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

American Meteorological Society for outstanding contribution to the atmospheric sciences,
wrote in a February 14, 2007 blog post, "It seems to make sense, CO2 is a greenhouse gas
and if the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere increases, the temperature should increase.
Unfortunately, it is not that simple. If CO2 was the only thing that changed and there were
no other what are called ‗forcings' and ‗feedbacks', then maybe it would be simple." "It
seems to me there is plenty of room for skepticism about the scenarios painted by the
models based on purely scientific grounds. Anyone who takes the time and effort to study
the issue would not make the incredible statement that skeptics are on a par with
‗Holocaust Deniers' as Ellen Goodman did in a Boston Globe article a couple of weeks
ago," James wrote. According to James, computer models do not include volcanoes, which
cool the atmosphere, and "the models do not properly account for the role clouds may play
in a warmer world. We don't clearly understand whether they produce a positive or
negative feedback (additional warming or cooling)." (LINK) James probed the heart of the
argument for man-made global warming when he asked in a June 4, 2007 blog, "Is it good
science to never once mention the problems with the General Circulation Models
(GCMs)?" "The rationale seems to be that the models produce the kind of warming we see
only when you include an increasing amount of CO2 into the atmosphere. The warming
cannot be reproduced by natural processes alone in the models. That's because the models
do not handle those natural processes correctly. They either don't include or are woefully
inadequate in their handling of major climate forcings such as the Pacific Decadal
Oscillation, the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation, El Nino, La Nina, water vapor, cloud
feedbacks, etc. This is one case where getting the answer you are looking for in the models
occurs for the wrong reason. There may have to be a snowstorm in Miami before it is no
longer politically incorrect to say such a thing in public. Actually, the snowstorm would
probably be blamed on global warming too," he explained. (LINK) James also wrote a blog
post detailing how the IPCC downplays cold weather is a bigger killer than hot weather.
James's April 4, 2007 blog was titled "Heat and Cold Related Deaths." "This paper from
WebMD states: ‗Cold-related deaths are far more numerous than heat-related deaths in the
United States, Europe, and almost all countries outside the tropics," James wrote. (LINK)
James summed up his view in a May 28, 2007 blog: "The more I study this subject and
become increasingly aware of the failings of the computer models, the more I think you can
trust the Old Farmer's Almanac on what next year's winter will be like more than you can
trust the climate models." (LINK)
Prize-wining Geologist Dr. Ian Plimer, a professor of Earth and Environmental
Sciences at the University of Adelaide in Australia, rejected alarmist views of climate
science in an article in the Sydney Morning Herald on April 6, 2007. "The Earth's
temperature rose by 0.7 per cent in the 20th century, but there was also an increase in
piracy. Does that mean piracy causes global warming?" Plimer asked. "There is new work
emerging even in the last few weeks that shows we can have a very close correlation
between the temperatures of the Earth and supernova and solar radiation. What if global
warming has nothing to do with human activity? What happens if the astronomers are right,
and the world is actually entering a cooling period?" Plimer questioned. "We geologists
have seen climate change for 4500 million years. Tell us something new," he added.
(LINK)
Meteorologist Jim Clark of Florida‟s WZVN-TV ABC 7 declared he did not agree with
what has been labeled the "consensus" view on global warming in a March 30, 2007 radio
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