Ed,
Thanks.
The UK/Canadian site is quite good. I've tucked their summary into my
archives.
I don't think GW was a press phrase. It's been with us from the
beginning. Schneider's book that may have been the first on the subject
was titled Global Warming.
However, it's a good name for the
Michael,
When I'm in a rush, I get careless! Small
changes.
Obviously, global warming is not refuted by some local
temperatures going down. In fact, some scenarios predict that
Britain could get much colder, if melting ice from Greenland diverts the
warming gulf stream away from the British
At 4:16 PM -0500 1/20/02, Ed Weick wrote:
Harry, I'm not in a position to take sides on the global
warming/cooling issue, and I can't say that I've read to IPCC
material very closely. Yet the material does suggest that some
matters have been reasonably well established - e.g. the general
There has been some debate on this topic on the list recently. Before
it continues, discussants might take a look at some of the findings of the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Changd at http://www.ipcc.ch/. The reports of
the Panel appear to suggest that we do have a problem.
Ed Weick
Ed,
I lost interest in the IPCC after I think their first meeting in
Italy.
After it, they produced a Summary Report that omitted all dissent. Of
course some of the dissenting scientists protested.
Then, came the full Report and again all mention of dissent was omitted.
When the dissenting
