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

Atmospheric scientist Bruce Schwoegler, former U.S. Navy meteorologist and Boston
broadcast meteorologist, rejected man-made climate fears. "It is my contention that too
many variables cloud the global warming broth that has boiled over. A rational approach
and lower setting on the hot stove political and media agenda is in order," Schwoegler
wrote to EPW on May 29, 2007. Schwoegler, who was awarded the American
Meteorological Society's Outstanding Broadcast Meteorologist service award, is also an
investigator with an international team studying environmental impacts of a Caribbean
volcano. "Yes, significant global warming is a concern, and there is a likely relationship
between human induced impacts and climate change. But has anyone truly ascertained the
scope, depth and outcome in our planetary system which is rife with natural checks and
balances? Quantifying them and resultant interactions remains mostly a game of my theory
versus yours," he explained. "Urbanization's heat islands, volcanic activity, solar
fluctuations, historical climate cycles, oceanic and green canopy carbon budgets and the
magnitude of artificial irrigation are but a few of the more blatant examples of puzzle
pieces not yet in place. Even proliferating aircraft contrails and changes in measuring
techniques and sites must be considered. All comprise a cloudy soup that should be set to
low as I am not yet prepared to eat," he concluded.
NASA consultant and former space shuttle engineer John L. Casey of the Florida
based Verity Management Services Inc. (VMS), has found solar influences on the
climate dominate. An April 3, 2007 press release from VMS touted "A new theory for how
the sun contributes to the heating and especially the cooling of the Earth." The release from
Casey, who has conducted satellite launch studies for the U.S. Department of Defense,
explained, "Discovered in the process of doing research into a book on natural disasters he
is writing, the theory uncovered by Casey has identified two important cycles of the sun.
One is between 90 and 100 years long and another 207 years long, that he says are the
primary cycles for weather patterns in the US and possibly around the globe. ‗The surprise,'
said Casey ‗was the near 100% match between low temperatures and solar activity lows
between now and as far back as 900 AD. A correlation this strong is rare and exciting. The
data is reliable enough for me to call an end to the current 207 year or ‗Bi-Centennial' cycle
with the next solar sunspot period, and with it the start of a new period of declining
temperatures.' If the theory's fundamental cycles play out as he predicts, over the next ten
years we will be well on our way into a global cool down. He estimates by the peak of the
next solar sunspot cycle which he calculates for the year 2012, there should be strong signs
the cooler period has started in accordance with the relational cycle theory. He also says
signs of a Bi-Centennial cycle changeover are already occurring although modestly. His
observations are based on lower sunspot counts and year to year comparisons between
2006 and 2007."
Meteorologist Larry Cosgrove said on Fox News Channel on January 19, 2007, "I do not
espouse the global kool-aid line of the American Meteorological Society. Now, I like many
people, believe in global warming. You can't refute that. Temperatures are warming around
the globe. But, the question is what's causing it. Is it purely man made as the American
Meteorological Society and [the Weather Channel's Dr. [Heidi] Cullen espouse or is it a
combination of events, namely what's happening on the earth and ‗some help' so to speak,
from man kind?" (LINK)
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