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

especially with regards to the accuracy and representativeness of the surface temperature
record acquired from both inland and ocean areas and upon which the various models
depend,‖ Leavitt explained. ―There is considerable evidence that calls into question not
only the quality but the relevance of certain proxy data used to construct a detailed and
Global paleo-climatic record. There is considerable evidence to call into question the
competence and possibly the integrity of those engaged in the analysis of such data which
includes the abuse and misuse of statistics, the failure to maintain or properly archive the
raw data, and the reluctance to provide to outside investigators such basic items as the
notes, methodology and algorithms used to reach the conclusions expressed in their
published assertions,‖ Leavitt wrote. ―The peer review process as applied to AGW studies
is deeply flawed. It lacks transparency and accountability,‖ he added. ―I have no problem
recognizing that over the entire past Century temperatures have shown a net rise. There has
also been a steady and generally indisputable rise in CO2 since regular measurements began
in 1958. But it is wrong to simply relate the warming segments of the 20th Century climate
to this rise in CO2 while ignoring the cooling periods by attributing those to Natural
Variability,‖ he added. (LINK)
U.S Army Chief Scientist Dr. Bruce West dissented from climate fears in 2008. West
faulted the UN IPCC for having "concluded that the contribution of solar variability to
global warming is negligible." West argued argues many global warming researchers have
not adequate modeled the Sun‘s impact, according to a June 3, 2008 article. West believes
the UN and others have "significantly over-estimated" the "anthropogenic contribution to
global warming." West along with Nicola Scafetta of Duke University Physics Department
published a March 2008 analysis showing the ―could account for as much as 69% of the
increase in Earth's average temperature.‖ (LINK) (LINK)
Climatologist Dr. Robert Balling of Arizona State University, the former head of the
university‟s Office of Climatology, has served as a climate consultant to the United
Nations Environment Program, the World Climate Program, the World
Meteorological Organization, and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization. Balling, who has also served in the UN IPCC, would have
preferred former Vice President Al Gore had won the presidency in 2000. He has
authored several books on global warming, including The Heated Debate and The
Satanic Gases. Balling expressed skepticism about man-made climate fears in 2007. "In
my lifetime, this global-warming issue might fade away," Balling said in a November 11,
2007 interview with the Arizona Republic newspaper. Noting the pressure he feels as a
skeptical scientist, Balling explained, "Somehow I've been branded this horrible person
who belongs in the depths of hell." He added, "There's just no tolerance right now." The
article explained, ―Balling's research over the years has explored sun activity, pollution
from volcanoes, the urban-heat-island effect and errors in past temperature models as
possible causes of rising temperatures.‖ (LINK)
Meteorologist Hajo Smit of Holland, a former member of the Dutch IPCC committee
and a snow forecaster for Dutch winter sports, who holds a masters degree in
environmental science and has presented his research on soil moisture‟s role in global
climate models at National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), reversed his
views of man-made global warming. ―After the range of very warm years and ‗advent‘ Al
Gore, I became a reluctant climate change believer for about 6 months,‖ Smit wrote EPW
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