Than 1000 International Scientists Dissent Over Man-Made Global ...

with the idea of seeing for myself whether the anthropogenic position was correct or the
only credible explanation based on the available evidence. I still must admit to a strong
relationship between atmospheric CO2 and global warming since 1970 but feel, based on
the above, that it is only one potential contributor to global warming and that the changing
geomagnetic field is another major player in what has occurred during this same period,‖
Johnson wrote in May 2008. ―I find this, overall, somewhat reassuring since, to me, it
offers some hope with regard to the future unlike the gloom and doom prognostications
being promulgated based on the increasing CO2 models,‖ Johnson explained. (LINK)
Professor Dr. Geoffrey Kearsley, a geographer developing a program in
environmental communication at the University of Otago and director of Wilderness
Research Foundation, dissented from global warming fears in 2008. ―It is said that we are
now beyond the science and that the science of global warming has been finalized or
determined and that all scientists agree. Skeptics and deniers are simply cynical pawns in
the pockets of the big oil companies. This is unfortunate, to say the least. Science is rarely
determined or finalized; science evolves and the huge complexity of climate science will
certainly continue to evolve in the light of new facts, new experiences and new
understandings,‖ Kearsley wrote on July 17, 2008. ―The longer trends tell us that by 2020,
we will be experiencing an unusually low-energy sun. Apparently, these are exactly the
conditions that preceded the Maunder Minimum and ushered in the Little Ice Age. The
science goes on. Water vapor is the biggest greenhouse gas by a huge factor. The link
between CO2 and temperature change is erratic; often, carbon follows heat rather than the
uncritical popular perception that heat is induced by carbon. The oceans are a vast reservoir
of dissolved CO2; as they warm, they release it and reabsorb it as they cool. Which causes
what? There is much more yet to learn,‖ Kearsley added. ―There is an increasing body of
science that says that the sun may have a greater role. If it does have, then global warming
is likely to stop, as it appears to have done since 1998, and if the current sunspot cycle fails
to ignite, then cooling, possibly rapid and severe cooling, may eventuate.‖ (LINK)
Earth Scientist Greg Benson, who has 30 years of geologic study and 25 years of
experience as a research specialist in geologic modeling, rejected climate fears in 2008.
―The concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide (black line) has changed greatly since
fossilized life began on Earth nearly 600 million years ago. In fact, there is only 1/19 as
much CO2 in the air today as there was 520 million years ago. That high CO2 was hardly
the recipe for disaster,‖ Benson wrote in a July 15, 2008, analysis. ―Geologists and
climatologists are certain that the Earth has gone through periods both warmer and colder
than what we call 'normal' today. The planet has gone through these temperature
fluctuations on a regular and generally predictable cycle, and there is overwhelming
evidence that it has been doing this throughout geologic history,‖ Benson explained.
―Geologists and paleoclimatologists know that in the past the Earth's temperature has been
substantially warmer than it is today, and that this warming has occurred under purely
natural circumstances. Until we can say precisely how much of the current global warming
and greenhouse gas increase is the result of this normal temperature cycle, we will not be
able to measure how much human activity has added to this natural trend, nor will we be
able to predict whether there will be any lasting negative effects,‖ he added. (LINK)
Andrei Kapitsa, a Russian geographer and Antarctic ice core researcher, slammed the
UN IPCC as “the biggest ever scientific fraud” in 2008. ―The Kyoto theorists have put
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