Christopher Monckton -- 3rd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley -- is the
author of the newsletter piece in question. His educational background
is in classics and journalism, not climatology or physics. Most of his
work experience is in journalism, business, and politics (including
serving a stint in the Thatcher administration).
He uses some rather bizarre mathematical analyses to "prove" that humans
aren't causing global warming. Most of his "publications" on the topic
have appeared in British newspapers, not peer-reviewed journals. My
guess is that Fourier and Arrhenius -- both with better mathematical and
scientific credentials -- would disagree if they knew then what we know
now about CO2 emissions. Arrhenius predicted it would take another
1,000 years for us to hit the CO2 concentrations we will likely hit in a
few decades.
I'd love to know who decided to publish Monckton's piece in the newsletter.
Later,
Dave
Rebecca Sherry wrote:
FYI. Also note the response of the APS below.
Fox News published the following story:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,386481,00.html
Scientific Consensus About Global Warming Takes Another Big Hit
Friday, July 18, 2008
Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine:
Change of Heart
An organization representing nearly 50,000 physicists has reversed its
stance on climate change. The American Physical Society now says that
many of its members no longer believe global warming is caused by
humans.
The Society previously declared: "The evidence is incontrovertible.
Global warming is occurring." But the Society now says there is no
scientific consensus to support that statement: "There is a
considerable presence within the scientific community of people who do
not agree with the intergovernmental panel on climate change conclusion
that anthropogenic CO2 emissions are likely to be primarily responsible
for global warming."
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This story, however, is garbage as this is what the American Physical
Society says:
http://www.aps.org/
APS Climate Change Statement
APS Position Remains Unchanged
The American Physical Society reaffirms the following position on
climate change, adopted by its governing body, the APS Council, on
November 18, 2007:
"Emissions of greenhouse gases from human activities are changing the
atmosphere in ways that affect the Earth's climate."
An article at odds with this statement recently appeared in an online
newsletter of the APS Forum on Physics and Society, one of 39 units of
APS. The header of this newsletter carries the statement that
"Opinions expressed are those of the authors alone and do not
necessarily reflect the views of the APS or of the Forum." This
newsletter is not a journal of the APS and it is not peer reviewed.
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Contact Fox News immediately to complain, here: Send news tip to FOXNews.com
(located on left side of web page) at:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,386481,00.html
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