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More Than 1000 International Scientists Dissent Over Man-Made Global Warming Claims
20 December 2010 By Marc Morano
INTRODUCTION:
More than 1,000 dissenting scientists (updates
previous 700 scientist report) from around the globe
have now challenged man-made global warming claims
made by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change (IPCC) and former Vice President Al
Gore. This new 2010 321-page Climate Depot Special
Report -- updated from the 2007 groundbreaking U.S.
Senate Report of over 400 scientists who voiced
skepticism about the so-called global warming
“consensus” -- features the skeptical voices of over
1,000 international scientists, including many current
and former UN IPCC scientists, who have now turned
against the UN IPCC. This updated 2010 report includes
a dramatic increase of over 300 additional (and
growing) scientists and climate researchers since the
last update in March 2009. This report's release
coincides with the 2010 UN global warming summit in
being held in Cancun.
The more than 300 additional scientists added to this
report since March 2009 (21 months ago), represents an
average of nearly four skeptical scientists a week
speaking out publicly. The well over 1,000 dissenting
scientists are almost 20 times the number of UN
scientists (52) who authored the media-hyped IPCC 2007
Summary for Policymakers.
The chorus of skeptical scientific voices grew louder
in 2010 as the Climategate scandal -- which involved
the upper echelon of UN IPCC scientists -- detonated
upon on the international climate movement. "I view
Climategate as science fraud, pure and simple," said
noted Princeton Physicist Dr. Robert Austin shortly
after the scandal broke. Climategate prompted UN IPCC
scientists to turn on each other. UN IPCC scientist
Eduardo Zorita publicly declared that his Climategate
colleagues Michael Mann and Phil Jones "should be
barred from the IPCC process...They are not credible
anymore." Zorita also noted how insular the IPCC
science had become. "By writing these lines I will
just probably achieve that a few of my future studies
will, again, not see the light of publication," Zorita
wrote. A UN lead author Richard Tol grew disillusioned
with the IPCC and lamented that it had been "captured"
and demanded that "the Chair of IPCC and the Chairs of
the IPCC Working Groups should be removed." Tol also
publicly called for the "suspension" of IPCC Process
in 2010 after being invited by the UN to participate
as lead author again in the next IPCC Report. [Note:
Zorita and Tol are not included in the count of
dissenting scientists in this report.]
Other UN scientists were more blunt. A South African
UN scientist declared the UN IPCC a "worthless
carcass" and noted IPCC chair Pachauri is in
"disgrace". He also explained that the "fraudulent
science continues to be exposed." Alexander, a former
member of the UN Scientific and Technical Committee on
Natural Disasters harshly critiqued the UN. "'I was
subjected to vilification tactics at the time. I
persisted. Now, at long last, my persistence has been
rewarded...There is no believable evidence to support
[the IPCC] claims. I rest my case!" See: S. African UN
Scientist Calls it! 'Climate change - RIP: Cause of
Death: No scientifically believable
evidence...Deliberate manipulation to suit political
objectives' [Also see: New Report: UN Scientists Speak
Out On Global Warming -- As Skeptics!] Geologist Dr.
Don Easterbrook, a professor of geology at Western
Washington University, summed up the scandal on
December 3, 2010: "The corruption within the IPCC
revealed by the Climategate scandal, the doctoring of
data and the refusal to admit mistakes have so
severely tainted the IPCC that it is no longer a
credible agency."
Selected Highlights of the Updated 2010 Report
featuring over 1,000 international scientists
dissenting from man-made climate fears:
“We're not scientifically there yet. Despite what you
may have heard in the media, there is nothing like a
consensus of scientific opinion that this is a
problem. Because there is natural variability in the
weather, you cannot statistically know for another 150
years.” -- UN IPCC's Tom Tripp, a member of the UN
IPCC since 2004 and listed as one of the lead authors
and serves as the Director of Technical Services &
Development for U.S. Magnesium.
“Any reasonable scientific analysis must conclude the
basic theory wrong!!” -- NASA Scientist Dr. Leonard
Weinstein who worked 35 years at the NASA Langley
Research Center and finished his career there as a
Senior Research Scientist. Weinstein is presently a
Senior Research Fellow at the National Institute of
Aerospace.
“Please remain calm: The Earth will heal itself --
Climate is beyond our power to control...Earth doesn't
care about governments or their legislation. You can't
find much actual global warming in present-day weather
observations. Climate change is a matter of geologic
time, something that the earth routinely does on its
own without asking anyone's permission or explaining
itself.” -- Nobel Prize-Winning Stanford University
Physicist Dr. Robert B. Laughlin, who won the Nobel
Prize for physics in 1998, and was formerly a research
scientist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
“In essence, the jig is up. The whole thing is a
fraud. And even the fraudsters that fudged data are
admitting to temperature history that they used to say
didn't happen...Perhaps what has doomed the
Climategate fraudsters the most was their brazenness
in fudging the data” -- Dr. Christopher J. Kobus,
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at
Oakland University, specializes in alternative energy,
thermal transport phenomena, two-phase flow and fluid
and thermal energy systems.
“The energy mankind generates is so small compared to
that overall energy budget that it simply cannot
affect the climate...The planet's climate is doing its
own thing, but we cannot pinpoint significant trends
in changes to it because it dates back millions of
years while the study of it began only recently. We
are children of the Sun; we simply lack data to draw
the proper conclusions.” -- Russian Scientist Dr.
Anatoly Levitin, the head of geomagnetic variations
laboratory at the Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism,
Ionosphere and Radiowave Propagation of the Russian
Academy of Sciences.
“Hundreds of billion dollars have been wasted with the
attempt of imposing a Anthropogenic Global Warming (AGW)
theory that is not supported by physical world
evidences...AGW has been forcefully imposed by means
of a barrage of scare stories and indoctrination that
begins in the elementary school textbooks.” --
Brazilian Geologist Geraldo Luís Lino, who authored
the 2009 book “The Global Warming Fraud: How a Natural
Phenomenon Was Converted into a False World
Emergency.”
"I am an environmentalist,” but “I must disagree with
Mr. Gore” -- Chemistry Professor Dr. Mary Mumper, the
chair of the Chemistry Department at Frostburg State
University in Maryland, during her presentation titled
“Anthropogenic Carbon Dioxide and Global Warming, the
Skeptic's View.”
“I am ashamed of what climate science has become
today.” The science “community is relying on an
inadequate model to blame CO2 and innocent citizens
for global warming in order to generate funding and to
gain attention. If this is what 'science' has become
today, I, as a scientist, am ashamed.” -- Research
Chemist William C. Gilbert published a study in August
2010 in the journal Energy & Environment titled “The
thermodynamic relationship between surface temperature
and water vapor concentration in the troposphere” and
he published a paper in August 2009 titled
“Atmospheric Temperature Distribution in a
Gravitational Field.” [Update December 9, 2010]
“The dysfunctional nature of the climate sciences is
nothing short of a scandal. Science is too important
for our society to be misused in the way it has been
done within the Climate Science Community.” The global
warming establishment “has actively suppressed
research results presented by researchers that do not
comply with the dogma of the IPCC.” -- Swedish
Climatologist Dr. Hans Jelbring, of the
Paleogeophysics & Geodynamics Unit at Stockholm
University. [Updated December 9, 2010. Corrects
Jelbring's quote.]
“Those who call themselves 'Green planet advocates'
should be arguing for a CO2- fertilized atmosphere,
not a CO2-starved atmosphere...Diversity increases
when the planet was warm AND had high CO2 atmospheric
content...Al Gore's personal behavior supports a green
planet - his enormous energy use with his 4 homes and
his bizjet, does indeed help make the planet greener.
Kudos, Al for doing your part to save the planet.” --
Renowned engineer and aviation/space pioneer Burt
Rutan, who was named "100 most influential people in
the world, 2004" by Time Magazine and Newsweek called
him "the man responsible for more innovations in
modern aviation than any living engineer."
“Global warming is the central tenet of this new
belief system in much the same way that the
Resurrection is the central tenet of Christianity. Al
Gore has taken a role corresponding to that of St Paul
in proselytizing the new faith...My skepticism about
AGW arises from the fact that as a physicist who has
worked in closely related areas, I know how poor the
underlying science is. In effect the scientific method
has been abandoned in this field.” -- Atmospheric
Physicist Dr. John Reid, who worked with Australia's
CSIRO's (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial
Research Organization) Division of Oceanography and
worked in surface gravity waves (ocean waves)
research.
“We maintain there is no reason whatsoever to worry
about man-made climate change, because there is no
evidence whatsoever that such a thing is happening.”
-- Greek Earth scientists Antonis Christofides and
Nikos Mamassis of the National Technical University of
Athens' Department of Water Resources and
Environmental Engineering.
“There are clear cycles during which both temperature
and salinity rise and fall. These cycles are related
to solar activity...In my opinion and that of our
institute, the problems connected to the current stage
of warming are being exaggerated. What we are dealing
with is not a global warming of the atmosphere or of
the oceans.” -- Biologist Pavel Makarevich of the
Biological Institute of the Russian Academy of
Sciences.
“Because the greenhouse effect is temporary rather
than permanent, predictions of significant global
warming in the 21st century by IPCC are not supported
by the data.” -- Hebrew University Professor Dr.
Michael Beenstock an honorary fellow with Institute
for Economic Affairs who published a study challenging
man-made global warming claims titled “Polynomial
Cointegration Tests of the Anthropogenic Theory of
Global Warming.”
“The whole idea of anthropogenic global warming is
completely unfounded. There appears to have been money
gained by Michael Mann, Al Gore and UN IPCC's Rajendra
Pachauri as a consequence of this deception, so it's
fraud.” -- South African astrophysicist Hilton
Ratcliffe, a member of the Astronomical Society of
Southern Africa (ASSA) and the Astronomical Society of
the Pacific and a Fellow of the British Institute of
Physics.
End Selected Excerpts
#
The rapidity of the global warming establishment's
collapse would have been unheard of just two years
ago. Prominent physicist Hal Lewis resigned from
American Physical Society, calling "Global warming the
greatest and most successful pseudoscientific fraud I
have seen in my long life." UK astrophysicist Piers
Corbyn was blunt about what Climategate revealed: "The
case for climate fears is blown to smithereens...the
whole theory should be destroyed and discarded and UN
conference should be closed."
Even the usually reliable news media has started
questioning the global warming claims. Newsweek
Magazine wrote in May 2010 about the "uncertain
science" and how "climate researchers have lost the
public's trust" from a "cascade of scandals" from the
UN IPCC. Newsweek compared the leaders of the climate
science community to "used-car salesmen. "Once
celebrated climate researchers are feeling like the
used-car salesmen" and the magazine noted that "some
of IPCC's most-quoted data and recommendations were
taken straight out of unchecked activist brochures,
newspaper articles...Just as damaging, many climate
scientists have responded to critiques by questioning
the integrity of their critics, rather than by
supplying data and reasoned arguments." For full list
of Climategate related scandals See: Climate Scandals:
List Of 94 Climate-Gates -- 94 climate-gates total --
28 new gates -- 145 links to reports with details
As the global warming edifice crumbled in 2010, the
movement lost one of its leading lights due to the
Climategate revelations. Dr. Judith Curry, the chair
of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences at GA Institute of
Tech, explained her defection from the global warming
activist movement. "There is 'a lack of willingness in
the climate change community to steer away from
groupthink...' They are setting themselves up as
second-rate scientists by not engaging,” Curry wrote
in 2010. Curry critiqued the UN IPCC for promoting
"dogma" and clinging to the "religious importance" of
the IPCC's claims. "They will tolerate no dissent and
seek to trample anyone who challenges them," Curry
lamented. "The IPCC assessment process had a
substantial element of schoolyard bullies, trying to
insulate their shoddy science from outside scrutiny
and attacks by skeptics...the IPCC and its conclusions
were set on a track to become a self fulfilling
prophecy," Curry wrote. Curry called the Climategate
fallout nothing short of a "rather spectacular
unraveling of the climate change juggernaut...I
immediately realized that [Climategate] could bring
down the IPCC...I became concerned about the integrity
of our entire field...While my colleagues seemed
focused on protecting the reputations of the
scientists involved and assuring people that the
'science hadn't changed." [Note: Curry is not included
in the count of dissenting scientists in this report.]
Also see: 'High Priestess of Global Warming' No More!
Former Warmist Judith Curry Admits To Being 'Duped
Into Supporting IPCC' - 'If the IPCC is dogma, then
count me in as a heretic'] [Note: There were many
Cilmategate inquiries that sought to downplay
Climategate, but they fell short of their goal and
were labeled as nothing more than the "global warming
establishment exonerating the global warming
establishment." See here, here, and here. The
InterAcademy Council (IAC) was the most competent of
the inquires.]
As new data and science continued to call into
question man-made global warming claims, one of the
movements leading fear promoters shocked the world by
beginning to retreat from his dire predictions. Green
guru James Lovelock warned in 2007 that, "Before this
century is over, billions of us will die and the few
breeding pairs of people that survive will be in the
Arctic." Lovelock illustrates how the climate of the
climate change movement has been transformed in the
last year. In May 2010, Lovelock shocked the world by
announcing: "Everybody might be wrong. Climate change
may not happen as fast as we thought, and we may have
1,000 years to sort it out." Lovelock went even father
by noting how the science of global warming is in its
infancy and "we haven't got the physics worked out
yet." "The great climate science centers around the
world are more than well aware how weak their science
is. If you talk to them privately they're scared stiff
of the fact that they don't really know what the
clouds and the aerosols are doing. They could be
absolutely running the show. We haven't got the
physics worked out yet," Lovelock explained. Lovelock
now openly praises skeptics and worries that climate
fear promotion is akin to religion. In March of 2010,
Lovelock said: "The skeptics have kept us sane...They
have kept us from regarding climate science as a
religion. It had gone too far that way." [Note:
Lovelock is not included in the count of dissenting
scientists in this report.] [Note: Even the UN has
grown more uncertain about the science. See: UN Fears
(More) Global Cooling Commeth! IPCC Scientist Warns
UN: We may be about to enter 'one or even 2 decades
during which temps cool' -- Admits 'Jury is still out'
on ocean cycle's temp impact!]
More woes for the movement were felt when left-leaning
environmental activists began jumping ship. See:
Left-wing Env. Scientist Denis Rancourt Bails Out Of
Global Warming Movement: Declares it a 'corrupt social
phenomenon...strictly an imaginary problem of the 1st
World middleclass' & Meet the green who doubts 'The
Science': Environmentalist Peter Taylor 'explains why
he's skeptical about manmade global warming — and why
greens are so intolerant' & Activists at green
festivals expressing doubts over man-made climate
fears. “One college professor, confided to me in
private conversation that, 'I'm not sure climate
change is real,'” according to a report from the New
York Green Festival.
2010 saw the once vaulted UN IPCC now become the
object of ridicule and scrutiny. In June 2010, Climate
Scientist Mike Hulme took apart a key claim. Hulme
noted that claims such as "2,500 of the world's
leading scientists have reached a consensus that human
activities are having a significant influence on the
climate" are disingenuous. Hulme noted that the key
scientific case for Co2 driving global warming was
reached by a very small gaggle of people. "That
particular consensus judgment, as are many others in
the IPCC reports, is reached by only a few dozen
experts in the specific field of detection and
attribution studies; other IPCC authors are experts in
other fields." [Note: Hulme is not included in the
count of dissenting scientists in this report.]
In another blow to the UN IPCC's carefully crafted
image, was Scientist Dr. William Schlesinger admission
in that only 20% of UN IPCC scientists deal with
climate. Schlesinger said, “Something on the order of
20 percent [of UN scientists] have had some dealing
with climate.” By Schlesinger's own admission, 80% of
the UN IPCC membership has no dealing with the climate
as part of their academic studies. Also note, that
climate requires a wide range of disciplines: See:
'There are more than 100 expert sub disciplines
involved in climate change studies' & Science magazine
confused about who is a 'prominent climate scientist'
-- 'there is no specific climate discipline' & Claims
of 'overwhelming majority' of scientists exposed as
laughable! 'There are just 94 authors responsible for
compiling the report in which...the [UN IPCC's]
modeling case for alarm rests'
The notion of climate "tipping points", popularized by
former Vice President Al Gore and NASA Scientist James
Hansen, became the object of derision as well in 2010.
See: 190-year climate 'tipping point' issued --
Despite fact that UN began 10-Year 'Climate Tipping
Point' in 1989! Climate Depot Factsheet on
Inconvenient History of Global Warming 'Tipping
Points' -- Hours, Days, Months, Years, Millennium --
Earth 'Serially Doomed'
Once respected global warming stalwarts like NASA's
James Hansen descended into political and ideological
activism by being arrested multiple times protesting
coal use. Hansen also endorsed a book which calls for
'"ridding the world of Industrial Civilization".
Hansen declared the author "has it right...the system
is the problem." Hansen did this despite the fact that
the book proposes '"razing cities to the ground,
blowing up dams and switching off the greenhouse gas
emissions machine." The Grist eco-magazine writer
David Roberts noted in August 2010: "'I know I'm not
supposed to say this, but James Hansen managed his
transition from scientist to activist terribly. All
influence lost."
Energy Sec. Chu came under fire for claiming science
told him what the world was going to be like 100 years
from now. See: Obama's 'Climate Astrologer': Energy
Sec. Chu claims he knows 'what the future will be 100
years from now'
Obama Science Advisor John Holdren found his knowledge
of the science of climate change come under scrutiny
after he issued a bizarre warning about the possible
loss of WINTER sea ice in the arctic. See: Obama
science advisor: John Holdren ridiculed for claiming
Arctic could be ICE FREE IN WINTER!
The U.S. Congressional cap-and-trade bill collapse and
the UN climate treaty failure has left disillusioned
within the global warming movement. Gore has admitted
to feeling "a little depressed." And it has left a
spectacle of world leaders promising verbal
non-binding agreements to limit the earth's temp have
left modern society attempting to ape primitive
cultures efforts to control the climate. See: Blaming
all recent weather events on man-made global warming
is akin to astrology & Climate Astrology -- 'It Has
Been Foretold' of Extreme Weather: 'UN IPCC science
has a status similar to interpretations of Nostradamus
and the Mayan calendars'
In addition, the scientific underpinnings and the
public support around the globe has dropped so
significantly that there is now open talk of moving on
to the "next eco-scare" Demoted: UN officially throws
global warming under the bus: UN now says case for
saving species 'more powerful than climate change' –
May 21, 2010 & Time for next eco-scare already?! As
Global Warming Movement Collapses, Activists Already
'Test-Marketing' the Next Eco-Fear! 'Laughing Gas'
Crisis? Oxygen Crisis? Plastics?
The carefully crafted "consensus" of man-made global
warming has unraveled. See:
Prominent Geologist Dr. Easterbrook Slams Geological
Society of America's climate statement 'as easily
refuted by data that clearly shows no correlation
between CO2 and global climate change' & American
Meteorological Society Members Reject Man-made Climate
Claims: 75% Do Not Agree With UN IPCC Claims -- 29%
Agree 'Global Warming is a Scam' & Meteorologists
Reject U.N.'s Global Warming Claims: Only 1 in 4
American Meteorological Society broadcast
meteorologists agree with UN
In 2009, the world's largest science group, the
American Chemical Society (ACS) was “startled” by an
outpouring of scientists rejecting man-made climate
fears, with many calling for the removal of the ACS's
climate activist editor.
A 2010 Open Letter signed by more than 130 German
scientists urging German Chancellor to “reconsider”
her climate views. See: 'Consensus' Takes Another Hit!
More than 130 German Scientists Dissent Over Global
Warming Claims! Call Climate Fears 'Pseudo 'Religion';
Urge Chancellor to 'reconsider' views – August 4, 2009
More than 100 international scientists challenged
President Obama's climate claims, calling them "simply
incorrect." In December 8 2009, 166 scientists from
around the world wrote an Open Letter to the UN
Secretary-General rebuking the UN and declaring that
“the science is NOT settled.” On May 1, 2009, the
American Physical Society (APS) Council decided to
review its current climate statement via a high-level
subcommittee of respected senior scientists. The
decision was prompted after a group of over 80
prominent physicists petitioned the APS revise its
global warming position and more than 250 scientists
urged a change in the group's climate statement in
2010. The physicists wrote to APS governing board:
“Measured or reconstructed temperature records
indicate that 20th - 21st century changes are neither
exceptional nor persistent, and the historical and
geological records show many periods warmer than
today.” An American Physical Society editor conceded
that a “considerable presence” of scientific skeptics
exists.
Russian scientists “rejected the very idea that carbon
dioxide may be responsible for global warming”. India
Issued a report challenging global warming fears.
International Scientists demanded the UN IPCC “be
called to account and cease its deceptive practices,”
and a 2008 canvass of more than 51,000 Canadian
scientists revealed 68% disagree that global warming
science is “settled.”
Scientific meetings are being dominated by a growing
number of skeptical scientists. The prestigious
International Geological Congress, dubbed the
geologists' equivalent of the Olympic Games, was held
in Norway in August 2008 and prominently featured the
voices of scientists skeptical of man-made global
warming fears. [See: Skeptical scientists overwhelm
conference: '2/3 of presenters and question-askers
were hostile to, even dismissive of, the UN IPCC' &
see full reports here & here - Also see: UN IPCC's
William Schlesinger admits in 2009 that only 20% of
IPCC scientists deal with climate ]
Despite these developments, global warming promoters
have sought to cite a survey alleging 97% of
climatologists agree with the "consensus" view. But
the survey does not hold up to scrutiny. See:
'Consensus' claims challenged: Only 77 scientists were
interviewed to get 97.4% agreement -- 'It would be
interesting to learn who these individuals are' &
Climate Con: 97% 'Consensus' Claim is only 76
Anonymous Self-Selected Climatologists
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This Climate Depot Special Report is not a “list” of
scientists, but a report that includes full
biographies of each scientist and their quotes, papers
and links for further reading. The scientists featured
in the report express their views in their own words,
complete with their intended subtleties and caveats.
This report features the names, biographies,
academic/institutional affiliation, and quotes of
literally hundreds of additional international
scientists who publicly dissented from man-made
climate fears. This report lists the scientists by
name, country of residence, and academic/institutional
affiliation. It also features their own words,
biographies, and web links to their peer reviewed
studies, scientific analyses and original source
materials as gathered from directly from the
scientists or from public statements, news outlets,
and websites in 2007 and 2008.
The distinguished scientists featured in this new
report are experts in diverse fields, including:
climatology; geology; biology; glaciology;
biogeography; meteorology; oceanography; economics;
chemistry; mathematics; environmental sciences;
astrophysics, engineering; physics and
paleoclimatology. Some of those profiled have won
Nobel Prizes for their outstanding contribution to
their field of expertise and many shared a portion of
the UN IPCC Nobel Peace Prize with Vice President
Gore. Additionally, these scientists hail from
prestigious institutions worldwide, including: Harvard
University; NASA; National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA) and the National Center for
Atmospheric Research (NCAR); Massachusetts Institute
of Technology; the UN IPCC; the Danish National Space
Center; U.S. Department of Energy; Princeton
University; the Environmental Protection Agency;
University of Pennsylvania; Hebrew University of
Jerusalem; the International Arctic Research Centre;
the Pasteur Institute in Paris; Royal Netherlands
Meteorological Institute; the University of Helsinki;
the National Academy of Sciences of the U.S., France,
and Russia; the University of Pretoria; University of
Notre Dame; Abo Akademi University in Finland;
University of La Plata in Argentina; Stockholm
University; Punjab University in India; University of
Melbourne; Columbia University; the World Federation
of Scientists; and the University of London.
Background: Only 52 Scientists Participated in UN IPCC
Summary
The notion of "hundreds" or "thousands" of UN
scientists agreeing to a scientific statement does not
hold up to scrutiny. (See report debunking "consensus"
LINK) Recent research by Australian climate data
analyst John McLean revealed that the IPCC's
peer-review process for the Summary for Policymakers
leaves much to be desired. (LINK) (LINK) (LINK) &
(LINK) (Note: The 52 scientists who participated in
the 2007 IPCC Summary for Policymakers had to adhere
to the wishes of the UN political leaders and
delegates in a process described as more closely
resembling a political party's convention platform
battle, not a scientific process - LINK)
Proponents of man-made global warming like to note how
the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) and the
American Meteorological Society (AMS) have issued
statements endorsing the so-called "consensus" view
that man is driving global warming. But both the NAS
and AMS never allowed member scientists to directly
vote on these climate statements. Essentially, only
two dozen or so members on the governing boards of
these institutions produced the "consensus"
statements. This report gives a voice to the
rank-and-file scientists who were shut out of the
process. (LINK)
The NAS has come under fire for its lobbying
practices. See: NAS Pres. Ralph Cicerone Turns Science
Org. into political advocacy group: $6 million NAS
study is used to lobby for global warming bill &
Cicerone's Shame: NAS Urges Carbon Tax, Becomes
Advocacy Group -- 'political appointees heading
politicized scientific institutions that are virtually
100% dependent on gov't funding' MIT's Richard Lindzen
harshly rebuked NAS president Cicerone in his
Congressional testimony in November 2010. Lindzen
testified: "Cicerone [of NAS] is saying that
regardless of evidence the answer is predetermined. If
government wants carbon control, that is the answer
that the Academies will provide." [ Also See: MIT
Climate Scientist Exposes 'Corrupted Science' in
Devastating Critique – November 29, 2008 ]
While the scientists contained in this report hold a
diverse range of views, they generally rally around
several key points. 1) The Earth is currently well
within natural climate variability. 2) Almost all
climate fear is generated by unproven computer model
predictions. 3) An abundance of peer-reviewed studies
continue to debunk rising CO2 fears and, 4)
"Consensus" has been manufactured for political, not
scientific purposes.
Scientists caution that the key to remember is
"climate change is governed by hundreds of factors, or
variables," not just CO2. UK Professor Emeritus of
Biogeography Philip Stott of the University of London
decried the notion that CO2 is the main climate
driver. "As I have said, over and over again, the
fundamental point has always been this: climate change
is governed by hundreds of factors, or variables, and
the very idea that we can manage climate change
predictably by understanding and manipulating at the
margins one politically-selected factor is as
misguided as it gets," Stott wrote in 2008. Even the
climate activists at RealClimate.org let this fact
slip out in a September 20, 2008 article. "The actual
temperature rise is an emergent property resulting
from interactions among hundreds of factors,"
RealClimate.org admitted in a rare moment of candor.]
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