I liked Titley quite a lot but couldn't understand why he seemed to be the «go to» guy as I didn't think he had as much technical knowledge of climate as the three
sceptical scientists on the panel.
Not exact matches
Yet other researchers contacted by New
Scientist remain
sceptical: «My take
on...
«The Republican Sarah Palin and her officials in the Alaskan state government drew
on the work of at least six
scientists known to be
sceptical about the dangers and causes of global warming...»
In a congressional meeting room, somewhere
on Capitol Hill, one of the world's leading
sceptical climate
scientists, Dr. Tim Ball, is toasting the advent of the Trump administration.
On several occasions Prof Stewart offers his commiserations to the defeated
sceptical scientist with the words» you have to feel sorry for him really».
The term is generally used in a derogatory way, so some politicians (e.g. Steve Fielding) and
scientists (e.g. Stewart Franks) even if they are genuinely
sceptical of the consensus view
on AGW, -LSB-...]
We found it difficult to understand why the BBC had not sought out and conducted lengthy interviews with some of the very many reputable
scientists who are
sceptical about the impact of CO2 and mankind
on the global climate.
I an a naturally
sceptical person, but my scepticism of global warming was cemented before I really knew what it was all about by a headline in the South China Morning Post saying that 2500
scientists had signed off
on catastrophic global warming.
Science is by its nature
sceptical:
scientists interrogate information and only
on repeated investigation does data become science.
Moreover, by applying the term «denial» (with all its loaded undertones) to
sceptical scientists; by referring to them inaccurately as «well funded» by the oil industry; and by likening those who stress the uncertainties of climate science to unprincipled lobbyists for tobacco companies, Lord May enters
on the field of personal vilification — not a suitable place for a distinguished former President of the Royal Society.
Notwithstanding Lord Monckton's very excellent (instant) reasoning powers, my first choice for the «non-believers» in AGW would be Anthony Watts because he clearly has access to all the information he needs at his fingertips + he would be able to call
on a lot of
sceptical scientists, without reserve, including Lord Monckton I'm sure, should he not be sure about his answers.
Why
on earth should one be
sceptical of unbiased, rigorous science when it's in the hands of openly partisan
scientists?!!!
Andrew Montford's observation comes in response to an article by Gavin Schmidt, in which he apparently shows more reflection
on the problems of science and advocacy than I would have expected, given his robust statements about «deniers», and his refusal to debate with more
sceptical climate
scientists in the past, and his impatience with his scientific critics, to the delight of climate activists.
If you're feeling
sceptical about the scale of this energy transformation, join the club — Nature ran an analysis by Shell
scientists on the physical limits to deploying new technology last December, which is worth a read (again subscription required).
Since this book is written by a
sceptical French climatoligist who has no connection to the oil industry or the various liberterian think tanks and who claims indisputably, that the «greenhouse effect or global warming scenario is a myth» fostered
on the general public by so called
scientists, I would be very interested in hearing your rebuttal, because I am still in the process of forming an informed opinion.
Hence the recent Harrabin Q&A session giving prominence to past temperature change and and the Guardian series
on the CRU hack leading with a profile of Steve McIntyre and going
on to discuss the supposed suppression of
sceptical science by climate
scientists.
But it is curious that the No
Scientist chose the headline
Sceptical climate
scientists concede Earth has warmed, and then goes
on to quote a number of sceptics, each of whom seem to have told the article's author, Michael Marshall that the warming was never in question.