U.S. Senate Report: Over 400 Prominent Scientists Disputed ... - NJIAT

Scagel, M.Sc., forest microclimate specialist, principal consultant, Pacific Phytometric
Consultants, B.C., Canada; Gary D. Sharp, PhD, Center for Climate/Ocean Resources
Study, Salinas, CA, U.S.; L. Graham Smith, PhD, Associate Professor, Dept. of
Geography, University of Western Ontario, Canada; Peter Stilbs, TeknD, Professor of
Physical Chemistry, Research Leader, School of Chemical Science and Engineering,
KTH (Royal Institute of Technology), Stockholm, Sweden; Len Walker, PhD, power
engineering, Pict Energy, Melbourne, Australia; Stephan Wilksch, PhD, Professor for
Innovation and Technology Management, Production Management and Logistics,
University of Technology and Economics Berlin, Germany; and Raphael Wust, PhD,
Lecturer, Marine Geology/Sedimentology, James Cook University, Australia. Also,
"Other professional persons knowledgeable about climate change who expressed support
for the open letter to the UN Secretary General" included meteorological researcher and
spotter for the National Weather Service Allan Cortese; Water resources engineer Don
Farley; Dr. David A. Gray of Messiah College, a former researcher in electromagnetic
waves in the atmosphere; Barrie Jackson, associate professor of Chemical Engineering
at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada; Raymond J. Jones, PhD, FATSE,
OAM. retired, Agronomist, Townsville, Australia; J.A.L. Robertson, M.A. (Cantab.),
F.R.S.C., nuclear-energy consultant, Deep River, ON, Canada; J.T.Rogers, PhD, FCAE,
nuclear engineer; energy analyst, Ottawa, Canada; John K. Sutherland, PhD in Geology
(Manchester University), New Brunswick, Canada; Noor van Andel, PhD Energy
Physics, Burgemeester Stroinkstraat, The Netherlands; Arthur M. Patterson, P.Eng,
Geological Engineer. Extensive experience in the Canadian Arctic; Agronomist Pat
Palmer of New Zealand; and Alois Haas emeritus Prof. PhD, nuclear chemistry. (LINK)
(See attachment one for full text of letter and complete list of signatories at end of
this report.)
Dutch Geologist Dr. Chris Schoneveld, a retired exploration geophysicist, has
become an outspoken skeptic regarding the human influence on climate over the
past four years. "If global warming is just a consequence of natural climatic fluctuations
similar to well-documented, geologically caused climate changes, wouldn't we rather
adapt to a warming world than to spend trillions of dollars on a futile exercise to contain
carbon dioxide emissions?" Schoneveld wrote in the October 1, 2007 International
Herald Tribune. "As long as the causes of the many climate changes throughout the
Earth's history are not well understood, one cannot unequivocally separate natural causes
from possibly man-made ones. The so-called scientific consensus discourages healthy
debate between believers in global warming and skeptics. There has never been a UNorganized
conference on climate change where skeptics were invited for the sake of
balance to present their case," he explained. (LINK) Schoneveld also critiqued the UN
IPCC process on February 3, 2007. "Who are the geologists that the IPCC is relying on?
Is the IPCC at all concerned about the frequency and recurrence of ice ages? Who are the
astronomers that advise the IPCC on other cause of possible climate change (sun spots or
earth's elliptical orbit, tilt and wobble of its axis) so as to ascertain that we are not just
experiencing a normal trend related to interglacial warming or variation in solar
radiation?" he asked. (LINK)
Atmospheric scientist Dr. Hendrik Tennekes, a scientific pioneer in the development
of numerical weather prediction and former director of research at The
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