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

Last Millennium, continued, "As recently as the 1960s, people were more concerned about
a new ice age -- and that would indeed pose a great danger to us. The most catastrophic
eras were those in which the weather became worse, not phases of warmer climates.
Precisely because we have to feed a growing population on this planet, we should in fact
embrace a warmer climate. In warmer regions it takes far less effort to ensure survival," he
said. "How did the polar bear survive the last warm period? Seals are the polar bear's most
important source of food, and the Canadians slaughter tens of thousands of them every
spring. That's why life is becoming more and more difficult for polar bears, and not
because it's getting warmer. Look at the polar bear's close relative, the brown bear. It is
found across a broad geographic region, ranging from Europe across the Near East and
North Asia, to Canada and the United States. Whether bears survive will depend on human
beings, not the climate," he said. Fear of spreading malaria is also unfounded, according to
Reichholf. "That's another one of those myths. Many people truly believe that malaria will
spread as temperatures rise. But malaria isn't even a true tropical disease. In the 19th
century, thousands of people in Europe, including Germany, the Netherlands and even
Scandinavia, died of malaria, even though they had never gone abroad. That's because this
disease was still prevalent in northern and central Europe in previous centuries. We only
managed to eliminate malaria in Europe by quarantining the sick, improving hygiene and
draining swamps. That's why I consider it virtually impossible that malaria would return to
us purely because of climate change. If it does appear, it'll be because it has been brought in
somewhere," he said. "There have been much faster climate fluctuations in the past, which
did not automatically lead to a global extinction of species. As a biologist, I can tell you
that only the fewest animals and plants are accustomed to rigid climate conditions," he
added. (LINK)
Emmy award-winning Chief Meteorologist for an NBC affiliate Bill Meck, who has
earned Seals of Approval from both the American Meteorological Society and the
National Weather Association, questioned the notion that there is a scientific "consensus"
about global warming. "If the science is ‗clear,' and there is no more ‗debate,' why is there
still a tremendous amount of our tax dollars being allocated to research (and a PR campaign
for that matter)? We don't still go around researching why the Earth is round, or why the
sky is blue. If it's a done deal, why are folks still trying to justify or prove it?" Meck asked
in a February 13, 2007 blog. (LINK) Meck, who produced a TV series called the "Global
Warming Myth," praised the March 13, 2007 article in the New York Times for debunking
much of the science presented in Gore's An Inconvenient Truth. "There are many wonderful
nuggets of information to pull from [the New York Times article], but file away the bits
about how there may not be the ‗consensus of scientists' you so often hear about. Also
check the info toward the end about the natural climate cycles. That is my contention all
along. There have been natural climate cycles, always have, always will," Meck explained
in a March 12, 2007 blog. "Also take note how there are very few times when the
temperature hangs around the ‗average', it's either warm or cold balancing out as an
‗average'. Our current warming began at the end of the Little Ice Age, just over 100 years
ago, when it was REALLY cold. Our current warm spell is simply balancing it out. Now
go enjoy the 70's in March, guilt free!" he wrote. (LINK)
Dr. Martin Hertzberg, a retired Navy meteorologist with a PhD in physical chemistry,
distrusts climate computer models and believes the models do not adequately account for
water in the atmosphere. According to the May 14, 2007 issue of The Nation magazine,
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