Not exact matches
It was a good deed to give Dennis Schmitt a forum to respond to Patrick
Michaels since
Michaels doesn't offer one, we need to see less of the tug of war and more of the real evolving science
as scientists strive to fill in gaps in data and missing links in
climate models, and to understand feedbacks and the coupled dynamics of land, air and water.
BTW, while I agree that
Michaels can't be regarded
as a
climate scientist any more, he might take exception to this characterisation.
The Wall Street Journal's opinion section has also served
as host to prominent
climate obstructionists, such
as Bjorn Lomborg and
scientists - for - hire Richard Lindzen and Patrick
Michaels.
Western Fuels, then a $ 400 million coal cooperative, declared in its annual report that it was enlisting several
scientists who were skeptical about
climate change — Patrick
Michaels, Robert Balling, and S. Fred Singer —
as spokesmen.
Michaels and Balling are labeled «skeptics» because they don't believe the warming is likely to be
as severe or
as disruptive
as most other
climate scientists, but they readily accept the reality of anthropogenic global warming.
In the early 1990s, when
climate scientists began to suspect that our burning of coal and oil was changing the earth's
climate, Western Fuels, then a $ 400 million coal cooperative, declared in its annual report that it was enlisting several
scientists who were skeptical about
climate change — Patrick
Michaels, Robert Balling, and S. Fred Singer —
as spokesmen.
You seem to have missed the distinction
michael; the piece by Dr Curry is an opinion piece based on her own experiences
as a
scientist, a
climate scientist and
as someone who
as actively tried to further the discussion - unless i'm mistake Dr Curry has clearly stated that she still thinks there's merit in the theory, but has issue with the methods and presentation (though leaving an open mind for uncertainty natch #).
As Bjørn Lomborg, climatologist Patrick
Michaels and political
scientist Professor Roger Pielke Jr have discovered, you merely have to challenge the orthodox political policy responses.Or, like
Climate Audit's Steve McIntyre, dare to scrutinise the statistical workings behind influential climate research
Climate Audit's Steve McIntyre, dare to scrutinise the statistical workings behind influential
climate research
climate research papers.
The «Vampire Memo» from the Intermountain Rural Electric Association (IREA) draws on the work of such industry - funded skeptics
as Pat
Michaels, Fred Singer, Robert Balling and Craig Idso —
as well
as such ideologues
as Richard Lindzen and William Gray who have long been laughingstocks in the community of mainstream
climate scientists.