Posted on 11/01/2011 4:11:59 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
IT'S one of the hottest feuds in science - climate chance zealots insist that we're still destroying the planet but now another scientist has warned the cast-iron evidence just isn't there.
FOR a minute there it seemed the global warming debate had finally been resolved.
While for years scientists and sceptics have raged against each other on the crucial topic, new research hailed “the most definitive study into temperature data gathered by weather stations over the past half-century” seemed to come to an authoritative conclusion.
Global warming IS real it said, strengthening the need for us all to reduce carbon emissions and boost efforts to try to save the planet.
And this research was headed by a physicist who had previously been a sceptic of global warming and an outspoken critic of the science underpinning it, lending the results even greater credibility.
Prof Richard Muller had spent two years trying to discover if the mainstream scientists were wrong but concluded they were right. Temperatures are rising and his results, he concluded, “proved you should not be a sceptic, at least not any longer”. Case closed.
But is it? Not according to Prof Judith Curry, a member of Prof Muller’s team, who claims the same findings have shown that global warming has stopped – plunging the rest of us into a quandary of what and who to believe.
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Richard Muller never changed his opinion on Global warming he only disagreed with some of the global warming alarmist when they were proven to hide the data. That was over the hockey stick scam.
No quandary here, and no AGW.
I’m strongly opposed to the next (overdue) ice age and welcome Global Warming, no matter the cause.
Right, he was always skeptical of the hysteria, and he did say that scientists exaggerate things because that's the only way to get the population to DO SOMETHING. But in his lectures, he always properly said the AGW line, with some caveats. I actually respected him for that, I mean, come on, the guy teaches at Berkley, so for him, that was probably deeps skepticism.
Here's where the Gorons stir things up to confuse everyone and advance their scam.
As far as weather is concerned the statement might be true.
As far as climate is concerned, we have nowhere near enough accurate world-wide temperature readings to have a basis on which to claim any scientific fact about climate.
I don’t think western civilation produces experts in anything any more.
Of course not. We've progressed WAY beyond that box
Judith Curry is correct: a decade-long period is not long enough to arrive a statistically significant demonstration that “global warming has not stopped”.
However, it’s also not long enough to conclude that “global warming *has* stopped”... because it’s not long enough to arrive at *any* statistically significant judgement about longer term trends.
Steam browser seems to eat things.
hope you can find it in your endless heart to forgive my typo.
exactly. I agree with you I do respect him for not being closed minded about it at least. He makes it easy for both sides to say, "I respectfully disagree" then leave on good terms.
if more leftist were like him life on this planet would be greatly improved
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