Hi all,
As Michael says, there's still rampant scepticism about global warming
in the Murdoch press. And there still is among many MPs. But glaringly
obvious evidence of global warming comes from the Arctic, where
temperatures have soared, and where the sea ice area could collapse [1]
most likely by September 2015 but possibly in September this year. A
catastrophic acceleration of methane emissions would follow almost
inevitably, whether over years or decades [2]. Immediate and drastic
intervention to cool the Arctic is required to prevent collapse of sea
ice and reduce risk of an ensuing disaster to threaten all humanity.
See Declaration of Emergency [3] and Call for Intervention at APPCCG
parliamentary meeting next Tuesday, 13th March [4] to which all are
invited [5].
Cheers,
John
[1] Collapse to less than 20% of its mean 20th Century extent, thus
exposing most of the Arctic ocean to heating by sunshine in later summer
and doubling the rate of Arctic warming.
[2] Methane, the main constituent of natural gas, is a potent greenhouse
gas, up to 105 times more potent than CO2 over 20 years, weight for
weight. See Shindell's figures
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/326/5953/716.figures-only
[3] http://www.ameg.me/
[4] http://arctic-news.blogspot.com/
[5] If you would like to attend this meeting, please contact Neha Sethi
at the APPCCG Secretariat on [email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]> or tel: +44 (0) 20 7833 6035.
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On 02/02/2012 09:20, Michael Northcott wrote:
Friends
The Levenson enquiry heard yesterday that the London Times has form on
email hacking. This reminded me of our earlier discussion of the
potential role of the Murdoch empire in climate science email hacking.
The continued commitment of the Murdoch media to denying climate
change is evident in an article signed by 16 scientists, including
familiar names such as Richard Lindzen though most are not climate
scientists, on January 27 in the Wall Street Journal indicating that
'large numbers of scientists' dispute global warming:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204301404577171531838421366.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_RIGHTTopCarousel_1.#articleTabs=article
The article repeats the claim that the earth has not warmed in the
last decade despite the reent release of the temperature anomaly for
2011 by NOAA which indicates 2011 the 11th hottest since 1880 and
record droughts in the Sahel, southern USA, Mexico and North Africa:
Professor Michael S Northcott
New College
University of Edinburgh
Mound Place
Edinburgh
EH1 2LX
UK
[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
Tel: 441316508900
Professor Michael S Northcott
New College
University of Edinburgh
Mound Place
Edinburgh
EH1 2LX
UK
[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
Tel: 441316508900
The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in
Scotland, with registration number SC005336.
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