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

continued: ―Because the effect is temporary, recent global warming should be interpreted
as a short-term response to increased carbon emissions, which is expected to be reversed
in the future.‖ The paper added: ―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.‖ (LINK) (LINK) (LINK)
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, rejected global warming claims in April 2010. ―The
whole idea of anthropogenic global warming is completely unfounded,‖ Ratcliffe said.
Ratcliffe ridiculed former Vice President Al Gore's ―supposed science.‖ ―The data does
not support Gore's hypothesis,‖ he explained. Ratcliffe also pulled no punches in an April
14, 2010 interview. ―Without trying too hard, I found 35 fundamental ‗errors‘ in An
Inconvenient Truth. The word ‗errors‘ is in quotation marks because it is inconceivable to
me that these falsehoods could all have been inadvertent. Some or possibly all were put
there to deceive the viewer. There appears to have been money gained by [Michael]
Mann, Gore and [UN IPCC‘s] Pachauri as a consequence of this deception, so it's fraud.
If proven in a court of law, they should be heavily punished and their ill-gotten assets
confiscated and put to the benefit of mankind.‖ (LINK) (LINK) (LINK)
Award-winning Swedish Mathematics Professor Dr. Claes Johnson of the Royal
Institute of Technology has authored 100 scientific articles and 6 books on applied
mathematics, partial differential equations, finite element methods and numerical
analysis. Johnson rejected global warming claims in 2010 and took on the entire premise
of the greenhouse gas effect. ―AGW alarmism is based on an idea of ‗back radiation‘ or
‗re-radiation‘ from an atmosphere with greenhouse gases, but the physics of this
phenomenon remains unclear.‖ Johnson explained that backradiation from atmospheric
greenhouse CO2 ―is unphysical and purely fictional.‖ (LINK) (LINK) (LINK)
Chief Meteorologist Tom Russell of CBS affiliate in Harrisburg PA, who is certified
by both the American Meteorological Society and National Weather Association,
dissented in 2009. ―Despite what you‘ve heard, carbon dioxide is not a pollutant. It‘s kind
of important to our survival. Research now shows that CO2 does not drive temperature
but rather temperature drives CO2,‖ Russell said in October 2009. ―Adding twice the
CO2 does not double the effect. The initial tons of CO2 matter, but adding more has less
and less effect. Imagine painting a window with black paint: The first coat does most of
the work, the extra coats don‘t matter much,‖ Russell explained. ―We can't keep a stray
shower from ruining your picnic, so how are we going to stop climate change,‖ he asked.
―I don't know what's more arrogant: Saying we caused it or saying we can stop it,‖ he
added. (LINK) (LINK) (LINK)
Meteorologist Dave Epstein, who teaches at Framingham State College, declared
man-made warming fears ―one of the biggest myths of modern time‖ in 2009. In an April
2009 essay titled Where is the Science Behind Climate Change Claims? Epstein
explained his views. ―As an environmental advocate I have placed land under
conservation and restored habitats. I recycle, reuse rainwater, walk when others drive,
and generally leave a small environmental footprint. Yet I am angered by climatologists,
environmentalists, and politicians who purvey one of the biggest myths of modern time:
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