Posted on August 4th, 2008 by admin
Launch Magazine - July/August issue
Walter Cunningham is one of the astronauts of Apollo 7. He writes about global warming in the latest issue of Launch Magazine and his comments bear considering.
Mr. Cunningham is important in this discussion because of his obvious intelligence and past leadership but also in his strong ability in analyzing scientific and political events and drawing conclusions.
What I find to be most compelling are:
- his ridicule of climate models.
- his discussions of correlation and causation.
- the replacement of scientific discussion with emotional arguments.
- the condemnation of Mr. Hansen - one of the early warning voices of global warming and an employee of NASA.
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Posted on July 20th, 2008 by admin
www.tech-know.eu - July 14, 2008
A group of 13 prominent scientists have written a letter to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon requesting him to “redress the lack of scientific integrity of the UN’s Climate Change Panel (IPCC) and to stop making reactionary and futile ‘Climate Change’ recommendations that hold back the developing world.”
I am not going to reproduce the entire letter here as it is freely available in PDF format. I will point out that these are not lightweight scientists. Evidently the signatories are below and they include at least one Nobel Prize winner.
- Piers Corbyn Astrophysicist & forecaster, WeatherAction, UK
- Vincent Gray IPCC Expert Reviewer, Climate Consultant, NZ
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Posted on June 25th, 2008 by admin
KUSI
John Coleman spoke before the San Diego Chamber of Commerce on the subject of global warming. Mr. Coleman is not your typical weatherman! Some say he is the father of the weatherman on TV (not likely) but at the very least he is one one of the most successful. A full profile is available for him on Wikipedia but among his many accomplishments, he was the first weatherman on the national morning talk shows (remember David Hartman?) and also founded The Weather Channel.
Mr. Coleman is pretty adamant that the current global warming trend (which many question actually exists) is most likely natural in origin and has little to do with the influences of man.
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Posted on April 1st, 2008 by admin
I know that this tradition is a little strange to my readers in other countries and other cultures. The US has a tradition of playing practical jokes on the first day of April and accompanying the prank with the declaration of yelling out “April Fools”. It seems only fitting on this day of humor to post a few global warming cartoons.
Please enjoy and please laugh a little today. Life is short and it is shorter if we don’t laugh. The cartoons below are small images of the actual cartoons - click through to the original site to see the cartoon at full size.
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Posted on March 28th, 2008 by admin
GUEST ARTICLE:
By Julee Mitchelsin
With all of the fervor these days about the dangers of global warming many people are concerned about the fate of Antarctica. The fears are that the ice that makes up the continent is melting faster than normal and not freezing back as it usually does with a very even ebb and flow. The concerns are that this will eventually raise the sea level enough to put major cities and land masses under water and leave millions of people homeless and/or even dead.
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Posted on March 27th, 2008 by admin
GUEST ARTICLE:
By Calvin Leonard
Climate Change and Global Warming are indeed a huge debate topic in all its controversy and media hysteria. The majority of people are up in arms over the thought of global warming and indeed they want the United States to sign the Kyoto Treaty and agree to reduce our emissions of greenhouse gases.
We cannot say for sure how much the globe may be warming up though, how much is due to human activities versus natural activities, or whether these movements in global temperature would be mostly good or mostly bad for the majority of us.
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Posted on January 29th, 2008 by admin
The Washington Times - December 21, 2007
This story has been floating around the media for some time and I suppose it is time that I discuss it as well. It wouldn’t be such a big deal except that Mr. Al Gore, former Vice President of the United States and Nobel prize winner, declared the debate over and that there was a consensus among scientists. Of course, the first thing that happens with that kind of grandiose statement is the nay-sayers raise their hands REAL HIGH!
That is part of what makes this discussion so interesting (and so frustrating). Seemingly intelligent people with such strong and diverse opinions that are arguing so strenuously. As with most bi-polar discussions, the truth likely lies somewhere in the middle.
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Posted on December 17th, 2007 by admin
Jacksonville Business Journal - December 14, 2007
There has been a great deal of analysis on the costs of curbing emissions to the US economy but very little in analysis on a local scale of the costs of the change in climate if global warming continues. This study allows for causation to be a mixture of natural and human and doesn’t allocate responsibility to either side.
There are a few things in the article that don’t appear to be substantiated.
- pointing to Ponte Vedra Beach as an indicator of the bad things to come for Florida seems like a red herring. Does the study really think any changes at that particular beach are due to the changes in the climate to date? Ocean levels have not increased that dramatically compared to 2 or 3 decades ago
- there is quite a bit of counter-proof regarding increased hurricane activity. I have written on this several times.
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Posted on December 12th, 2007 by admin
ScienceDaily - December 12, 2007
If you read this site on a regular basis, this will be no surprise to you. A couple fairly prominent and outspoken scientists are trying to explain that the computer models that are used for predicting the massive problems of the future are not quite as accurate and foretelling as some will have you believe.
Many people will say that the climate projections are good enough and we should go into massive retooling of the worlds economy based on this small amount of information. This is the common theme over at RealClimate. While the jury is still out, in my opinion, as to what the future holds for us, there is no question that we do not have very good evidence on either side of the issue. The current models make numerous assumptions and any errors in the logic will tend to exaggerate over time.
This is a preview of
New Study Increases Concerns About Climate Model Reliability
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Click here to read the full post (382 words, estimated 1:32 mins reading time)
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Posted on November 6th, 2007 by admin
Wall Street Journal - November 1, 2007
This is a very interesting commentary from John Christy, a member of the IPCC and, thus, a partial receiver of the Nobel Peace Prize. In short, it appears that Mr. Christy doesn’t think that he deserves his .001% of the prize.
I was pointed to this commentary by two regular readers (thank you to Scott and to Ron - check out their sites by clicking on their names).
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