutionary Biology/Archaeozoology), AdjunctProfessor (Anthropology/Faculty of Graduate Studies), University of Victoria,Victoria, British Colombia, Canada
31. Walter Cunningham, B.S., M.S. (Physics – Institute of Geophysics And PlanetarySciences, UCLA), AMP – Harvard Graduate School of Business, Colonel (retired)U.S. Marine Corps, Apollo 7 Astronaut., Fellow – AAS, AIAA; Member AGU,Houston, Texas, U.S.A.
32. Joseph D’Aleo, BS, MS (Meteorology, University of Wisconsin), Doctoral Studies(NYU), CMM, AMS Fellow, Executive Director – ICECAP (International Climateand Environmental Change Assessment Project), College ProfessorClimatology/Meteorology, First Director of Meteorology The Weather Channel,Hudson, New Hampshire, U.S.A.
33. David Deming, PhD (Geophysics), Professor of Arts and Sciences, University ofOklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, U.S.A.
34. James E. Dent; B.Sc., FCIWEM, C.Met, FRMetS, C.Env., Independent Consultant(hydrology & meteorology), Member of WMO OPACHE Group on Flood Warning,Hadleigh, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
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35. Willem de Lange, MSc (Hons), DPhil (Computer and Earth Sciences), SeniorLecturer in Earth and Ocean Sciences, The University of Waikato, Hamilton, NewZealand
36. Silvia Duhau, Ph.D. (physics), Solar Terrestrial Physics, Buenos Aires University,Buenos Aires, Argentina
37. Geoff Duffy, DEng (Dr of Engineering), PhD (Chemical Engineering), BSc,ASTCDip., FRSNZ (first chemical engineer to be a Fellow of the Royal Society inNZ), FIChemE, wide experience in radiant heat transfer and drying, chemicalequilibria, etc. Has reviewed, analysed, and written brief reports and papers onclimate change, Auckland, New Zealand
38. Don J. Easterbrook, PhD, Emeritus Professor of Geology, Western Washington,University, Bellingham, Washington, U.S.A.
39. Ole Henrik Ellestad, former Research Director, applied chemistry SINTEF,Professor in physical chemistry, University of Oslo, Managing director NorskRegnesentral and Director for Science and Technology, Norwegian ResearchCouncil, widely published in infrared spectroscopy, Oslo, Norway
40. Per Engene, MSc, Biologist, Co-author – The Climate, Science and Politics (2009),Bø i Telemark, Norway
41. Gordon Fulks, B.S., M.S., PhD (Physics, University of Chicago), cosmic radiation,solar wind, electromagnetic and geophysical phenomena, Portland, Oregon, U.S.A.
42. Katya Georgieva, MSc (meteorology), PhD (solar-terrestrial climate physics),Professor, Space Research and Technologies Institute, Bulgarian Academy ofSciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
43. Lee C. Gerhard, PhD, Senior Scientist Emeritus, University of Kansas, past directorand state geologist, Kansas Geological Survey, U.S.A.
44. Ivar Giaever PhD, Nobel Laureate in Physics 1973, professor emeritus at theRensselaer Polytechnic Institute, a professor-at-large at the University of Oslo,Applied BioPhysics, Troy, New York, U.S.A.
45. Albrecht Glatzle, PhD, ScAgr, Agro-Biologist and Gerente ejecutivo, Tropicalpasture research and land use management, Director científico de INTTAS, LomaPlata, Paraguay
46. Fred Goldberg, PhD, Adj Professor, Royal Institute of Technology (Mech, Eng.),Secretary General KTH International Climate Seminar 2006 and Climate analyst(NIPCC), Lidingö, Sweden
47. Laurence I. Gould, PhD, Professor of Physics, University of Hartford, Past Chair(2004), New England Section of the American Physical Society, West Hartford,Connecticut, U.S.A.
48. Vincent Gray, PhD, New Zealand Climate Coalition, expert reviewer for the IPCC,author of The Greenhouse Delusion: A Critique of Climate Change 2001,Wellington, New Zealand
49. William M. Gray, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Atmospheric Science, Colorado
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State University, Head of the Tropical Meteorology Project, Fort Collins, Colorado,U.S.A.
50. Charles B. Hammons, PhD (Applied Mathematics), climate-related specialties:applied mathematics, modeling & simulation, software & systems engineering,Associate Professor, Graduate School of Management, University of Dallas;Assistant Professor, North Texas State University (Dr. Hammons found manyserious flaws during a detailed study of the software, associated control files plusrelated email traffic of the Climate Research Unit temperature and other recordsand “adjustments” carried out in support of IPCC conclusions), Coyle, OK, U.S.A.
51. William Happer, PhD, Professor, Department of Physics, Princeton University,Princeton, NJ, U.S.A.
52. Hermann Harde, PhD, Professur f. Lasertechnik & Werkstoffkunde (specializedin molecular spectroscopy, development of gas sensors and CO2-climate
sensitivity), Helmut-Schmidt-Universität, Universität der Bundeswehr Fakultätfür Elektrotechnik, Hamburg, Germany
53. Howard Hayden, PhD, Emeritus Professor (Physics), University of Connecticut,The Energy Advocate, Pueblo West, Colorado, U.S.A.
54. Ross Hays, Meteorologist, atmospheric scientist, NASA Columbia Scientific BalloonFacility (currently working at McMurdo Station, Antarctica), Palestine, Texas,U.S.A.
55. Martin Hovland, M.Sc. (meteorology, University of Bergen), PhD (Dr Philos,University of Tromsø), FGS, Emeritus Professor, Geophysics, Centre forGeobiology, University of Bergen, member of the expert panel: EnvironmentalProtection and Safety Panel (EPSP) for the Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) and theIntegrated ODP, Stavanger, Norway
56. Ole Humlum, PhD, Professor of Physical Geography, Department of PhysicalGeography, Institute of Geosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
57. Craig D. Idso, PhD, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Center for the Studyof Carbon Dioxide and Global Change, Tempe, Arizona, U.S.A.
58. Sherwood B. Idso, PhD, President, Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide andGlobal Change, Tempe, Arizona, U.S.A.
59. Larry Irons, BS (Geology), MS (Geology), Sr. Geophysicist at Fairfield Nodal(specialization: paleoclimate), Lakewood, Colorado, U.S.A.
60. Terri Jackson, MSc (plasma physics), MPhil (energy economics), Director,Independent Climate Research Group, Northern Ireland and London (Founder ofthe energy/climate group at the Institute of Physics, London), United Kingdom
61. Albert F. Jacobs, Geol.Drs., P. Geol., Calgary, Alberta, Canada
62. Hans Jelbring, PhD Climatology, Stockholm University, MSc Electronicengineering, Royal Institute of Technology, BSc Meteorology, StockholmUniversity, Sweden
63. Bill Kappel, B.S. (Physical Science-Geology), B.S. (Meteorology), Storm Analysis,
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Climatology, Operation Forecasting, Vice President/Senior Meteorologist, AppliedWeather Associates, LLC, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, U.S.A.
64. Olavi Kärner, Ph.D., Extraordinary Research Associate; Dept. of AtmosphericPhysics, Tartu Observatory, Toravere, Estonia
65. Leonid F. Khilyuk, PhD, Science Secretary, Russian Academy of Natural Sciences,Professor of Engineering (CO2/temp. focused research), University of SouthernCalifornia, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
66. William Kininmonth MSc, MAdmin, former head of Australia’s National ClimateCentre and a consultant to the World Meteorological organization’s Commissionfor Climatology, Kew, Victoria, Australia
67. Gerhard Kramm, Dr. rer. nat. (Theoretical Meteorology), Research AssociateProfessor, Geophysical Institute, Associate Faculty, College of Natural Science andMathematics, University of Alaska Fairbanks, (climate specialties: Atmosphericenergetics, physics of the atmospheric boundary layer, physical climatology – seeinteresting paper by Kramm et al), Fairbanks, Alaska, U.S.A.
68. Leif Kullman, PhD (Physical geography, plant ecology, landscape ecology),Professor, Physical geography, Department of Ecology and Environmental science,Umeå University, Areas of Specialization: Paleoclimate (Holocene to the present),glaciology, vegetation history, impact of modern climate on the living landscape,Umeå, Sweden
69. Hans H.J. Labohm, PhD, Independent economist, author specialised in climateissues, IPCC expert reviewer, author of Man-Made Global Warming: Unravelling aDogma and climate science-related Blog, The Netherlands
70. Rune Berg-Edland Larsen, PhD (Geology, Geochemistry), Professor, Dep. Geologyand Geoengineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU),Trondheim, Norway
71. C. (Kees) le Pair, PhD (Physics Leiden, Low Temperature Physics), former directorof the Netherlands Research Organization FOM (fundamental physics) andsubsequently founder and director of The Netherlands Technology FoundationSTW. Served the Dutch Government many years as member of its General EnergyCouncil and of the National Defense Research Council. Royal Academy of Arts andSciences Honorary Medal and honorary doctorate in all technical sciences of theDelft University of technology, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands
72. Douglas Leahey, PhD, meteorologist and air-quality consultant, past President –Friends of Science, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
73. Jay Lehr, B.Eng. (Princeton), PhD (environmental science and ground waterhydrology), Science Director, The Heartland Institute, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
74. Bryan Leyland, M.Sc., FIEE, FIMechE, FIPENZ, MRSNZ, consulting engineer(power), Energy Issues Advisor – International Climate Science Coalition,Auckland, New Zealand
75. Edward Liebsch, B.A. (Earth Science, St. Cloud State University); M.S.(Meteorology, The Pennsylvania State University), former Associate Scientist, OakRidge National Laboratory; former Adjunct Professor of Meteorology, St. Cloud
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State University, Environmental Consultant/Air Quality Scientist (Areas ofSpecialization: micrometeorology, greenhouse gas emissions), Maple Grove,Minnesota, U.S.A.
76. William Lindqvist, PhD (Applied Geology), Independent Geologic Consultant,Areas of Specialization: Climate Variation in the recent geologic past, Tiburon,California, U.S.A.
77. Horst-Joachim Lüdecke, Prof. Dr. , PhD (Physics), retired from university of appl.sciences HTW, Saarbrücken (Germany), atmospheric temperature research,speaker of the European Institute for Climate and Energy (EIKE), Heidelberg,Germany
78. Anthony R. Lupo, Ph.D., Professor of Atmospheric Science, Department of Soil,Environmental, and Atmospheric Science, University of Missouri, Columbia,Missouri, U.S.A.
79. Oliver Manuel, BS, MS, PhD, Post-Doc (Space Physics), Associate - Climate & SolarScience Institute, Emeritus Professor, College of Arts & Sciences University ofMissouri-Rolla, previously Research Scientist (US Geological Survey) and NASAPrincipal Investigator for Apollo, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, U.S.A.
80. Francis Massen, professeur-docteur en physique (PhD equivalent, Universities ofNancy (France) and Liège (Belgium), Manager of the Meteorological Station of theLycée Classique de Diekirch, specialising in the measurement of solar radiation andatmospheric gases. Collaborator to the WOUDC (World Ozone and UV RadiationData Center), Diekirch, Luxembourg
81. Henri Masson, Prof. dr. ir., Emeritus Professor University of Antwerp (Energy &Environment Technology Management), Visiting professor Maastricht School ofManagement, specialist in dynamical (chaotic) complex system analysis, Antwerp,Belgium.
82. Ferenc Mark Miskolczi, PhD, atmospheric physicist, formerly of NASA’s LangleyResearch Center, Hampton, Virginia, U.S.A.
83. Viscount Monckton of Brenchley, Expert reviewer, IPCC Fifth Assessment Report,Quantification of Climate Sensitivity, Carie, Rannoch, Scotland
84. Nils-Axel Mörner, PhD (Sea Level Changes and Climate), Emeritus Professor ofPaleogeophysics & Geodynamics, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
85. John Nicol, PhD (Physics, James Cook University), Chairman – Australian climateScience Coalition, Brisbane, Australia
86. Ingemar Nordin, PhD, professor in philosophy of science (including a focus on“Climate research, philosophical and sociological aspects of a politicised researcharea”), Linköpings University, Sweden.
87. David Nowell, M.Sc., Fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society, former chairmanof the NATO Meteorological Group, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
88. Cliff Ollier, D.Sc., Professor Emeritus (School of Earth and Environment – see hisCopenhagen Climate Challenge sea level article here), Research Fellow, Universityof Western Australia, Nedlands, W.A., Australia
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89. Oleg M. Pokrovsky, BS, MS, PhD (mathematics and atmospheric physics – St.Petersburg State University, 1970), Dr. in Phys. and Math Sciences (1985),Professor in Geophysics (1995), principal scientist, Main Geophysical Observatory(RosHydroMet), Note: Dr. Pokrovsky analyzed long climates and concluds thatanthropogenic CO2 impact is not main contributor in climate change,St.Petersburg, Russia.
90. Daniel Joseph Pounder, BS (Meteorology, University of Oklahoma), MS(Atmospheric Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign);Meteorological/Oceanographic Data Analyst for the National Data Buoy Center,formerly Meteorologist, WILL AM/FM/TV, Urbana, U.S.A.
91. Brian Pratt, PhD, Professor of Geology (Sedimentology), University ofSaskatchewan (see Professor Pratt’s article for a summary of his views), Saskatoon,Saskatchewan, Canada
92. Harry N.A. Priem, PhD, Professore-emeritus isotope-geophysics and planetarygeology, Utrecht University, past director ZWO/NOW Institute of IsotopeGeophysical Research, Past-President Royal Netherlands Society of Geology andMining, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
93. Oleg Raspopov, Doctor of Science and Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation,Professor – Geophysics, Senior Scientist, St. Petersburg Filial (Branch) ofN.V.Pushkov Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, Ionosphere and RadiowavesPropagation of RAS (climate specialty: climate in the past, particularly theinfluence of solar variability), Editor-in-Chief of journal “Geomagnetism andAeronomy” (published by Russian Academy of Sciences), St. Petersburg, Russia
94. Curt G. Rose, BA, MA (University of Western Ontario), MA, PhD (ClarkUniversity), Professor Emeritus, Department of Environmental Studies andGeography, Bishop’s University, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
95. S. Jeevananda Reddy, M.Sc. (Geophysics), Post Graduate Diploma (AppliedStatistics, Andhra University), PhD (Agricultural Meteorology, AustralianUniversity, Canberra), Formerly Chief Technical Advisor—United Nations WorldMeteorological Organization (WMO) & Expert-Food and Agriculture Organization(UN), Convener - Forum for a Sustainable Environment, author of 500 scientificarticles and several books – here is one: “Climate Change – Myths & Realities“,Hyderabad, India
96. Arthur Rorsch, PhD, Emeritus Professor, Molecular Genetics, Leiden University,former member of the board of management of the Netherlands OrganizationApplied Research TNO, Leiden, The Netherlands
97. Rob Scagel, MSc (forest microclimate specialist), Principal Consultant – PacificPhytometric Consultants, Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
98. Chris Schoneveld, MSc (Structural Geology), PhD (Geology), retired explorationgeologist and geophysicist, Australia and France
99. Tom V. Segalstad, PhD (Geology/Geochemistry), Associate Professor of Resourceand Environmental Geology, University of Oslo, former IPCC expert reviewer,former Head of the Geological Museum, and former head of the Natural History
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100. John Shade, BS (Physics), MS (Atmospheric Physics), MS (Applied Statistics),Industrial Statistics Consultant, GDP, Dunfermline, Scotland, United Kingdom
101. Thomas P. Sheahen, B.S., PhD (Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology),specialist in renewable energy, research and publication (applied optics) inmodeling and measurement of absorption of infrared radiation by atmosphericCO2, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (2005-2009); Argonne NationalLaboratory (1988-1992); Bell Telephone labs (1966-73), National Bureau ofStandards (1975-83), Oakland, Maryland, U.S.A.
102. S. Fred Singer, PhD, Professor Emeritus (Environmental Sciences), University ofVirginia, former director, U.S. Weather Satellite Service, Science andEnvironmental Policy Project, Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.A.
103. Frans W. Sluijter, Prof. dr ir, Emeritus Professor of theoretical physics, TechnicalUniversity Eindhoven, Chairman—Skepsis Foundation, former vice-president of theInternational Union of Pure and Applied Physics, former President of the Divisionon Plasma Physics of the European Physical Society and former bureau member ofthe Scientific Committee on Sun-Terrestrial Physics, Euvelwegen, the Netherlands
104. Jan-Erik Solheim, MSc (Astrophysics), Professor, Institute of Physics, University ofTromsø, Norway (1971-2002), Professor (emeritus), Institute of TheoreticalAstrophysics, University of Oslo, Norway (1965-1970, 2002- present), climatespecialties: sun and periodic climate variations, scientific paper by ProfessorSolheim “Solen varsler et kaldere tiår“, Baerum, Norway
105. H. Leighton Steward, Master of Science (Geology), Areas of Specialization:paleoclimates and empirical evidence that indicates CO2 is not a significant driverof climate change, Chairman, PlantsNeedCO2.org and CO2IsGreen.org, Chairmanof the Institute for the Study of Earth and Man (geology, archeology &anthropology) at SMU in Dallas, Texas, Boerne, TX, U.S.A.
106. Arlin B. Super, PhD (Meteorology – University of Wisconsin at Madison), formerProfessor of Meteorology at Montana State University, retired ResearchMeteorologist, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Saint Cloud, Minnesota, U.S.A.
107. Edward (Ted) R. Swart, D.Sc. (physical chemistry, University of Pretoria), M.Sc.and Ph.D. (math/computer science, University of Witwatersrand). FormerlyDirector of the Gulbenkian Centre, Dean of the Faculty of Science, Professor andHead of the Department of Computer Science, University of Rhodesia and pastPresident of the Rhodesia Scientific Association. Set up the first radiocarbon datinglaboratory in Africa. Most recently, Professor in the Department of Combinatoricsand Optimization at the University of Waterloo and Chair of Computing andInformation Science and Acting Dean at the University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada,now retired in Kelowna British Columbia, Canada
108. George H. Taylor, B.A. (Mathematics, U.C. Santa Barbara), M.S. (Meteorology,University of Utah), Certified Consulting Meteorologist, Applied Climate Services,LLC, Former State Climatologist (Oregon), President, American Association ofState Climatologists (1998-2000), Corvallis, Oregon, U.S.A.
109. J. E. Tilsley, P.Eng., BA Geol, Acadia University, 53 years of climate and
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paleoclimate studies related to development of economic mineral deposits, Aurora,Ontario, Canada
110. Göran Tullberg, Civilingenjör i Kemi (equivalent to Masters of ChemicalEngineering), Co-author – The Climate, Science and Politics (2009) (see here for areview), formerly instructor of Organic Chemistry (specialization in “Climatechemistry”), Environmental Control and Environmental Protection Engineering atUniversity in Växjö; Falsterbo, Sweden
111. Brian Gregory Valentine, PhD, Adjunct professor of engineering (aero and fluiddynamics specialization) at the University of Maryland, Technical manager at USDepartment of Energy, for large-scale modeling of atmospheric pollution, Technicalreferee for the US Department of Energy’s Office of Science programs in climateand atmospheric modeling conducted at American Universities and National Labs,Washington, DC, U.S.A.
112. Bas van Geel, PhD, paleo-climatologist, Institute for Biodiversity and EcosystemDynamics, Research Group Paleoecology and Landscape Ecology, Faculty ofScience, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
113. Gerrit J. van der Lingen, PhD (Utrecht University), geologist andpaleoclimatologist, climate change consultant, Geoscience Research andInvestigations, Nelson, New Zealand
114. A.J. (Tom) van Loon, PhD, Professor of Geology (Quaternary Geologyspecialism:Glacial Geology), Adam Mickiewicz University, former President of the EuropeanAssociation of Science Editors Poznan, Poland
115. Fritz Vahrenholt, B.S. (chemistry), PhD (chemistry), Prof. Dr., Professor ofChemistry, University of Hamburg, Former Senator for environmental affairs of theState of Hamburg, former CEO of REpower Systems AG (wind turbines), Author ofthe book Die kalte Sonne: warum die Klimakatastrophe nicht stattfindet (TheCold Sun: Why the Climate Crisis Isn’t Happening”, Hamburg, Germany
116. Michael G. Vershovsky, Ph.D. in meteorology (macrometeorology, long-termforecasts, climatology), Senior Researcher, Russian State HydrometeorologicalUniversity, works with, as he writes, “Atmospheric Centers of Action (cyclones andanticyclones, such as Icelandic depression, the South Pacific subtropicalanticyclone, etc.). Changes in key parameters of these centers strongly indicate thatthe global temperature is influenced by these natural factors (not exclusively butnevertheless)”, St. Petersburg, Russia
117. Gösta Walin, PhD and Docent (theoretical Physics, University of Stockholm),Professor Emeritus in oceanografi, Earth Science Center, Göteborg University,Göteborg, Sweden
118. Anthony Watts, ItWorks/IntelliWeather, Founder, surfacestations.org, Watts UpWith That, Chico, California, U.S.A.
119. Carl Otto Weiss, Direktor und Professor at Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Visiting Professor at University of Copenhagen, Tokyo Institute of Technology,Coauthor of ”Multiperiodic Climate Dynamics: Spectral Analysis of…“,Braunschweig, Germany
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120. Forese-Carlo Wezel, PhD, Emeritus Professor of Stratigraphy (global andMediterranean geology, mass biotic extinctions and paleoclimatology), Universityof Urbino, Urbino, Italy
121. Boris Winterhalter, PhD, senior marine researcher (retired), Geological Survey ofFinland, former professor in marine geology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki,Finland
122. David E. Wojick, PhD, PE, energy and environmental consultant, TechnicalAdvisory Board member – Climate Science Coalition of America, Star Tannery,Virginia, U.S.A.
123. George T. Wolff, Ph.D., Principal Atmospheric Scientist, Air ImprovementResource, Inc., Novi, Michigan, U.S.A.
124. Thomas (Tom) Wysmuller –NASA (Ret) ARC, GSFC, Hdq. - Meteorologist,Ogunquit, ME, U.S.A.
125. Bob Zybach, PhD (Environmental Sciences, Oregon State University), climate-related carbon sequestration research, MAIS, B.S., Director, EnvironmentalSciences Institute Peer review Institute, Cottage Grove, Oregon, U.S.A.
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True statements, untrue statements. Accurate predictions, inaccurate predictions.I'm pretty sure it doesn't matter to the UN. They just want the money. I suspect the wordsprecautionary principle will be included in any response, not that anyone should expectone.
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I won't be holding my breath either.
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Filthy human, stop spewing CO2? (smile)
Jessica • 2 hours ago> Rural Canadian
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Looney Mooney Ban Ki-Moon and others who spout this kind of insane chickenlittle drivel deserve to be publicly derided. The whole "scare" thing is purely about grabbingtax payer funds. Unelected political quangos funding NGO's and scientists to scream"chicken little" from the roof tops! It would be laughable if it weren't for the colossal wasteof funds on "pie-in-the-sky" speculation and initiatives that do absolutely NOTHING toaddress any real environmental issues or to assist those in real need of help.
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Even more important than the taxes is the "CONTROL".
keltic1 • 12 hours ago> Jeremy
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This is sad for several reasons. 1) Ban Ki-Moon has not said currentextreme events are caused by CC, but that they represent possible future extremeevents in a changed climate should we not limit our emissions; 2) The clainm"Sixteen years without warming have therefore now proven that the models arewrong by their creators’ own criterion" is factually wrong, and, 3) The NP continuesto rant against climate change through hyper-linked opinion pieces in the FP, butgenerally does not report on climate change science or events itself. ie - the NPrefuses to educate, while the FP tells people how to react.
paula fitzpatrick • 38 minutes ago> Jeremy
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Finally!! Some real science rather than the post-modern charade of pretendscience. The clanking GCM's that spew estimates to political order, based on estimates,tweaked to produce more estimates have use-by dates that expired long ago. Listen to thefunders, authors and coterie of UN / World Bank apparachiks running out of places tomove the goal posts to. Listen carefully. The meme has shifted from CO2 and gobalwarming to anthropogenic influenced climate change. The meme will shift again as theGCM's fall over. It will be apparent for all to see and will simply be: "We are the Ministry ofWe Know Best." The pretense will finally be gone.
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There is absolutely no evidence to support CAGW. The 0.5C of warming in the20th century can easily be explained by the strongest 73-year string of solar cycles thattook place between 1933 and 1996. When these strong solar cycles ended, so did thewarming (no warming trend since 1997....hmmmm).
Moreover, there will be a rare Grand Solar Minimum event starting from solar cycle #25,which begins in 2020. The last time this happened was the Maunder Minimum (1645-1715)and global temperatures PLUMMETED!
2013 will be a double dip La Niña year, which will drop global temps by about 0.2C,making 18 YEARS of slightly FALLING global temperatures by 2014.
It's time to pull the plug on this invalidated CAGW theory as empirical evidence does notvalidate its hypothesis. We've already wasted $TRILLIONS on this theory that is no longervalid.
Call it invalidated, a mistake, a fraud or a scam, it doesn't really matter... It's simply time tocall it off.
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Well THATS A SLAP!
The UN has ruined uts creadability. Simple scaremonger to get more power and right totaxation. Shame on the UN climate frausdsters..
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Despite this powerful challenge to AGW orthodoxy by 125 of the worlds climatescientists and several other that have appeared from time to time, including the abjectdenunciation of James Hansen, director of NASA's prestigious Goddard Space Institute, by50 of the top people that work or worked under his direction, the junk science of humaninduced climate change continues unabated. We can only pray for the day that somebrave world leader with gravitas will step forward and boldly proclaim that thisjournalistically created new god of science indeed has no clothes. Is it possible that ourown Stephen Harper could one day be the one.
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I can't wait for the monomaniacal Lingonberry to come here and tell us that we'redoomed DOOMED.
Cytotoxic • 13 hours ago
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Watch "South Park: Two Days Before the Day After Tomorrow" for a laugh.
Here's a 30 second teaser:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
Rock Strongo 2.0 • 13 hours ago> Cytotoxic
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Saw it a few months back. It's funny how a 30 minute snarky cartooncomedy can encapsulate all this drama and nonsense from the last 30 years.
TheRealTruthSerum • 12 hours ago> Rock Strongo 2.0
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Cytotoxic,
We may or may not be doomed, but there is no doubt that the steadily rising CO2levels in our planet's atmosphere are causing the rapid temperature increases,disappearing glaciers, acidifying oceans and so on that are occurring across theplanet. These changes are taking place as and when predicted. The timing, thedirection and the magnitude of current climate changes are well accounted for bycurrent climate models, laboratory measurements and observations in the field. Onedoes not have to be a climate scientist to recognize what is happening. In one sensethough the skeptics will have a field day in the coming years. After all, as moreevidence of climate change unfolds with incessant regularity, the skeptics will havemore and more to try, albeit with no success, to deny.
I know of no national meteorological body, no national academy of science and nocountry that does not accept the reality of anthropogenic climate change. Thereasons for this very broad acceptance of mainstream climate science are clear.Many countries are now rapidly implementing policies to curtail CO2 emissions. Thisprocess is irreversible. I'll give just one example. Singapore is about to impose feesof up to $30,000 on the purchase of new cars with high levels of CO2 emissions andrebates of the same amount on low emission cars.
http://www.greencarcongress.co...
"Under CEV, all new cars, taxis, and imported used cars registered from 1 January2013 with low carbon emissions of less than or equal to 160g CO2/km will qualify forrebates of between S$5,000 and S$20,000 (US$4,097 to US$16,389), which will beoffset against the Additional Registration Fee (ARF) payable."
"Cars with carbon emissions equal to or more than 211g CO2/km will incur acorresponding registration surcharge of between $5,000 and $20,000. Thesurcharges will only take effect six months later, from 1 July 2013, to give consumersand the motor industry more time to adjust."
"To encourage taxi companies to adopt lower emission models for their fleet, theCEV rebate and registration surcharge for taxis is set at 50% higher compared tocars, i.e. between $7,500 and $30,000 (US$6,146 to US$24,584)."
Denying the reality of climate change does no one any good. AGW denial probablycaused Mitt Romney, in conjunction with the timely (?) arrival of Hurricane Sandy, tolose the recent US Presidential election.
While I accept the reality of climate change science I am not campaigning for a shutdown of Canada's oil industry. I am in favor of a pipeline to deliver Canadian oil to allparts of Canada. Buying oil from abroad does not solve any problems.
For anyone interested, there will be a new and important study released tomorrowwhich provides further unequivocal evidence of man made climate change. It might
Lingonbay • 12 hours ago> Cytotoxic
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even be discussed in Doha! We'll see.
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Lingonbay,
You're simply repeating the propaganda you've had beat into you....
Science isn't validated by consensus, it's validated by evidence that supports ahypothesis. Since empirical data doesn't agree with CAGW projections, it'sinvalidated. It's really that simple.
Ocean pH has only dropped from 8.1 to 8.0. 400 million years ago, CO2 levelswere 3,500ppm and oceans were STILL Alkaline and thrived.
CO2 is fantastic plant food but a lousy weak greenhouse gas. It only has thepotential forcing effect of 3.4 watts/M^2, for a DOUBLING of CO2 to 560ppm,which is minuscule. Moreover, its GH forcing effect is logarithmic so anyadditional CO2 over 560ppm has a decreasing effect.
It's time to stop wasting money on this hoax as its been invalidated. Globaltemps are cooling and will continue to do so with the coming Grand SolarMinimum in 2020.
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Ligonbay,
Is that all you can come up with? If you are in favor of all these taxes you goon about then you'll need to provide some evidence to justify it. Appeal toauthority does not cut it in science. There are obvious self-interest reasons whygravy-train seeking scientists, quangos, NGO's and unelected governmentalbodies support CAGW. It is about time all these self-interested folks actuallycame up with some statistically significant scientific evidence for all theiralarmist BS!!
You could start by explaining why global temperatures have flat-lined for 16years while CO2 continues to rise? Please explain how this possible if man-made CO2 dominates our climate in a threatening catastrophic fashion?
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Another verbose sycophant of the 'killer plant food' meme. Pleaseshow me any empirical evidence that global average temperatures are in anyuni-directional, co-phase and measurable way connected to CO2 ppm?
Thought not.
Tips, for your consideration:
1. Before replying: refresh your understanding of "empirical".
2. A dog-whistle appeal to authority, especially anything to do withUN/IPCC/skepticalscience would merely draw attention to your IPCC-issuedwhistle.
therealviffer • 11 hours ago> Lingonbay
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I think you need some smelling salts to wake up. Global temps havenot increased in 16 year, I will repeat this, no global temps increase in 16years. In fact global temps have cooled in the last 16 years. Global warming isthe biggest april fools joke pulled on us all, but I saw it for what it was, a joke.
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The timing, the direction and the magnitude of current climate changesare well accounted for by current climate models, laboratory measurementsand observations in the field.
LIES.
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"...These changes are taking place as and when predicted...."
If thats true why did a representative of the Hadley Centre say they werelooking into reasons warming had slowed after 2000? It was during a pressconference to annouce their estimate for how 2012 would rate on the all timesurface temperature record parade. You're going to need more than #9 to keepthe crisis storyline going much longer.
I'm sure there will be an "important" study released today. These COP confabsare never without their scary storyline sidebars, increasing in tempo as thecircus begins.
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Nice to see these principled scientists standing up for empirical data and the truththat demands its backing!
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Doesn't matter. This has gone far beyond science now. It's a religion with people.And as with all religions, they continue to firmly believe, despite a lack of facts and evencontrary to facts. The cracks in this scheme have been growing wider and wider for years.Hopefully rational people will prevail and not allow the religious extremists to control things.Of course, once this doomsday scenario fades away, they'll just come up with another one,like they always do. And Al Gores and David Suzukis of the future will make $millions off it.
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The only solution for the UN is to remove all funding immediately and inperpetuity.
The UN is an experiment gone completely off target, wasting resources like no otherorganization on earth. Add a long list of very offensive inaccurate statements offered up byUN officials in order to increase funding. Throw the fraud artists in jail.
Kill the UN. Today. Vote to cut off all UN funding.
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Why is this buried in the opinion section whilst the UN gets global tv and mediaheadline coverage???? This is the stuff that needs to be headlined by media so that theycan return to those lost days where they report both sides of a story.
I'm glad these scientist have done this though - I find the fact people listen to the UN andbelieve what they say AND think all scientist think that way far more scary than the socalled doomsday message the UN preaches.
Illogica • 3 hours ago
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Oh snap!
Eupraxsopher • 12 hours ago
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Man is it time for people to step up, it has stagerring global tax implications andthere should be some difinitive proof...unfortunately I suspect the sheep will simply allowthe likes of the corrupt UN to steal from them without a word....
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Eric Baum, PhD (Princeton, Physics)
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We need to have the scientists measure the amount of CO2 breathed out by thebillions of people, animals, trees and plants. As against the measure from Industry. TheEco thing is a money machine.
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yes we need to plan for the future before it is the present
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No kidding GlobaloneyWarming and Co2 as a toxin is b.s. It is about world gov't,more transfers, more redistribution and more control by gov'ts of the miserable, toothless,hunched over hoi-polloi. 'Dirty Weather' ? Does that include the severest and earliestwinter in northern China in 50 years in Oct and Nov 2012 or the massive incidence ofhurricanes and drought during the 30s and 40s ? Not much of a trend to spot is there. Banis just another moron fronting for the eco-fascists and the cult of control. Maybe he canborrow Bono's glasses and become 'Bano' and sing some silly songs to the earth mother.
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Tom Harris is quite confident that he, as a Canadian, is in a win-win situation. IfAGW IS NOT happening then he is right. If AGW IS happening then the motley crewsupporting the fossil fuel industry are helping warm up his Ottawa winters. I'm sure a lot ofCanadians are silently on his side.
ColderAndColder • 10 hours ago
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Take a look at the above list of endorsers to the open letter. How manyCanadians do you see? Most are leading experts from around the world.
Tom Harris • 8 hours ago> ColderAndColder
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I'm sorry Tom but they are not. Most are near-retirementengineers/chemists/physicists and are not specialists in climate science.
Simon • 6 hours ago> Tom Harris
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Personally, looking forward at 4 more months of winter, I'm quitedisappointed the AGM scammers are wrong.
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Some recent headlines [ January 2007 ]On Jan. 6 Blue Mountain, of whichIntrawest is a majorshareholder, announced plans to lay off 1,300 workers and close the resort. Theresort employs approximately 1,850 staff annually, including hotel and retail
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operations. [ December 2011] Once again, it appears Toronto is in store for a greenChristmas, barring some kind of holiday miracle. [ November 29 2012] Suffice to say thatmost areas from the Mississippi Valley to the central and southern Rockies and the DesertSouthwest are hurting for moisture, and the pattern we're in right now doesn't lookpromising to change that in any meaningful way. Stay Tuned Deniers.
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powman-- CAGW is a global phenomenon, not a local one. There is plentyof anecdotal evidence/famous one-off weather events used by CAGW acolytes,which give the impression CAGW is valid, but upon review of actual evidence thatmatters: actual Global temp anomalies, actual ocean sea rise (now at a laughable7"/century, ocean temperatures, Antarctic Ice Extents, Solar cycles, ENSO phases,UAH/RSS troposphere temps, etc., the empirical evidence validating CAGW doesn'treally exist.
Ocean temps are flat, ocean heat content is flat, global temps are flat/falling for 16years, satellite troposphere temps falling for 16 yrs, Antarctic ice sheet growing, noevidence showing correlation/causation between severe weather/CO2, falling trend ofsea rise, healthy coral reefs (many coral reefs are thriving under higher CO2 levels),increased crop yields and forest growth from higher CO2 levels, etc. all show thatrising CO2 isn't the catastrophic event CAGW alarmists try their best to create.
It's time to pull the plug on this invalidated CAGW theory. The world has alreadywasted $TRILLIONS on this sham for no reason whatsoever.
Yes, some warming can certainly be attributed to CO2, but it's nowhere near the3.2C of warming from doubling CO2 to 560ppm the alarmists insist will happen. Theevidence/physics just isn't there. Good research now shows a doubling to 560ppmamy probably add 0.4-0.7C to Earth's temp. Who cares? Warmer is MUCH betterthan colder, within reason of course, and 0.7C of additional CO2 warming is certainlysomething we can all live and thrive on.
Samurai • 3 hours ago> powman
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Powman - your statements by themselves might be true. But that provesnothing about what causes it. There have been longer periods of drought, lack ofsnow, too much snow, etc. in many regions of the world. Common natural variability.Read old newspapers.
NL • 4 hours ago> powman
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It is unfortunate that the Financial Post continues to promote views on sciencethat are unsupported by the evidence being published in the scientific literature, choosingto instead highlight a press release of scientifically unsupported claims. One does not haveto search far, for example, to find many detailed and rigorous explanations from thescientific community explaining why a statement such as this
"The U.K. Met Office recently released data showing that there has been no statisticallysignificant global warming for almost 16 years."
Leo Geiger • an hour ago
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OPEN CLIMATE LETTER TO UN SECRETARY-GENERAL: Current scientific knowledge does not substantiate Ban Ki-Moon assertions on weather and climate, say 125 scientists. | FP Comment | Fi...
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is false. Even the U.K. Met Office itself has pointed out that this is not an accuratestatement about their data.
The broad scientific conclusions about warming caused by greenhouse gas emissionshave been established for over two decades now. As unpleasant as the reality of oursituation is, neither it nor the evidence for it which has been and continues to be publishedin scientific journals will go away through public relations campaigns denying it.
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"Even the U.K. Met Office...."
....has admitted the warming rate since 2000 has slowed down. As of yesterdaycomments were made that effect in a news conference on the status of 2012 surfaceair temperature.
cordilleran • 28 minutes ago> Leo Geiger
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They have said much more than that:
http://metofficenews.wordpress...
In summary, a reduced rate of surface air temperature warming in any shorterterm period is neither unexpected nor inconsistent with human greenhouse gasemissions causing long term warming. This is well understood. Turning this intoclaims that the Met Office data shows warming has stopped and this provesthere is no link between emissions and climate is false. The current body ofscientific evidence simply does not support this.
Leo Geiger • 12 minutes ago> cordilleran
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GIGO
nvrundrestm8 • 39 minutes ago> Leo Geiger
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I guess no one except Ban Ki-Moon agrees that climate change might exist, right?
david • 15 hours ago
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David, that is intellectual baby talk. No one is arguing over whether climate change exists. The question is, "are carbon dioxide emissions from human activity causing, or likely in the foreseeable future to cause, dangerous climate change".
These scientists say:"The hypothesis that our emissions of CO2 have caused, or willcause, dangerous warming is not supported by the evidence."
Tom Harris • 14 hours ago> david
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Sincerely,
Tom Harris, B. Eng., M. Eng. (thermofluids)Executive Director, International Climate Science Coalition
http://www.climatescienceinter...
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Tom,
I've seen you on Sun News Network. Thank you for injecting some rationalityinto the debate.
Rock Strongo 2.0 • 13 hours ago> Tom Harris
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Tom,
Welcome back. How are your good buddies at the Heartland "Institute" doing?Are you still advising those folks? Heartland, apparently, is still widelyrecognized as one of the world's prominent climate science denialorganizations. What's up with that?
http://mediamatters.org/blog/2...
"Meet The Climate Denial Machine"
"Heartland Institute And James Taylor"
"The Economist has called the libertarian Heartland Institute "the world's mostprominent think tank promoting skepticism about man-made climate change."Every year, Heartland hosts an "International Conference on Climate Change,"bringing together a small group of contrarians (mostly non-scientists) who denythat manmade climate change is a serious problem. To promote its most recentconference, Heartland launched a short-lived billboard campaign associatingacceptance of climate science with "murderers, tyrants, and madmen" includingTed Kaczynski, Charles Manson and Fidel Castro. Facing backlash fromcorporate donors and even some of its own staff, Heartland removed thebillboard, but refused to apologize for the "experiment."
"Despite their industry ties and lack of scientific expertise, Heartland Institutefellows are often given a media platform to promote their marginal views onclimate change. Most visible is James Taylor, a lawyer with no climate sciencebackground who heads Heartland's environmental initiative. Taylor dismisses"alarmist propaganda that global warming is a human-caused problem thatneeds to be addressed," and suggests that taking action to reduce emissionscould cause a return to the "the Little Ice Age and the Black Death." But thathasn't stopped Forbes from publishing his weekly column, which he uses tospout climate misinformation and accuse scientists of "doctoring" temperaturedata to fabricate a warming trend. It also hasn't stopped Fox News frompromoting his misinformation."
Heartland follows the familiar recipe of many right wing US "think tanks" whosesole purpose is to obfuscate the truth and to prevent people from thinking
Lingonbay • 12 hours ago> Tom Harris
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