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

FULL SENATE REPORT: U.S. Senate Report: Over
400 Prominent Scientists Disputed Man-Made
Global Warming Claims in 2007
December 20, 2007
This report is in the spirit of enlightenment philosopher Denis Diderot who reportedly said,
"Skepticism is the first step towards truth."
[Disclaimer: The following scientists named in this report have expressed a range of
views from skepticism to outright rejection of predictions of catastrophic man-made
global warming. As in all science, there is no lock step single view.]
Atmospheric scientist Dr. Nathan Paldor, Professor of Dynamical Meteorology and
Physical Oceanography at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem has authored almost
70 peer-reviewed studies and won several awards. "First, temperature changes, as well
as rates of temperature changes (both increase and decrease) of magnitudes similar to that
reported by IPCC to have occurred since the Industrial revolution (about 0.8C in 150 years
or even 0.4C in the last 35 years) have occurred in Earth's climatic history. There's nothing
special about the recent rise!" Paldor told EPW on December 4, 2007. "Second, our ability
to make realizable (or even sensible) future forecasts are greatly exaggerated relied upon by
the IPCC. This is true both for the numerical modeling efforts (the same models that yield
abysmal 3-day forecasts are greatly simplified and run for 100 years!)," Paldor explained.
"Third, the rise in atmospheric CO2 is much smaller (by about 50%) than that expected
from the anthropogenic activity (burning of fossil fuels such as oil, coal and natural gas),
which implies that the missing amount of CO2 is (most probably) absorbed by the ocean.
The oceanic response to increasing CO2 concentration in the atmosphere might be much
slower than that of the atmosphere (and is presently very poorly understood). It is quite
possible that after an ‗adjustment time' the ocean (which contains far more CO2 than the
atmosphere) will simply increase its biological activity and absorb the CO2 from the
atmosphere (i.e. the atmospheric CO2 concentration will decrease)," he added. "Fourth, the
inventory of fossil fuels is fairly limited and in one generation we will run out of oil. Coal
and natural gas might take 100-200 years but with no oil their consumption will increase so
they probably won't last as long. The real alternative that presently available to humanity is
nuclear power (that can easily produce electricity for domestic and industrial usage and for
transportation when our vehicles are reverted to run on electricity). The technology for this
exists today and can replace our dependence on fossil fuel in a decade! This has to be made
known to the general public who is unaware of the alternative for taking action to lower the
anthropogenic spewing of CO2. This transformation to nuclear energy will probably rake
place when oil reserves dwindle regardless of the CO2 situation," he wrote. Paldor also
noted the pressure for scientists to bow to the UN IPCC view of climate change. "Many of
my colleagues with whom I spoke share these views and report on their inability to publish
their skepticism in the scientific or public media," he concluded. (LINK)
Dr. Denis G. Rancourt, Professor of Physics and an Environmental Science
researcher at the University of Ottawa, believes the global warming campaigns do a
disservice to the environmental movement. "Promoting the global warming myth trains
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