Wednesday, April 01, 2009

Statement from scientists who disagree with President Obama on global warming

More scientists who dispute the claim that the End is Near.
We, the undersigned scientists, maintain that the case for alarm regarding climate change is grossly overstated. Surface temperature changes over the past century have been episodic and modest and there has been no net global warming for over a decade now.1,2 After controlling for population growth and property values, there has been no increase in damages from severe weather-related events.3 The computer models forecasting rapid temperature change abjectly fail to explain recent climate behavior.4 Mr. President, your characterization of the scientific facts regarding climate change and the degree of certainty informing the scientific debate is simply incorrect...
Read the list here. Prepare also to hear about personal attacks against and questions about the motivations of those on the list.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2007/05/start-here/