corner archive

Rolling balls and good grades

2010-01-03T16:21:00.001-05:00

Imagine a ball rolling down an incline then hitting the bottom which is completely flat, totally level. We all know that eventually the ball will stop. The gravity that caused the ball to roll is no longer influencing it but why does it stop, why doesn't it just roll forever? Friction, the contact of the ball to the surface creates friction which eventually stops the ball.

In this case the friction which stops the ball is called a negative feedback, without the negative feedback of friction the momentum of the ball initially caused by the gravity would just go on rolling until some other force stopped it.

What is little understood by the general public in regards to global warming is that carbon dioxide (CO2) by itself can only heat the Earth so much, it is not like adding fuel to the fire, as a matter of fact the more CO2 that is put into the atmosphere, the less that the CO2 is capable of heating. In a sense it saturates it's ability to warm. This is why you hear the discussion on CO2 discussed in terms of "doubling of CO2 from pre-industrial levels" when you reach that point you have pretty much reached the limit of what CO2 can do as far as heating the atmosphere on it's own.

This is not in dispute, from IPCC Fourth Assessment Report: Climate Change 2007 (AR4)

If the amount of carbon dioxide were doubled instantaneously, with everything else remaining the same, the outgoing infrared radiation would be reduced by about 4 Wm-2. In other words, the radiative forcing corresponding to a doubling of the CO2 concentration would be 4 Wm-2. To counteract this imbalance, the temperature of the surface-troposphere system would have to increase by 1.2°C (with an accuracy of ±10%), in the absence of other changes

So as you can see a doubling of CO2 would only account for a 1.2 C of warming-period. This is not in dispute. So why do you hear all these claims that increased CO2 is going to warm the Earth by anywhere from 2-6 degC? The IPCC explains:

In reality, due to feedback, the response of the climate system is much more complex. It is believed that the overall effect of the feedback amplifies the temperature increase to 1.5 to 4.5°C. A significant part of this uncertainty range arises from our limited knowledge of clouds and their interactions with radiation.

So in order to keep the ball rolling they postulate feedback, in this case positive feedback which amplifies the heating caused by the initial heating of increased CO2. Note the caution they put on this based on clouds, perhaps a future topic, but what is it that amplifies that 1.2 degrees into dangerous temperatures which will destroy life as we know it? From the IPCC:

The so-called water vapor feedback, caused by an increase in atmospheric water vapor due to a temperature increase, is the most important feedback responsible for the amplification of the temperature increase.

To summarize, a doubling of CO2 will cause the temperature to increase by 1.2 degC, this increased temperature will then cause more evaporation of water vapor (the primary greenhouse gas) into the atmosphere which will amplify the effect of the CO2 caused warming, got it? This is known as the "enhanced greenhouse effect".

It is as if having reached the bottom of the hill our ball creates its own jet propulsion which overcomes the negative feedback of friction and keeps on going.

I mention all this in order that you may understand why the historical temperature records are so important. You see, in order for the enhanced greenhouse effect to work as a theory, it must work regardless of the agent of temperature increase.

To put it simply, according to the theory, at some point the Earth's atmosphere will reach that famous tipping point temperature which will cause this chain reaction (the enhanced greenhouse effect) and it really does not matter how the Earth's atmosphere reaches that tipping point, only that it does-then we are cooked. It is not the CO2 that will increase temperatures, it is the increased water vapor. This also assumes that nature will not have some other negative feedback to counteract the warming temperatures, such as increased clouds.

The entire enhanced greenhouse effect theory is a sham, but let's assume that it is not. In order for the alarmist to justify drastic action they must convince policy makers and the public that the current temperatures are unprecedented. Why ? Simply because if in the past had the Earth's temperatures been as high or higher than today for extended periods, then the enhanced greenhouse effect should have kicked in regardless of how the temperatures reached that tipping point.

This is one important reason why the e-mails and data released are so important to the science question. These scientist were manipulating the historical record of past climate changes. It is not just that temperatures in the past were warmer without you driving your SUV, it goes to the very heart of the entire theory. If for example as was accepted prior to the AGW nonsense infecting science, the Medieval Warming Period was warmer than today, as was accepted until these guys got their hands and agenda on the data and the process, why did we not have runaway warming? Where was the enhanced greenhouse effect while they were making wine in England?

This is also why having proponents and advocates for an unproven theory also being the keepers of the records and the gatekeepers of the process by which the science is examined is so dangerous. It is as if my wife (a teacher) allowed her students to grade their own papers and worse they were paid based on the grades they received.

This is also why the scientist who promote this theory are so unscrupulous, they know this theory and the flaws in it. They know that the entire global warming hypothesis is a two step process yet they allow the public to believe, if not out right promote the idea, that carbon dioxide alone is going to trap the heat which will melt Santa's home and drown Polar Bears. They do this without making clear to the public that carbon dioxide itself is a harmless but critically important ingredient necessary to life on this planet and that only their unproven "second step" hocus pocus theory will cause the dangerous warming which they can neither accurately quantify and which is subject to a multitude of variables "this uncertainty range arises from our limited knowledge of clouds and their interactions with radiation."

Do you believe that the public at large understands that CO2 by itself could do little more than warm the planet to more comfortable productive environment. Do you believe that the public at large understands that the reported "settled" science is just chock full of "uncertainty". Uncertainty that is possibly (probably) so large as to make this theory basically worthless. Do you believe the so called scientist who promote this theory as fact have adequately explained this to policy makers and the public? Or have they promoted an agenda and hidden the simple facts about their theory which are as easily explained as a child's ball rolling down a hill.

Update: One not quite insignificant point I wanted to make but forgot is about this one assertion in the IPCC literature quoted above:\

It is believed that the overall effect of the feedback amplifies the temperature increase

Does this sound convincing or even scientific, "it is believed" ? Obviously it is not proven, which it is not, or they would have stated that. The best they can do is give ranges of what they believe this feedback will be which is called climate sensitivity, Upon that belief the entire theory rests. It is also that "belief" or assumption which is fed into the computer models which forecast global warning. without this "belief" the entire theory falls apart.

we breathe their breath, our breath they breathe

2010-01-03T16:20:00.001-05:00

When I was a child for a time I was blessed to live in the Big Sky country of eastern Montana. They call it the big sky because there are unending miles of rolling hills of grassy plains with few trees and even fewer communities to break the view. From horizon to horizon to horizon to horizon the skies reach the Earth without interruption to the human eye.

On a clear night a young boy can climb a small hill in this vast openness, lie upon the grass and gaze upon the stars. It is always bright whether the moon is out or not, so immeasurable are the stars that light the night.

Laying in the soft breeze and staring into the sky in such a place is not like a normal view of the night sky we are all familiar with, where the stars are like pin lights shining thought a black velvet cloth. No this is far different, as different as youth is from maturity. Looking into the sky at that place at that time is not to see the night filled with stars but rather to see the depths of the universe. Spiraling outward from the grassy hill is infinity, stars upon stars upon ever more stars as deep as the eye can perceive even beyond the imagination of a child.

“Where does it end?” “Is there a wall?’ “What is on the other side?” Are there more stars there or is it just black emptiness on the other side?” “Who built the wall?” “There is no wall!” “So where does it end?” “Where does it start?” “Awe!”

Only twice in adulthood have I even come close to experiencing the heavens as I did in the Big Sky, one moonless night in the Everglades and once in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico. Nothing however came close to the first time I stared into infinity and gasped with joy that I should see and feel such a thing. In that night in that place I knew there was a God, not because of the infinite Universe, but because I, a small child, could experience it and feel it and be a part of it. Touching infinity as it touched me.

And that is the key, I and all peoples that have ever been or ever will be are a part of the Universe, not apart from it. I am not an intruder upon the landscape of creation I am a part of it.

I recently posted a video by Sherwood Idso about carbon dioxide called the Breath of Life. In the video he uses his very breath to fertilize plant growth. Carbon Dioxide to plant life is as oxygen is to animal life. The symmetry of creation, the perfection of God, if you will, is that we breathe their breath, our breath they breathe.

This is no small matter either for the participants, which amounts to all of life on Earth, or for ones view of the world. It comes down to a fundamental outlook which is wrought with irony, is man(kind) part of creation or an intruder upon it? The ironies are these:

On the one side are those who do not believe in God, (no judgment here, I believe, belief is a gift from God) are most likely to view mankind as an intruder yet believe strongly in natural selection. In other words those who believe in what amounts to survival of the fittest are most likely to condemn mankind for practicing it.

On the other side you have those who believe in God and most likely believe that God has put all creatures and life forms here for our use now arguing that man is not apart from nature but a part of it.

This of course is a generalization, there are people who believe in God and believe also that we are destroying his creation through our actions a somewhat slap at God’s omnipotence in my opinion. There are also those who do not believe in God and do not believe that man is a destructive force in the scheme of things.

There is a simple truth in all this. If there is a God then the end is of His/Her choosing so whether we view ourselves as a part or apart from creation is really irrelevant, His will be done. If on the other hand there is no God the process of natural selection will determine the outcome.

The only other possibility defies both views, that man can determine the outcome apart from either God in which case why worship God? Or the evolution of natural selection is relevant to everything except man, in which case why have the theory? Either way the conclusion is the same -we are Gods.

And that is what is so ironic about the current debate on “climate change”. The idea that some think that certain among us have evolved to a point where they know the outcome apart from either God or the laws of nature. Yet these same people do not seem to understand the simplicity less alond the divinity of we breathe their breath, our breath they breathe.

2009-12-30T12:09:00.045-05:00

LET'S MAKE A DEAL

WWF hopes to find $60 billion growing on trees

Breaking the Obama Code: The Green Money Machine

Who owns the science?

Millions of pounds for Rajendra

Euros for Rajendra

£60m bill for the CO2 of our political class

How green is my golf course?

Climate change – a torrent of EU money

UN Climate Cronies

Climate makes money move in mysterious ways

Where our money goes

Pachauri: the natural disaster scam

Pachauri: the real story behind the Glaciergate scandal

HIGHNOON for Pachauri

Inconvenient truth

Sorry, But this Stinks

Pachauri: there's money in them glaciers

IPCC and Conflict of Interest: Anything Goes

Taxpayers' millions paid to Indian institute run by UN climate chief

The way the money goes round

Pachauri: another day, another dollar

Pachauri's Conflicts of Interest

Copenhagen summit: Denmark rushes in laws to stop carbon trading scam

British carbon traders charged with money laundering relating to alleged carousel fraud

Pachauri in a spot as climategate hits TERI

The Carbon Market Blinks — $130b trainwreck slows

Pachauri: the smoking gun

Pachauri: the cover-up begins

The Pachauri affair

Pachauri: nose in the honey jar

Pachauri's Lucrative World of Climate Change

Pachauri: How much is this man getting?

TRADERS WHO WILL MAKE A MINT OUT OF GLOBAL WARMING

Pachauri: TERI-Europe – the enigma (Part 3)

Pachauri: TERI-Europe – the enigma (Part 2)

Nothing is ever what it seems

Pachauri: friends of friends 2009

Pachauri: TERI-Europe - the enigma (Part 1)

The questions Dr Pachauri still has to answer

Big Carbon

Questions over business deals of UN climate change guru Dr Rajendra Pachauri

Climategate: How To Follow the Money

ClimateGate: What are the Alarmists So Afraid of ?

CRU Files Betray Climate Alarmists' Funding Hypocrisy

The carbon casino caught with its pants down (again)

The Real Climate Agenda

Al Gore, the first 'carbon billionaire'

Carbon Baron Gore

Climate Money

The Truth about RealClimate.org

Enron's other secret

Gore’s Dual Role: Advocate and Investor

The Money and Connections Behind Al Gore’s Carbon Crusade

Al Gore's $100 Million Makeover

Movie Night

2009-08-24T22:23:00.002-04:00

German scientists letter to Chancellor Angela Merkel

2009-08-09T14:28:00.002-04:00

To the attention of the Honorable Madam Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany

When one studies history, one learns that the development of societies is often determined by a zeitgeist, which at times had detrimental or even horrific results for humanity. History tells us time and again that political leaders often have made poor decisions because they followed the advice of advisors who were incompetent or ideologues and failed to recognize it in time. Moreover evolution also shows that natural development took a wide variety of paths with most of them leading to dead ends. No era is immune from repeating the mistakes of the past.

Politicians often launch their careers using a topic that allows them to stand out. Earlier as Minister of the Environment you legitimately did this as well by assigning a high priority to climate change. But in doing so you committed an error that has since led to much damage, something that should have never happened, especially given the fact you are a physicist. You confirmed that climate change is caused by human activity and have made it a primary objective to implement expensive strategies to reduce the so-called greenhouse gas CO2. You have done so without first having a real discussion to check whether early temperature measurements and a host of other climate related facts even justify it.

A real comprehensive study, whose value would have been absolutely essential, would have shown, even before the IPCC was founded, that humans have had no measurable effect on global warming through CO2 emissions. Instead the temperature fluctuations have been within normal ranges and are due to natural cycles. Indeed the atmosphere has not warmed since 1998 – more than 10 years, and the global temperature has even dropped significantly since 2003.

Not one of the many extremely expensive climate models predicted this. According to the IPCC, it was supposed to have gotten steadily warmer, but just the opposite has occurred.

More importantly, there's a growing body of evidence showing anthropogenic CO2 plays no measurable role. Indeed CO2's capability to absorb radiation is already exhausted by today's atmospheric concentrations. If CO2 did indeed have an effect and all fossil fuels were burned, then additional warming over the long term would in fact remain limited to only a few tenths of a degree.

The IPCC had to have been aware of this fact, but completely ignored it during its studies of 160 years of temperature measurements and 150 years of determined CO2 levels. As a result the IPCC has lost its scientific credibility. The main points on this subject are included in the accompanying addendum.

In the meantime, the belief of climate change, and that it is manmade, has become a pseudo-religion. Its proponents, without thought, pillory independent and fact-based analysts and experts, many of whom are the best and brightest of the international scientific community. Fortunately in the internet it is possible to find numerous scientific works that show in detail there is no anthropogenic CO2 caused climate change. If it was not for the internet, climate realists would hardly be able to make their voices heard. Rarely do their critical views get published.

The German media has sadly taken a leading position in refusing to publicize views that are critical of anthropogenic global warming. For example, at the second International Climate Realist Conference on Climate in New York last March, approximately 800 leading scientists attended, some of whom are among the world's best climatologists or specialists in related fields. While the US media and only the Wiener Zeitung (Vienna daily) covered the event, here in Germany the press, public television and radio shut it out. It is indeed unfortunate how our media have developed - under earlier dictatorships the media were told what was not worth reporting. But today they know it without getting instructions.

Do you not believe, Madam Chancellor, that science entails more than just confirming a hypothesis, but also involves testing to see if the opposite better explains reality? We strongly urge you to reconsider your position on this subject and to convene an impartial panel for the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, one that is free of ideology, and where controversial arguments can be openly debated. We the undersigned would very much like to offer support in this regard.

Respectfully yours,

Prof. Dr.rer.nat. Friedrich-Karl Ewert EIKE

Diplom-Geologe

Universität. - GH - Paderborn, Abt. Höxter (ret.)

#

Dr. Holger Thuß

EIKE President

European Institute for Climate and Energy

www.eike-klima-energie.eu

Signed by

Signed by

Scientists

1 Prof. Dr.Ing. Hans-Günter Appel

2 Prof. Dr. hab. Dorota Appenzeller Professor of Econometrics and Applied Mathematics, Vice Dean University Poznan, Poland

3 Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Bachmann Former Director of the Institute for Vibration Engineering, FH Düsseldorf

4 Prof. Dr. Hans Karl Barth Managing Director World Habitat Society GmbH - Environmental Services

5 Dipl. Biologist Ernst Georg Beck

6 Dr. rer.nat. Horst Borchert Physicist

7 Dipl. Biol. Helgo Bran Former BW parliamentarian Green Party

8 Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Gerhard Buse Bio-chemist

9 Dr.Ing Ivo Busko German Center for Aviation and Aeronautics e.V.

10 Dr.Ing Gottfried Class Nuclear Safety, Thermo-hydraulics

11 Dr.Ing Urban Cleve Nuclear physicist, thermodynamics energy specialist

12 Dr.-Ing Rudolf-Adolf Dietrich Energy expert

13 Dipl.-Ing. Peter Dietze IPCC Expert Reviewer TAR

14 Dr. rer. nat Siegfried Dittrich Physical chemist

15 Dr. Theo Eichten Physicist

16 Ferroni Ferruccio Zurich President NIPCC-SUISSE

17 Dr. sc.agr. Albrecht Glatzle Agricultural biologist, Director científico INTTAS, Paraguay

18 Dr. rer. nat. Klaus-Jürgen Goldmann Geologist

19 Dr. rer. nat. Josef Große-Wördem Physical chemist

20 Dipl. Geologist Heinisch Heinisch

21 Dr. rer.nat. Horst Herman Chemist

22 Prof. Dr. Hans-Jürgen Hinz Former University of Münster Institute for Physical Chemistry

23 Dipl. Geologist Andreas Hoemann Geologist

24 Dipl. Geologist Siegfried Holler

25 Dr. rer.nat. Heinz Hug Chemiker

26 Dr. rer. nat. Bernd Hüttner Theoretical Physicist

27 Prof. Dr. Werner Kirstein Institute for Geography University Leipzig

28 Dipl. Meteorologe Klaus Knüpffer METEO SERVICE weather research GmbH

29 Dr. rer. hort. Werner Köster

30 Dr. rer.nat. Albert Krause Chemist

31 Drs. Hans Labohm IPCC AR4 Expert Reviewer Dipl. Business / science journalist

32 Dr. Rainer Link Physicist

33 Dipl. Physicist Alfred Loew

34 Prof. Dr. Physicist Horst-Joachim Lüdecke University for Engineering and business of Saarland

35 Prof. Dr. Horst Malberg University professor em. Meteorology and Climatology / Former Director of the Institute for Meteorology of the University of Berlin

36 Dr. rer.nat Wolfgang Monninger Geologist

37 Dipl. Meteorologist Dieter Niketta

38 Prof. Dr. Klemens Oekentorp Former director of the Geological-

Paleolontology Museum of the Westphalia Wilhelms-University Münster

39 Dr. Helmut Pöltelt Energy expert

40 Dipl. Meteorologist Klaus-Eckart Puls Meteorologist

41 Prof. Dr. Klaas Rathke Polytechnic OWL Dept. Höxter

42 rof. Dr.-Ing. Sc. D. Helmut Reihlen Director of the DIN German Institute for

Standards and Norms i.R.

43 Prof. Dr. Oliver Reiser University of Regensburg

44 Dipl. Physicist Wolfgang Riede Physicists ETH

45 Dipl.- Mineralogist Sabine Sauerberg Geoscientist

46 Prof. Jochen Schnetger Chemist

47 Prof. Dr. Sigurd Schulien University instructor

48 Dr. rer.nat. Franz Stadtbäumer Geologist

49 Dr. rer.nat. Gerhard Stehlik Physical chemist

50 Dipl. Ing. (BA) Norman Stoer System administrator

51 Dr. rer.nat.habil Lothar Suntheim Chemist

52 Dipl.-Ing. Heinz Thieme Technical assessor

53 Dr. phil. Dipl. Wolfgang Thüne Mainz Ministry of Environment Meteorologist

54 Dr. rer. oec. Ing. Dietmar Ufer Energy economist, Institute for Energy

Leipzig

55 Prof. Dr. Detlef von Hofe Former managing director of the DVS

56 Dipl Geographist Heiko Wiese Meteorologist

57 Dr.rer.nat. Erich Wiesner Euro Geologist

58 Dr.rer.nat. Ullrich Wöstmann Geologist

59 Prof. em. Dr. Heinz Zöttl Soil Sciences

60 Dr.rer.nat. Zucketto Chemist

61 Dr. rer.nat. Ludwig Laus Geologist

+ 6 others

And 189 concerned active citizens, many with distinguished professional titles

Skeptics From Around the Globe-APS Letter

2009-07-14T12:19:00.018-04:00

An Open Letter to the Council of the American Physical Society

As physicists who are familiar with the science issues, and as current and past members of the American Physical Society, we the undersigned urge the Council to revise its current statement on climate change as follows, so as to more accurately represent the current state of the science:

Greenhouse gas emissions, such as carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide, accompany human industrial and agricultural activity. While substantial concern has been expressed that emissions may cause significant climate change, measured or reconstructed temperature records indicate that 20th -21st century changes are neither exceptional nor persistent, and the historical and geological records show many periods warmer than today. In addition, there is an extensive scientific literature that examines beneficial effects of increased levels of carbon dioxide for both plants and animals.

Studies of a variety of natural processes, including ocean cycles and solar variability, indicate that they can account for variations in the Earth’s climate on the time scale of decades and centuries. Current climate models appear insufficiently reliable to properly account for natural and anthropogenic contributions to past climate change, much less project future climate.

The APS supports an objective scientific effort to understand the effects of all processes – natural and human -- on the Earth’s climate and the biosphere’s response to climate change, and promotes technological options for meeting challenges of future climate changes, regardless of cause.

***********************************************************************************
Donald Rapp-Chief Technologist, Mechanical and Chemical Systems, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (retired) USC Space Engineering Research Center,Professor of Physics and Environmental Engineering, University of Texas (1973-1979) Fellow APS

Dr. Sultan Hameed -Professor of Atmospheric Science School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences Stony Brook University, New York

Riccardo DeSalvo-Senior Scientist Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO) California Institute of Technology

Ami E. Berkowitz-Emeritus Professor of Physics University of California at San Diego Fellow APS

Louis J. Allamandola - Director, Astrochemistry Laboratory NASA Ames Research Center Fellow APS, AAAS Member ACS, American Astronomical Society, International Astronomical Union

Moorad Alexanian-Professor of Physics and Physical Oceanography University of North Carolina -Wilmington Member Mexican Academy of Sciences, American Scientific Affiliation

Mike Gruntman-Professor of Astronautics, University of Southern California, Member American Geophysical Union, Associate Fellow AIAA
Robert H. Austin=Professor of Physics, Princeton University, Fellow APS, AAAS; APS Council: 1991-1994, 2007-2010, Member National Academy of Sciences, American Association of Arts and Sciences

Jens Feder
Professor of Physics of Geological Processes, University of Oslo, Fellow APS

Gregory H. Canavan-Senior Fellow and Scientific Advisor, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Fellow APS

Robert S Knox Professor of Physics-UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER , Member APS Council (1985-1988), Fellow APS

Barry L. Berman-Columbian Professor and Chair, Physics Department, The George Washington University, Fellow APS

Harry I. Ringermacher-Sr. Research Physicist, General Electric Global Research Center, AIP "History of Physics in Industry" Participant at GE, Sir William Herschel Medal (American Academy of Thermology), Copper Black Award (American Mensa) 2003 and 2007

Arie Bodek-George E. Pake Professor of Physics, University of Rochester, Wolfgang K. H. Panofsky Prize in Experimental Particle Physics (APS) 2004 Fellow APS

Dr. John Lindl- chief scientist for the NIF & Photon Science Directorate
James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics (APS) 2007, Fellow APS, AAAS

Dr. Salvatore Torquato
Professor of Chemistry and the Princeton Center for Theoretical Science, Materials Institute and Applied & Computational Mathematics, Princeton University, Fellow APS; 2009 APS David Alder Lectureship Award in the Field of Material Physics

Complete List

APS Names and Affiliations List (Aug 7, 2009)

Harold M. Agnew Director, Los Alamos National Laboratory (1970 -1979) President, General Atomics Corporation (1979 -1984) White House Science Councilor (1982 -1989)

E.O. Lawrence Award 1966, Enrico Fermi Award 1978, Los Alamos Medal (with H.A. Bethe) 2001 Member National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Fellow APS, AAAS

Sol Aisenberg President, International Technology Group Former Staff Member, MIT; Lecturer, Harvard Medical School; Former Visiting Research Professor, Boston University

Ralph B. Alexander Former Associate Professor of Physics Wayne State University President, R.B. Alexander & Associates Technology and market analysis in environmentally friendly materials and coatings Author, Global Warming False Alarm (Canterbury)

Moorad Alexanian Professor of Physics and Physical Oceanography University of North Carolina -Wilmington Member Mexican Academy of Sciences, American Scientific Affiliation

Louis J. Allamandola Director, Astrochemistry Laboratory NASA Ames Research Center Fellow APS, AAAS Member ACS, American Astronomical Society, International Astronomical Union

Eva Andrei Professor of Physics Rutgers University Fellow APS

Robert H. Austin Professor of Physics Princeton University Fellow APS, AAAS; APS Council: 1991-1994, 2007-2010 Member National Academy of Sciences, American Association of Arts and Sciences

Franco Battaglia Professor of Chemical Physics and Environmental Chemistry University of Modena, Italy APS Life-member

David J. Benard Aerospace Scientist (retired) Co-Inventor of the Chemical Oxygen-Iodine Laser

Lev I. Berger President California Institute of Electronics and Materials Science Author, Semiconductor Materials; and Material and Device Characterization Measurements (CRC Press)

Stuart B. Berger Research Fellow and Divisional Time-to-Market Manager Xerox Corporation (retired)

Ami E. Berkowitz Emeritus Professor of Physics University of California at San Diego Fellow APS

Barry L. Berman Columbian Professor and Chair Physics Department The George Washington University Fellow APS

Edwin X. Berry Atmospheric Physicist, Climate Physics, LLC Certified Consulting Meteorologist #180 Member American Meteorological Society

Vladislav A. Bevc Former Associate Professor, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey (retired); Technical Staff Member, The Aerospace Corporation; Physicist, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; Visiting Fellow, Hoover Institution (Stanford University) Member IEEE

Clifford Bruce Bigham Atomic Energy of Canada, Ltd. (retired) Senior Member APS, Sustaining Member CAP

Arie Bodek George E. Pake Professor of Physics University of Rochester Wolfgang K. H. Panofsky Prize in Experimental Particle Physics (APS) 2004 Fellow APS

Lowell S. Brown Emeritus Professor of Physics University of Washington Scientific Staff Member, Los Alamos National Laboratory Fellow APS, AAAS

Daniel M. Bubb Associate Professor and Chair Department of Physics Rutgers University -Camden

Timothy D. Calvin President, Bearfoot Corporation (retired) Fabricated rubber products for the DOD, shoe and automobile industries Member ACS

Gregory H. Canavan Senior Fellow and Scientific Advisor, Los Alamos National Laboratory Fellow APS

Roger W. Cohen Manager, Strategic Planning and Programs ExxonMobil Corporation (retired) Otto Schade Prize (Society for Information Display) 2006 Fellow APS

Steven R. Cranmer Astrophysicist, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Karen Harvey Prize (AAS) 2006 Associate Editor, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics Member: American Astronomical Society, American Geophysical Union

Jerry M. Cuttler President, Cuttler and Associates, Inc. Engineering, consulting, and licensing services for the nuclear power industry President, Canadian Nuclear Society 1995-1996 Fellow Canadian Nuclear Society, Member American Nuclear Society

Joseph G. Depp Founding President and CEO, Accuray Incorporated (retired) Stereotactic radiosurgery technology Founding President and CEO, PsiStar Incorporated Life member APS

Riccardo DeSalvo Senior Scientist Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO) California Institute of Technology

David H. Douglass Professor of Physics University of Rochester Fellow APS Paul J. Drallos President and CEO, Plasma Dynamics Corporation (retired) Kinetic & fluid dynamic computer simulation services

Albert G. Engelhardt President and CEO, Enfitek, Inc. Environmental control and security systems Senior Life Member IEEE

Hughen Falconer Emeritus Professor of Geology University of Aberdeen Member American Geophysical Union

Jens G. Feder Professor of Physics of Geological Processes University of Oslo Fellow APS

Peter D. Friedman Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Member American Geophysical Union, ASME, American Nuclear Society

Rodger L. Gamblin Inventor Holder of 44 issued U.S. patents

Gary J. Gerardi Professor, Department of Chemistry and Physics William Paterson University

Ivar Giaever Institute Professor, School of Engineering and School of Science Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Nobel Prize in Physics 1973 Fellow APS, Member National Academy of Science, National Academy of Engineering

Albert Gold Associate Dean of Engineering and Applied Sciences (Retired) Harvard University

Laurence I. Gould Professor of Physics University of Hartford Member Executive Board of the New England Section of the APS Chairman (2004), New England Section APS Paul M. Grant EPRI Science Fellow (retired) IBM Research Staff Member Emeritus Senior Life Fellow APS

Howard D. Greyber University of Pennsylvania (retired) Formerly Princeton University, LLNL Theory Group, Northeastern University Member American Astronomical Society, Fellow Royal Astronomical Society

Mike Gruntman Professor of Astronautics University of Southern California Author, Blazing the Trail. The Early History of Spacecraft and Rocketry (AIAA) Luigi G. Napolitano Book Award (International Academy of Astronautics) 2006 Member American Geophysical Union, Associate Fellow AIAA

George Hacken Senior Director, Safety-Critical Systems New York City Transit Authority Former Senior Member of the Technical Staff, GEC-Marconi Aerospace Chair, New York Chapter, IEEE Computer Society Member AMS, SIAM, ANS, AIAA, New York Academy of Sciences

Sultan Hameed Professor of Atmospheric Science School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences Stony Brook University, New York

William Happer Cyrus Fogg Brackett Professor of Physics Princeton University Fellow APS, AAAS Member National Academy of Sciences

Howard C. Hayden Emeritus Professor of Physics University of Connecticut Editor, The Energy Advocate Author, A Primer on CO2 and Climate (Vales Lake)

Jack M. Hollander Professor Emeritus of Energy and Resources, University of California, Berkeley Vice-President Emeritus, The Ohio State University First Head, Energy and Environment Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory Fellow APS, AAAS

David B. Holtkamp Scientific Staff Member, Physics Division Los Alamos National Laboratory

Helen Jackson Physicist, U.S. Air Force Wright Patterson Air Force Base Member Materials Research Society, IEEE

James R. Johnson 3M Company (retired) Member Carlton Society (3M Hall of Fame) Member National Academy of Engineering

O’Dean Judd LANL Fellow Los Alamos National Laboratory (retired) Technical Advisor and Consultant Fellow APS, IEEE, AAAS

Andrew Kaldor Distinguished Scientific Advisor Manager of Breakthrough Research ExxonMobil Corporation (retired) Fellow AAAS, Member ACS

Alexander E. Kaplan Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering The Johns Hopkins University Max Born Award (Optical Society of America) 2005 Alexander von Humboldt Award (von Humboldt Foundation) 1996 Fellow OSA

Jonathan Katz Professor of Physics Washington University

William E. Keller Leader. Low Temperature Physics Group 1971-1985 (retired) Los Alamos National Laboratory Fellow APS

Robert S. Knox Professor of Physics Emeritus University of Rochester Member APS Council (1985-1988) Fellow APS

Joseph A. Kunc Professor, Physics and Astronomy University of Southern California Fellow APS

Robert E. LeLevier Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (1951-1957) Physics Department, RAND Corp (1957-1971) R&D Associates (1971-1983) Eos Technologies, Inc. (1983-1993)

Robert E. Levine Industrial and Defense Physics and Engineering (retired) Member ACM, IEEE

John D. Lindl James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics (APS) 2007 Fellow APS, AAAS

Alfred U. MacRae President, MacRae Technologies Fellow APS, IEEE, Member National Academy of Engineering

Phillip W. Mange Associate Superintendent, Space Science Division Scientific Consultant to the Director of Research, Naval Research Laboratory (retired)

Jim Mitroy Lecturer in Physics, School of Engineering and Information Technology Charles Darwin University, Australia

Michael Monce Professor of Physics, Astronomy, and Geophysics Connecticut College Member AAPT, American Geophysical Union

Nasif Nahle Scientific Research Director Biology Cabinet, Mexico Member AAAS, New York Academy of Sciences

Rodney W. Nichols President and CEO, New York Academy of Sciences (1992-2001) Vice President and Executive Vice President, The Rockefeller University (1970-1990) Secretary of Defense Medal for Distinguished Meritorious Civilian Service (1970) Fellow AAAS, New York Academy of Sciences

Gordon C. Oehler Senior Fellow, Potomac Institute for Policy Studies Working Group Chairman, Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States. Corporate Vice President for Corporate Development, SAIC (1998-2004) National Intelligence Officer for Science, Technology and Proliferation (1989-1992)

William P. Oliver Professor of Physics Tufts University Life Member APS

Frank R. Paolini Adjunct Professor of Physics University of Connecticut at Stamford (retired) Senior Member APS, Member IEEE

Thomas E. Phipps, Jr. Physicist (retired) Operations Evaluation Group, MIT US Naval Ordnance Laboratory Senior Member APS

Donald Rapp Chief Technologist, Mechanical and Chemical Systems, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (retired) Professor of Physics and Environmental Engineering, University of Texas (1973-1979) Author, “Assessing Climate Change” and “Ice Ages and Interglacials” (Springer-Verlag) Fellow APS

John E. Rhoads Professor of Physics Midwestern State University (retired) Member SPE

Harry I. Ringermacher Sr. Research Physicist General Electric Global Research Center AIP "History of Physics in Industry" Participant at GE Sir William Herschel Medal (American Academy of Thermology) Copper Black Award (American Mensa) 2003 and 2007

Stanley Robertson Emeritus Professor of Physics Southwestern Oklahoma State University

Berol Robinson Principal Scientific Officer UNESCO (retired) Member AAPT, AAAS, Association des Écologistes Pour le Nucléaire

Nicola Scafetta Research Scientist, Physics Department, Duke University Member American Geophysical Union

Thomas P. Sheahen President/ CEO, Western Technology, Inc. (energy sciences consulting) Member AAAS; APS Congressional Science Fellowship (1977-78) Author, Introduction to High Temperature Superconductivity (Springer)

Joseph Silverman Professor Emeritus of Nuclear Engineering, Department of Materials Science and Engineering University of Maryland Fellow APS, ANS

S. Fred Singer Professor of Environmental Sciences Emeritus University of Virginia First Director of the National Weather Satellite Service Fellow APS, AAAS, American Geophysical Union

Hermann Statz Raytheon Corporation (retired) Microwave Pioneer Award (IEEE) 2004 Fellow APS

Nick Steph Chair, Department of Physics Franklin College Member AAPT, ACS

Peter Stilbs Professor of Physical Chemistry Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden Life Member APS

Szymon Suckewer Professor of School of Engineering & Applied Sciences Director of Plasma Science & Technology Program Princeton University Fellow APS, OSA

Ronald M. Sundelin Associate Director, DOE Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (retired) Commonwealth Professor Emeritus of Physics, Virginia Tech Fellow APS

Frank J. Tipler Professor of Mathematical Physics Tulane University Coauthor, The Anthropic Cosmological Principle (Oxford University Press) Salvatore Torquato Professor of Chemistry and the Princeton Center for Theoretical Science, Materials Institute and Applied & Computational Mathematics Princeton University 2009 APS David Alder Lectureship Award in the Field of Material Physics Fellow APS

Edward S. Troy Principal Engineer Aerospace Consulting Wireless, RF, microwave, analog/DSP, and GPS circuits and systems Member IEEE

Samuel A. Werner Curators’ Professor Emeritus The University of Missouri Guest Researcher, NIST Fellow APS, AAAS

Bruce J. West Adjunct Professor of Physics Duke University Fellow APS

Peter J. Wojtowicz Group Head, Senior Member Technical Staff (retired) RCA Labs, GE, Sarnoff Corporation Fellow APS

M. John Yoder Principal Physicist The MITRE Corporation Life Member APS

Martin V. Zombeck Physicist, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (retired) Author, Handbook of Space Astronomy and Astrophysics (Cambridge University Press) Coauthor, High Resolution X-Ray Spectroscopy of Cosmic Plasmas (Cambridge University Press)

Not So Fast

2009-06-23T22:34:00.023-04:00

We urge the United States government to reject the global warming agreement that was written in Kyoto, Japan in December, 1997, and any other similar proposals. The proposed limits on greenhouse gases would harm the environment, hinder the advance of science and technology, and damage the health and welfare of mankind.

There is no convincing scientific evidence that human release of carbon dioxide, methane, or other greenhouse gasses is causing or will, in the foreseeable future, cause catastrophic heating of the Earth's atmosphere and disruption of the Earth's climate. Moreover, there is substantial scientific evidence that increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide produce many beneficial effects upon the natural plant and animal environments of the Earth.

Dr Edward T. Dugan Associate Professor-Nuclearand Radiological Engineering University of Florida

Dr.Berken Chang-Professor of Physics Emeritus, California State LA

Martin Sichel Emeritus Professor-Department of Aerospace Engineering, The University of Michigan

Dr Charles Neal Delzell,PhD,Professor Mathematics Department-Louisiana State University

Dr. Earl W. BakerPhD,Department of Chemistry / Biochemistry-Florida Atlantic University
Dr.Ning Xi PhD,Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering-Michigan State University

Dr.David L. Mork, PhD Associate Professor (Chair) of Chemistry-Concordia College (Minnesota)

Dr.Thomas Kanneman-Electrical Engineering Professor Emeritus-University of San Diego

Dr. Bradley C. Antanaitis PhD, Associate Professor Physics-Lafayette College

Dr Thomas L. Davenport, PhD - Associate Professor Horticultural Sciences-University of Florida

Dr. William R. Dolbier, Jr. PhD, Department of Chemistry-University of Florida

Jerry S. Dobrovolny,-Emeritus Professor of General Engineering-University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Dr. Gene G. Wubbels PhD Professor of Chemistry-University of Nebraska-Kearney

Dr. Edward A. Dratz, Ph. D
Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry -Montana State University

Dr Walter Schimmerling,NASA program scientist for space radiation research - Washington D.C.

Dr. Marguerite Wilton Coomes -professor College of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology-Howard University.

Dr.Zeki Y. Al-Saigh Professor Department of Chemistry-Buffalo State College

Dr.Victor Asirvatham, Ph.D,Chemistry and Biochemistry Research Assistant Professor-Florida Atlantic University

Dr. Ramón L. Alonso-MIT Laboratory

Dr. Robert T. DeHoff professor of materials science and engineering-Univerity of Florida

Dr. Gilbert E. Pacey, Associate Dean for Research and Scholarship, DirectorCenter for Nanotechnology, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry- Miami University

Dr.Gary A. Flandro PhD, Boling Chair of Excellence in Space Propulsion Professor of Aerospace Engineering- University of Tennessee

Dr. Dan Cantliffe PhD-Distinguished Professor & Chairman UFRF Professor International Agricultural Trade & Policy Center -Professor Horticultural Sciences Department -University of Florida

Dr. Gordon W. Gribble PhD Professor of Chemistry-Dartmouth

Dr. Richard A. Gaggioli, Ph.D, P.E. Emeritus Professor Mechanical Engineering- Marquette University

Dr. Walter R. Tschinkel PhD-Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor of Biological Science- Florida State University

Dr. Widen Tabakoff PhD Professor of Aerospace Engineering & Engineering Mechanics- University of Cincinnati

2009-06-15T19:59:00.001-04:00

global energy sources

2009-06-12T23:21:00.002-04:00

Movie Night

2009-05-20T09:05:00.001-04:00

"Notable Quotes"

2009-05-19T21:10:00.018-04:00

Subject

Alarm
Arctic
Bias
CO2
CLIMATEGATE
Copenhagen
Consensus
Cooling
Deception
Energy
Gore
Greens
IPCC
Models
Politics
Sea Levels
Sun
Temperatures

2009-05-14T17:58:00.001-04:00

2009-05-13T11:24:00.003-04:00

2009-05-12T19:32:00.000-04:00

2009-05-12T15:51:00.000-04:00

Movie Night

2009-05-10T12:36:00.001-04:00

Movie Night

2009-05-10T00:41:00.002-04:00

The Watch

2009-05-09T08:38:00.011-04:00

Watching the North Pole Melt at an accelerating pace

Year with Largest overall ice extent this day
Year with Least melt this day
Year with Least overall Ice Extent this day
Year with Largest melt this day

Julian Day 153 June 2

------- Extent (km^2)----Difference (km^2)
2003 – 11,732,344……..……….+92,500
2004 – 11,298,438……..……….+9,844
2005 – 11,284,531……..……….+18,906
2006 – 11,151,094……..……….+75,781
2007 – 11,318,125………………-3,906
2008 – 11,459,219………..…….+55,313
2009 – 11,523,125………..…….+77,031

Julian Day 152 June 1

------- Extent (km^2)----Difference (km^2)
2003 – 11,639,844……..……….+61,406
2004 – 11,288,594……..……….-36,719
2005 – 11,265,625……..……….-4,531
2006 – 11,075,313……..……….+65,938
2007 – 11,322,031………………+63,437
2008 – 11,403,906………..…….-44,844
2009 – 11,446,094………..…….+43,906

Julian Day 151 May 31

------- Extent (km^2)----Difference (km^2)
2003 – 11,578,438……..……….-33,281
2004 – 11,325,313……..……….-15,312
2005 – 11,270,156……..……….-70,000
2006 – 11,009,375……..……….-49,219
2007 – 11,258,594………………-48,594
2008 – 11,448,750………..…….-41,406
2009 – 11,402,188………..…….-75,937

Julian Day 150 May 30

------- Extent (km^2)----Difference (km^2)
2003 – 11,611,719……..……….-34,531
2004 – 11,340,625……..……….-21,875
2005 – 11,340,156……..……….-49,219
2006 – 11,058,594……..……….-45,937
2007 – 11,307,188………………-61,562
2008 – 11,490,156………..…….-6,875
2009 – 11,478,125………..…….-74,531

Julian Day 149 May 29

------- Extent (km^2)----Difference (km^2)
2003 – 11,646,250……..……….-43,594
2004 – 11,362,500……..……….-2,188
2005 – 11,389,375……..……….-65,625
2006 – 11,104,531……..……….-40,625
2007 – 11,368,750………………-30,156
2008 – 11,497,031………..…….-37,500
2009 – 11,552,656………..…….-34,063

Julian Day 148 May 28

------- Extent (km^2)----Difference (km^2)
2003 – 11,689,844……..……….-30,469
2004 – 11,364,688……..……….+12,813
2005 – 11,455,000……..……….-64,844
2006 – 11,145,156……..……….-34,375
2007 – 11,398,906………………-2,657
2008 – 11,534,531………..…….-51,719
2009 – 11,586,719………..…….-37,656

Julian Day 147 May 27

------- Extent (km^2)----Difference (km^2)
2003 – 11,720,313……..……….-79,375
2004 – 11,351,875……..……….-3,438
2005 – 11,519,844……..……….-64,062
2006 – 11,179,531……..……….-36,563
2007 – 11,401,563………………-36,562
2008 – 11,586,250………..…….-39,688
2009 – 11,624,375………..…….-45,156

Julian Day 146 May 26

------- Extent (km^2)----Difference (km^2)
2003 – 11,799,688……..……….-73,906
2004 – 11,355,313……..……….-20,000
2005 – 11,583,906……..……….-68,125
2006 – 11,216,094……..……….-54,687
2007 – 11,438,125………………-62,656
2008 – 11,625,938………..…….-48,437
2009 – 11,669,531………..…….-69,532

Julian Day 145 May 25

------- Extent (km^2)----Difference (km^2)
2003 – 11,873,594……..……….-36,094
2004 – 11,375,313……..……….-1,406
2005 – 11,652,031……..……….-51,875
2006 – 11,270,781……..……….-53,750
2007 – 11,500,781………………-70,938
2008 – 11,674,375………..…….-22,813
2009 – 11,739,063………..…….-99,218

Julian Day 144 May 24

------- Extent (km^2)----Difference (km^2)
2003 – 11,909,688……..……….-15,625
2004 – 11,376,719……..……….-27,187
2005 – 11,703,906……..……….-86,250
2006 – 11,324,531……..……….-46,719
2007 – 11,571,719………………-70,156
2008 – 11,697,188………..…….-31,039
2009 – 11,838,281………..…….-70,625

Julian Day 143 May 23

------- Extent (km^2)----Difference (km^2)
2003 – 11,925,313……..……….-7,968
2004 – 11,403,906……..……….-35,313
2005 – 11,790,156……..……….-75,000
2006 – 11,371,250……..……….-54,531
2007 – 11,641,875………………-67,188
2008 – 11,728,281………..…….-20,000
2009 – 11,908,906………..…….-68,594

Julian Day 142 May 22

------- Extent (km^2)----Difference (km^2)
2003 – 11,933,281……..……….-25,469
2004 – 11,439,219……..……….-58,906
2005 – 11,865,156……..……….-67,813
2006 – 11,425,781……..……….-70,625
2007 – 11,709,063………………-46,250
2008 – 11,748,281………..…….-29,219
2009 – 11,977,500………..…….-76,719

Julian Day 141 May 21

------- Extent (km^2)----Difference (km^2)
2003 – 11,958,750……..……….-47,500
2004 – 11,498,125……..……….-62,813
2005 – 11,932,969……..……….-51,250
2006 – 11,496,406……..……….-28,282
2007 – 11,755,313………………-54,843
2008 – 11,777,500………..…….-94,375
2009 – 12,054,219………..…….-42,031

Julian Day 140 May 20

------- Extent (km^2)----Difference (km^2)
2003 – 12,006,250……..……….-38,750
2004 – 11,560,938……..……….-64,375
2005 – 11,984,219……..……….-42,344
2006 – 11,524,688……..……….-35,156
2007 – 11,810,156………………-42,188
2008 – 11,871,875………..…….-127,188
2009 – 12,096,250………..…….-1,094

Julian Day 139 May 19

------- Extent (km^2)----Difference (km^2)
2003 – 12,045,000……..……….-61,094
2004 – 11,625,313……..……….-43,750
2005 – 12,026,563……..……….-6,875
2006 – 11,559,844……..……….-32,812
2007 – 11,852,344………………-26,562
2008 – 11,999,063………..…….-89,687
2009 – 12,097,344………..…….-115,937

Julian Day 138 -May 18

------- Extent (km^2)----Difference (km^2)
2003 – 12,106,094……..……….-38,120
2004 – 11,669,063……..……….-11,875
2005 – 12,033,438……..……….-25,000
2006 – 11,592,656……..……….-25,782
2007 – 11,878,906………………-6,785
2008 – 12,088,750………..…….-44,844
2009 – 12,213,281………..…….-91,875

Julian Day 137 - May 17

------- Extent (km^2)----Difference (km^2)
2003 – 12,144,219……..……….-25,156
2004 – 11,680,938……..……….-45,312
2005 – 12,058,438……..……….-20,625
2006 – 11,618,438……..……….-67,343
2007 – 11,885,781………………-19,532
2008 – 12,133,594………..…….-48,594
2009 – 12,305,156………..…….-84,219
Julian Day 136 May 16

------- Extent (km^2)----Difference (km^2)
2003 – 12,169,375……..……….-40,313
2004 – 11,726,250……..……….-48,750
2005 – 12,079,063……..……….-29,687
2006 – 11,685,781……..……….-68,907
2007 – 11,905,313………………-45,312
2008 – 12,182,188………..…….-59,531
2009 – 12,389,375………..…….-52,031

Julian Day 135 May 15

------- Extent (km^2)----Difference (km^2)
2003 – 12,209,688……..……….-37,031
2004 – 11,775,000……..……….-50,313
2005 – 12,108,750……..……….-20,625
2006 – 11,754,688……..……….-31,093
2007 – 11,950,625………………-34,844
2008 – 12,241,719………..…….-43,906
2009 – 12,441,406………..…….-31,719

Julian Day 134 May 14

------- Extent (km^2)----Difference (km^2)
2003 – 12,246,719……..……….-26,250
2004 – 11,825,313……..……….-46,093
2005 – 12,129,375……..……….-15,156
2006 – 11,785,781……..……….-13,282
2007 – 11,985,469………………-23,594
2008 – 12,285,625………..…….-23,906
2009 – 12,473,125………..…….-37,500

Julian Day 133 May 13

------- Extent (km^2)----Difference (km^2)
2003 – 12,272,969……..……….-21,562
2004 – 11,871,406……..……….-30,000
2005 – 12,144,531……..……….+11,406
2006 – 11,799,063……..……….-27,343
2007 – 12,009,063………………-29,843
2008 – 12,309,531………..…….-67,188
2009 – 12,510,625………..…….-47,031

Julian Day 132 May 12

------- Extent (km^2)----Difference (km^2)
2003 – 12,294,531……..……….-4,688
2004 – 11,901,406……..……….-31,407
2005 – 12,133,125……..……….-64,844
2006 – 11,826,406……..……….-24,063
2007 – 12,038,906………………-66,250
2008 – 12,376,719………..…….-84,687
2009 – 12,557,656………..…….-83,594

Julian Day 131 May 11

------- Extent (km^2)----Difference (km^2)
2003 – 12,299,219……..……….-18,594
2004 – 11,932,813……..……….-38,437
2005 – 12,197,969……..……….-80,937
2006 – 11,850,469……..……….-22,656
2007 – 12,105,156………………-69,688
2008 – 12,461,406………..…….-33,750
2009 – 12,641,250………..…….-42,031

Julian Day 130 May 10

------- Extent (km^2)----Difference (km^2)
2003 – 12,317,813……..……….-38,593
2004 – 11,971,250……..……….-32,344
2005 – 12,278,906……..……….-64,688
2006 – 11,873,125……..……….-28,438
2007 – 12,174,844………………-54,844
2008 – 12,495,156………..…….-74,375
2009 – 12,683,281………..…….-74,375

Julian Day 129 May 9

------- Extent (km^2)----Difference (km^2)
2003 – 12,356,406……..……….-45,938
2004 – 11,971,250……..……….-32,344
2005 – 12,343,594……..……….-16,406
2006 – 11,901,563……..……….-15,000
2007 – 12,229,688………………..-55,000
2008 – 12,495,156………..…….-74,375
2009 – 12,757,656………..…….-47,344

Julian Day 128 May 8

------- Extent (km^2)----Difference (km^2)
2003 – 12,402,344……..……….-54844
2004 – 12,003,594……..……….-16,875
2005 – 12,360,000……..……….-45,156
2006 – 11,916,563……..……….-26,562
2007 – 12,284,688………………..-33,593
2008 – 12,569,531………..…….-60,782
2009 – 12,805,000………..…….-48,750

Julian Day 127 May 7

------- Extent (km^2)----Difference (km^2)
2003 – 12,457,188……..……….-82,187
2004 – 12,061,094……..……….-101,562
2005 – 12,405,156……..……….-25,782
2006 – 11,943,125……..……….-17,656
2007 – 12,318,281………………-52,188
2008 – 12,680,469………..…….-25,312
2009 – 12,853,750………..…….-56,250

Julian Day 126- May 6

------- Extent (km^2)----Difference (km^2)
2003 – 12,539,375……..……….-94,219
2004 – 12,162,656……..……….-122,500
2005 – 12,430,938……..……….-35,781
2006 – 11,960,781……..……….-42,813
2007 – 12,370,469………………-35,937
2008 – 12,705,781………..…….-29,219
2009 – 12,910,000………..…….-67,188

Julian Day 125- May 5

------- Extent (km^2)----Difference (km^2)
2003 – 12,633,594……..……….-66,250
2004 – 12,285,156……..……….-73,594
2005 – 12,466,719……..……….-57,656
2006 – 12,003,594……..……….-88,437
2007 – 12,406,406………………-82,969
2008 – 12,735,000………..…….-67,969
2009 – 12,977,188………..…….-35,312

Julian Day 124- May 4

------- Extent (km^2)----Difference (km^2)
2003 – 12,699,844……..……….-43,125
2004 – 12,358,750……..……….-26,875
2005 – 12,524,375……..……….-49,688
2006 – 12,092,031……..……….-99,063
2007 – 12,489,375………………-60,625
2008 – 12,802,969………..…….-49,375
2009 – 13,012,500………..…….-19,375

Julian Day 123- May 3

------- Extent (km^2)----Difference (km^2)
2003 – 12,742,969……..……….-61,094
2004 – 12,385,625……..……….-54,531
2005 – 12,574,063……..……….-71,093
2006 – 12,191,094……..……….-48,437
2007 – 12,550,000……......……-47,031
2008 – 12,852,344………..…….-12,812
2009 – 13,031,875………..…….-50,313

Julian Day 122 -May 2

------- Extent (km^2)----Difference (km^2)
2003 – 12,804,063….....……….-47,031
2004 – 12,440,156….....……….-53,907
2005 – 12,645,156….....……….-51,250
2006 – 12,239,531….....……….-101,719
2007 – 12,597,031…......………-30,782
2008 – 12,865,156….....……….-12,813
2009 – 13,082,188….....……….-52,926

Julian Day 121- May 1

------- Extent (km^2)----Difference (km^2)
2003 – 12,851,094…….....…….-22,969
2004 – 12,494,063….....……….-29,531
2005 – 12,696,406….....……….-58,594
2006 – 12,341,250.....………….-107,500
2007 – 12,627,813….….....……-5,937
2008 – 12,877,969…….....…….-37,812
2009 – 13,135,156…….....…….-26,875

Movie Night

2009-04-29T22:58:00.000-04:00

Movie Night

2009-04-25T20:20:00.000-04:00

2009-04-24T21:17:00.033-04:00

The end is near

Raj the new Sexy Sadie ?
(Rajendra Pachauri: Media went gaga over greenhouse-gas guru)

Fear, the True Philosopher’s Stone, Will Save Us All

"inveterate liar"
(Filthy Dreamers)

Still some selling to do
(Political climate for energy policies cools)

In The Name Of Global Warming

Gaia's Right

The Most Important Tool
(Would Galileo buy global warming?)

Restoring science to its right place-the backseat
(Carbongate)

"Green Pirates"
(Naturalism Has Been Hijacked )

"Aussie Aussie Aussie, OI OI OI"
(I kept an open mind on the road to Washington)

"It's getting deep in here"
(Rising Waters or Rising Rhetoric?)

Climate Change-Phewy
(The modern heresy of true science)

The eyes of Texas are upon you
(Obama's push toward green has some Texans seeing red)

The Game Plan

'misplaced power exists"
(The Climate-Industrial Complex )

Cold Shower
(Pouring cold water on global warming)

"It's extraordinary"
(Global warming policies make it harder on soybean farmers)

Painted into a corner
(All life on planet depends on CO2)

We need Perry
(Global warming, common sense and expert opinion)

"trifling investment of fact"
(Why America Does Not Care About Global Warming)

Willful Blindness
(Climate Model Predictions: It’s Time for a Reality Check)

Truth in Fiction
(Dip into 'State of Fear' for global warming answers)

Now who was it denying reality?
(Pondering Problems with Computer Climate Models: A Note from Michael Hammer )

The Catlin Arctic Fraud

"Gore’s film is Muzak compared with Plimer’s symphony."
(Ian Plimer: A question of faith)

MELTDOWN
(COMMENTARY: Global-warming politics )

"Like medieval priests"
(Bound to Burn )

"Those Who Fail to Learn"
(Obama’s Science Czar Channels H.G. Wells on Climate Change)

Across the Universe
(Debate continues on Earth climate change and global warming)

"Amber Waves Of Grain"
(A farmer’s view on carbon credits)

A Naturalist View
(Science and soothsaying)

The Mother of All Scares Part 1-Part 2

Holding Hands For Support
(Handling the present period without global warming by Groupthink )

Let Science-Not Hysteria -Guide Us On Climate Change

Movie Night

2009-04-21T23:17:00.002-04:00

Northern New Mexico Temperatures

2009-04-15T20:41:00.004-04:00

"Skeptics From Around The Globe"

2009-04-14T21:33:00.014-04:00

"THE INQUISITIONS"

2009-04-14T19:14:00.001-04:00

The Inquisition Of - Don Easterbrook

The Inquisition Of - Henrik Svensmark

The Inquisition Of -Tim Patterson

The Inquisition Of - Patrick J. Michaels

The Inquisition Of - Roy Spencer

The Inquisition Of - S. Fred Singer

The Inquisition Of - Robert Carter

The Inquisition Of - Richard Lindzen

2009-04-14T17:31:00.001-04:00

TODAY'S THOUGHT ARCHIVE

2009-04-14T14:22:00.014-04:00

May 10, 2009
Global Warming: "An apocalyptic theory that every scientist believes in - except dissenting scientists who don't count - best bemoaned from one's Gulf Stream jet en route to an international conference on the environment."

Debra Saunders

May 7, 2009

“Never forget, the most powerful economies in the world are powered by conventional fuels. Try and change it overnight and all you get is a weaker economy.”

David J. Reilly

May 6, 2009

“To hide behind the dubious precision of scientific numbers, and not actually expose one’s own ideologies or beliefs or values and judgements is undermining both politics and science”

Mike Hulme

May 4, 2009

"The errors in the record exceed by a wide margin the purported rise in temperature of 0.7º C (about 1.2º F) during the twentieth century. Consequently, this record should not be cited as evidence of any trend in temperature that may have occurred across the U.S. during the past century. Since the U.S. record is thought to be “the best in the world,” it follows that the global database is likely similarly compromised and unreliable. "

Anthony Watts

May 3, 2009

"The most extreme environmentalists have as an ultimate goal the reduction of the human population to such a level as they believe concords with the 'carrying capacity' of this planet, and feel that their morality is on a higher plane than those who do not share this desire. And with the help of environmental organisations, they have worked hard at getting to the top of committees, organisations and, yes, governmental bureaucracies. Should President Obama ever feel the need to tell the EPA to back off, he may be surprised at the answer he receives."

Thomas Fuller

May 1, 2009
You can almost hear the first green president channeling JFK: “Ask not what you can do for a crisis; ask what the crisis can do for you.”

Steve Milloy

April 29, 2009

"But at the end of the day, the rhetoric from some of the alarmists sounds like they just want us to stop having a good life--and global warming is just as good an excuse as any for them to push for it."

Thomas Fuller

April 28, 2009

"Do you ever wonder how communism could last for 70 years in Russia? Surely there was plenty of evidence, for decades, that the system was failing: food shortages, declining life expectancy, increased infant mortality, low standards of living, primitive hospitals, and sanitation facilities lagging far behind those in Western Europe and America — not to mention pollution far worse than in the West. But to diehard communists, the facts did not matter. All the observable negatives of collectivism were trumped by ideology. The same is true of the ideology behind global warming."

Edmund Contoski

April 27, 2009

"...what's truly evil about these people transferring all of the associations from Holocaust Denial to those who don't agree with them about climate change is the fact that they are trivialising the deaths of six million people by doing so. That is evil, as evil as those who first began denying the Holocaust.

Thomas Fuller

April 26, 2009

Re: Catlin Expedition
Is this not a conflict of interest? Sending environmental activists to gather climatic data for an insurance company trying to asses rates due to impact from climate change?

Anonymous

April 25, 2009

“According to a new U.N. report, the global warming outlook is much worse than originally predicted. Which is pretty bad when they originally predicted it would destroy the planet.”

-Jay Leno

April 24, 2009

“The IPCC process is related to environmental activism, politics and opportunism. It is unrelated to science.”

Ian Plimer

April 22, 2009

The truth is that nature is not a poisoner. It’s human beings who are spreading the big lie, that annoying mental infection. And it’s human beings who can learn — with the right education — to be very skeptical about all the crooked politicians trying squeeze money out of you by telling you ever bigger lies. You just have to protect your own sanity — because the media sure won’t.

James Lewis

April 21, 2009

My running mean of the International Sunspot Number for 2009 just dipped below 1.00. For anything comparable you now need to go back before 1913 (which scored a 1.43) which could mean we’re now competing directly with the Dalton Minimum

Paul Stanko of NOAA

April 20, 2009

So where's the "compelling and overwhelming" evidence that carbon dioxide emissions from American cars and power plants "pose a danger to the public's health and welfare"?

Who has died as a result of "global warming"?

It's all derived from science-fiction computer models -- designed by the people who quite presciently gave us the term "garbage in, garbage out."

Editorial Las Vegas Review-Journal

April 19, 2009

"The claim that the warming trend over the last 50 to 100 years is continuing right now, or that it is even ‘accelerating’ is pure speculation, based upon the assumption that what has happened in recent decades will continue into the future."

Roy Spencer

April 17,2009

"It's the beginning of a regulatory barrage that will destroy jobs, raise energy prices for consumers, and undermine America's global competitiveness."

Senator James Inhofe

on EPA Ruling

April 16, 2009

“Waxman-Markey will take us in one direction, but to keep America prospering we need to go in the opposite one.”

Pete DuPont

April 15, 2009

“If the question is whether India will take on binding emission reduction commitments, the answer is no. It is morally wrong for us to agree to reduce when 40 percent of Indians do not have access to electricity,”

Member of the Indian delegation to U.N. conference

April 14, 2009

It is inevitable that mankind will have to move away from fossil fuel energy sources. What is not inevitable is that we need to do this with the gun of man made global warming pointed at our head. Especially when it is realized that the gun is filled with blanks.
-Jer

April 13, 2009

"To reduce modern climate change to one variable, CO2, or a small proportion of one variable - human-induced CO2 - is not science. To try to predict the future based on just one variable (CO2) in extraordinarily complex natural systems is folly. Yet when astronomers have the temerity to show that climate is driven by solar activities rather than CO2 emissions, they are dismissed as dinosaurs undertaking the methods of old-fashioned science."

April 12,2009

“The Earth spins at the equator at 1,038 mph; the Earth moves around the sun at 67,000 mph; our solar system travels around our galaxy at 558,000 mph and our galaxy is moving through the universe at 666,000 mph. So, right now you may be moving at 1,292,000 mph, and Washington, D.C., says they’re going to control our climate. I don’t think so.”

Gary England chief meteorologist for KWTV news

April 11, 2009

"Al Gore’s movie and books are so appallingly riddled with mistakes and outlandish exaggerations that they would be laughable if they weren’t taken so seriously by so many."

Brian R. Pratt, P.Geo., Ph.D.
Global Warming :An alternative view

April 10, 2009

"...he seems to believe in catastrophic man-made global warming. It is difficult to counter beliefs with factual arguments."

Gerrit van der Lingen
Countrywide

CO2 Graph from C-3

2009-04-14T14:14:00.001-04:00

from C-3

"The Other Side Of The Story"

2009-04-14T14:07:00.016-04:00

Adventures in the Climate Trade

Reviewing the Evidence for Climate Realism

Assessment of Minister Wong’s "Written Reply
to Senator Fielding’s Three Questions on Climate Change"

Promoting anthropogenic global warming

Commentary: Let's get real about alternative energy

Reflections on the significance of recent surface air temperature changes

The Amazing Amazon Rainforest

The Coming Ice Age

Science fiction down on the farm

Some things we know-and don't know-about Polar Bears

Consensus climate science: What would Thomas Huxley say?

Carbon Dioxide (Co2) EnrichmentAir Fertilization

Scientists Discover The Sun Does Affect Earth's Climate

"I Was On the Global Warming Gravy Train"

Wrong: World Health Organization claims that health goes down as carbon goes up

Why Climate Modeling Is Not Climate Science

Basic Geology Part 3 - Sea Level Rises During Interglacial Periods

Arctic Temperature Variability (Last Several Interglacials) -- Summary

Similarities with our Present World

Impact Assessments Require Trust in the Climate Forecast

"Flat Earth Society"

2009-04-14T13:54:00.008-04:00

Al Gore and "The Flat Earth Society"

SOME SOURCES FOR SKEPTIC SCIENTIST

"Inhofe "650"
Letter to the Secretary General of the UN
The Petition Project
THE MANHATTAN DECLARATION
Letter to President Obama
An Open Letter to the Council of the American Physical Society
German scientists letter to Chancellor Angela Merkel

Some Skeptics and their ideas, views and works.

01) Reid Bryson Ph.D.* - Called the father of modern scientific climatology
- Global Warming? Some common sense thoughts

02) Freeman J Dyson-professor emeritus of physics at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.
-Freeman Dyson on Global Warming Part 1 of 2
- Freeman Dyson on Global Warming Part 2 of 2
-The Science and Politics of Climate
-HERETICAL THOUGHTS ABOUT SCIENCE AND SOCIETY

03 )Jan VeizerPh.D.-Distinguished University Professor Department of Earth Sciences, University of Ottawa
-Esteemed Ottawa scientist says cosmic rays, not greenhouse gases, cause global warming

04) Syun-Ichi Akasofu Ph.D.- Founding Director International Arctic Research Center
- Misleading Information on Global Warming
-A Clash between the View of Physicists and of Naturalists
-The Recovery from the Little Ice Age (A Possible Cause of Global Warming) and The Recent Halting of the Warming (The Multi-decadal Oscillation)

05) Hans Erren- International Institute for Aerospace Survey and Earth Sciences, Division of Exploration Geophysics, Delft.
-Global Warming Comments

06) Neil Frank - Former Director NHC

07) David H DouglassPh.D. -Professor of Physics,University of Rochester
- A comparison of tropical temperature trends with model predictions

08) Gordon SwatersPhD,Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Research GroupUniversity of Alberta

09) John Christy Ph.D.- Professor and Director Earth System Science Center, NSSTC-
University of Alabama in Huntsville
- My Nobel Moment
-Video "what do the numbers show"

10) Peter Stilbs-Professor Physical Chemistry at KTH
-Global Warming - Scientific Controversies in Climate Variability

11) James Spann
-Global warming movement turns cool

12) Claude Allegre - French Minister of National Education, Research and Technology

13) Chris de Freitas -Associate Professor, Deputy Director of School,Environmental climatology,The University of Auckland
-Are observed changes in the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere really dangerous?

14) Christopher Landsea - Hurricane Research Division Atlantic Oceanographic & Meteorological Laboratory NOAA
-Letter of resignation from IPCC

15) Robert Geigenngack Ph.D.-Professor Department of Earth and Environmental Science University of Pennsylvania
- Al Gore Is a Greenhouse Gasbag

16) William Cotton Ph.D.-Professor The Department of Atmospheric Science CSU
-Global Climate Change: A Skeptics Perspective

17)James O'Brien Ph.D.- Former Director, Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies at Florida State University
-Atlantic Hurricanes: The True Story-Skeptics Speak Out Video

18) Simon Brassell

19) Danial Botkin -Professor Emeritus, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara.
-Science and soothsaying

20) Petr Chylek Ph.D.- Senior Scientist , Space and Remote Sensing Sciences, Los Alamos National Laboratory and Department of Physics and Atmospheric Sciences, Dalhousie University
-Limits on climate sensitivity derived from recent satellite and surface observations
- Greenland warming of 1920-1930 and 1995-2005

21) Antonio Zichichi- President of the World Federation of Scientists

22)Henrik Svensmark director of the Centre for Sun-Climate Research, at the Danish Space Research Institute
-Influence of Cosmic Rays on Earth's Climate

23) Richard S. Lindzen' Ph.D.- MIT Alfred P. Sloan Professor of Meteorology, Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
- Is There a Basis for Global Warming Alarm?
-The Fluid Envelope
-A CASE AGAINST CLIMATE ALARMISM
-Climate of Fear

24) Anthony Lupo Ph.D.- Associate Professor of Atmospheric Science the University of Missouri Columbia.
-Global Warming Is Natural, Not Man-Made
-Hot Air
-Anthropogenic Global Warming: A Skeptical Point of View

25) Marcel Leroux- Professor of Climatology at Jean Moulin University in France, and the director of the Laboratory of Climatology, Risk, and Environment.
-There’s No Global Warming, Because There’s No Global Climate

26)George Kukla Ph.D. EGU Milutin Milankovic Medallist 2003

27) Edward J Wegman Ph.D.-Professor at the Center for Computational Statistics at George Mason University
-Congressional Testimony on "Hockey Stick"

28) Boris Winterhalter -Retired Senior Research Scientist and Coordinator at the Geological Survey of Finland.
-My views on Global Warming and especially on the man-made hype

29) Christoph Borel -Ph.D.Senior Technical Manager, Ball Aerospace

30)G. Cornelis van Kooten-Professor of Economics and Canada Research Chair in Environmental Studies & Climate, University of Victoria

31) Gerhard Kramm- Professor University of Alaska Fairbanks, College of Natural Science and Mathematics
-Global warming and Fairbanks’ power solution

32) Rafael Wust -Professor Marine Geology/Sedimentology, James Cook University

33) Robert M. Carter- Research Professor at James Cook University
- Climate Change - Is CO2 the cause?
- Part 1 of 4
- Part 2 of 4
- Part 3 of 4
- Part 4 of 4

34) George Taylor Ph.D. -Former State of Oregon Climatologist
- A Consensus About Consensus

35) Patrick J. Michaels-Ph.D. Past president of the American Association of State Climatologists and former program chair for the Committee on Applied Climatology of the American Meteorological Society
-Not So Hot

36) Geoff Austin -Professor The Department of Physics The University of Auckland New Zealand

37) Sonja Boehmer-Christiansen- Research Professor at James Cook University

38) Joseph D’Aleo-former Professor of Meteorology at Lyndon State College and the first Director of Meteorology at The Weather Channel
-Warmest Year Declaration Full of Pitfalls!
-Skeptics Speak Out Video

39) Nir Shaviv
-Carbon Dioxide or Solar Forcing?
-The inconvenient truth about the Ice core Carbon Dioxide Temperature Correlations

40) William Gray Ph.D.-Professor Emeritus CSU Department of Atmospheric Science
- Hurricanes and Climate Change

41) S. Fred Singer Ph.D.-Distinguished Research Professor at George Mason University and professor emeritus of environmental science at the University of Virginia
- Testimony before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
- Nature, Not Human Activity, Rules the Climate

42) Roy Spencer Ph.D.-received the NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal in 1991, the MSFC Center Director’s Commendation in 1989, and the American Meteorological Society’s Special Award in 1996.- -NOT THAT SIMPLE GLOBAL WARMING: WHAT WE DON'T KNOW
- Cloud and radiation budget changes associated with tropical intraseasonal oscillations
-The Sloppy Science of Global Warming
-interview

43) Mike McConnell -Forest Hydrologist, U.S. Forest Service
- Open Letter to Dr. Robert Davila and Gallaudet Community

44 Indur M. Goklany- US Department of the Interior

45 Ian D. Clark -Department of Earth Sciences, University of Ottawa

46 Oliver W. Fraunfeld- CIRES-Contributing Author to the IPCC Working Group 1 Fourth Assessment Report.

47 Robert E DavisPh.D. - Professor Atmospheric Sciences University of Virginia
- Climate Cycle or Climate Psychic?

48) R. Timothy Patterson -Director of the Ottawa-Carleton Geoscience Centre
- Read the Sunspots
- The Geologic Record and Climate Change

49) David R. Legates Ph.D.-Director of the Center for Climatic Research at the University of Delaware. State Climatologist for Deleware
-Where's the Data?
-Revising 1,000 Years of Climate History

50) Eric Posmentier Ph.D.- Professor Earth Sciences Dartmouth University

51)Ben Herman Ph.D.- Professor University of Arizona's Department of Atmospheric Physics

52) Robert C. Balling Jr .-Ph.D.Professor of Climatology, Arizona State University
- Inconvenient Truths Indeed

53) Thomas Schmidlin -Professor of Geography at Kent State University and a Certified Consulting Meteorologist.

54) Willem de Lange - Professor Department of Earth & Ocean Sciences, University of Waikato

55) Don J. Easterbrook -Professor Emeritus Department of Geology Western Washington University -Global warming: Are we heading for global catastrophy in the coming century?

56) Stewart Franks -Associate Professor in Environmental Engineering,The University of Newcastle

57) Robert L. Kovach - Professor Emeritus of Geophysics, Stanford University

58) Fred Michel -Director, Institute of Environmental Science Associate Professor of Earth Sciences, Carleton University
- Letter to the editor of the Toronto Star

59) Robert H. Essenhigh - Bailey Professor, Mechanical Engineering, The Ohio State University
- Does CO2 really drive global warming?

60) Philip Lloyd - UN IPCC co-coordinating lead author on the Technical Report on Carbon Capture & Storage

61) Charles Wax -Professor of Geography Mississippi State University and State Climatologist for Mississippi

62) Nils-Axel Mörner - Retired head of the Paleogeophysics and Geodynamics department at Stockholm University
-Claim That Sea Level Is Rising Is a Total Fraud

63) Salomon Kroonenberg - Full Professor of Geology at the Department of Geotechnology, Delft University of Technology

64) Willie Soon-Physicist at the Solar, Stellar, and Planetary Sciences Division of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
-What is the Earth's 20th Century Temperature Trend?

65) Jay H. Lehr -Science Director with the Heartland Institute and President of Environmental Education Enterprises

66) Arthur V. Douglass Retired Chair of the Atmospheric Sciences Department Creighton University

67) Garth Paltridge-Emeritus Professor, former Director of the Institute of Antarctic and Southern
Ocean Studies, and CEO of the Antarctic Co-operative Research Center
-The Politicised Science of Climate Change

68) Lee C.Gerhard-Senior Scientist Emeritus, Kansas Geological Survey, University of Kansas
-Geologic Constraints on Global Climate Variability

69) Ole Humlum-Professor of Physical Geography at the Institute of Geosciences, University of Oslo, -Climate 4 You web site (excellent)

70) Olavi Kärner Research Scientist atmospheric science, Tartu Observatory, Estonia
- TEMPORAL VARIABILITY IN LOCAL AIR TEMPERATURE SERIES SHOWS NEGATIVE FEEDBACK

71) Gerald E Marsh- retired physicist, Argonne National Laboratory,
-Climate Change: The Sun’s Role

72) Frederick Wolf -Professor of Physics, KEENE STATE COLLEGE

73) Tom Victor Segalstad-Associate Professor of Resource- and Environmental Geology at the University of Oslo.
-CO2 and the "Greenhouse Effect" Doom

74) Bjarne Andresen-Professor of Physics Ørsted Laboratory, University of Copenhagen
-Global temperature -- politics or science?

75) John T. Everett.-Former Director of NOAA Fisheries Division of Research, Member National Academy of Sciences Panel on Ecosystem Indicators of Climate Change, IPCC lead author and reviewer
- Congressional Testimony, April 2007

76) Chris Walcek-Atmospheric scientist and Professor, University of Albany (N.Y.); Senior Research Associate at the Atmospheric Sciences Research Center
-Chris Walcek Interview

77) James P. Koermer -Atmospheric scientist and Professor of Meteorology and the director of the Meteorological Institute at Plymouth State University

78) Jos de Latt- Specialist in atmospheric composition and climate research at the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
-Mixing Politics and Science in Testing the Hypothesis That Greenhouse Warming is Causing a Global Increase in Hurricane Intensity,

79) William Kininmonth - former Head National Climate Centre, Australian Bureau of Meteorology; former Australian delegate to World Meteorological Organization Commission for Climatology, Scientific and Technical Review
- Don't be Gored into going along

80) Yuri A. Izrael - Vice-chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Former first vice-president of the World Meteorological Organization,
-UNEP Sasakawa Prize

81) Frederick Seitz*- Former president of the National Academy of Sciences and former president of Rockefeller University.

82) R. W. Gauldie- Research Professor, Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, School of Ocean Earth Sciences and Technology, University of Hawaii at Manoa

83) Ryan N. Maue-Researcher Department of Meteorology, Center for Ocean-Atmosphere Prediction Studies Florida State University- Inconvenient 2007 Tropical News

84) Richard S. Courtney- Professor Geography Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
-Biofuels: a solution worse than theproblem they try to address?

85) Denis G. Rancourt- Full Professor Department of Physics. Member of the Ottawa-Carleton Institute for Physics, Member of the Ottawa-Carleton Geoscience Centre

86) Ian Pilmer-Professor of Mining Geology Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Adelaide
-Global warming a damp squib

87) Brian Pratt -Professor Sedimentology, Paleontology-Geology University of Saskatchewan
-Global Warming: An alternative view

88) Nicola Scafetta-Research Scientist, Department of Physics, Duke University
-Is climate sensitive to solar variability?

89) Nathan Paldor- Professor of dynamical meteorology and physical oceanography, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Institute of Earth Sciences; The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

90) Antón Uriarte-Professor of climatology of the Basque Country, Spain

91) Mel Goldstein Professor Meteorology Western Connecticut State University, WTNH Hartford CN

92) Howard Hayden- Professor of Physics Emeritus University of Connecticut
-Skeptics Speak Out
A Primer on CO2 and Climate, 2nd Edition
Global Warming: More Hot Air

93) Richard C. Wilson, Senior Research Scientist, Columbia University’s Center for Climate Systems Research, Principle Investigator ACRIM Science Computing Facility

94) Lance Endersbee-Emeritus Professor former Dean of Engineering and former Pro-Vice Chancellor at Monash University in Melbourne,Australia.
-Global climate change has natural causes:

95) Craig James-Chief Meteorologist and the Director of Weather Services, WOOD Grand Rapids Michigan

96) John K. Sutherland-Chief Scientist, Edutech Enterprises
- Anthropogenically driven Global Warming (AGW): Some pro and con comments

97) James A. Peden- Former Atmospheric Physicist at the Space Research and Coordination Center in Pittsburgh and Extranuclear Laboratories in Blawnox, Pennsylvania
- Editorial: The Great Global Warming Hoax?

98 Patrick Moore- Founding Member and former Director of Greenpeace International

99) John Coleman-Founder of Weather Channel,KUSI San Diego CA
-Comments on Global Warming

100) K. Russell DePriest, - nuclear engineer at Sandia National Laboratories

101) Phil Chapman-Former NASA Astronaut, geophysicist and astronautical engineer

102) Anthony Watts-Chief Meteorologist for KPAY-AM
-Surface Station.Org

103) Stanley B. Goldenberg-Meteorologist with the Hurricane Research Division/AOML/NOA

104) Paul Cooper-Professor Emeritus, Department of Earth Sciences, Laurentian University

105) G Cornelis van Kooten- Professor of Economics and Canada Research Chair in Environmental Studies & Climate

106)-John Kettley - UK atmospheric scientist formerly of the Met Office and the Fluid Dynamics Department at the Bracknell headquarters

107) Glenn E. Shaw:-Professor of Physics, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska,
-Views

108) R.G. Roper-Professor Emeritus of Atmospheric Sciences, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology

109) Peter Friedman- Assistant Professor,The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
- Global warming "” right on schedule"

110) W.John Maunder,-President of the Commission for Climatology of the World Meteorological Organization from 1989 to 1997

111 quasigeostropic- Bachelor of Science Meteorology, FLorida State University

112) Michael R. Fox-retired nuclear scientist and university chemistry professor,Senior Fellow for Science at the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii-
The "Hockeystick": The Global Warming Scandal of the Decade,-Global Warming and Pseudo-Science

113) David Deming-geophysics professor of Arts and Sciences at the University of Oklahoma
- U.S. Senate Committee on Environment & Public Works Hearing Statement 12/06/2006

114) Dayton L. Alverson-Senior Scientist, Natural Resources Consultants, Inc.

115) Fred W. Decker, Professor of Meteorology at Oregon State University

116) Bob Durrenberger, Retired Climatologist, Former President of the American Association of State Climatologists,

117) Carl Johan Friedrich (Frits) Böttcher, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus of Physical Chemistry, University of Leiden, The Netherlands

118 Chauncey Starr, Ph.D. Physics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

119) Clinton H. Sheehan, Ph.D. Physics, University of Western Ontario

120) David L. Hill , Ph.D. Physics, Princeton University

121) David Nowell, M.Sc. Meteorology, Royal Meteorological Society, Canada

122) Duncan Wingham, Ph.D. Physics, University of Bath, UK

123) Eigil Friis-Christensen, Ph.D. Geophysics, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

124) George E. McVehil , B.A. Physics, M.S. Ph.D. Meteorology, AMS Certified Consulting Meteorologist

125) Hendrik Tennekes, Former Director of Research, Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
- My Position on Climate Change by Hendrik Tennekes July 14 2008

126) Joseph (Joe) P. Sobel, Ph.D. Meteorology, Penn State-Sr Vice President Accu Weather

127) Khabibullo Abdusamatov, Ph.D. Astrophysicist, The University of Leningrad

128) Manik Talwani, Ph.D. Physics, Columbia University, Schlumberger Professor Emeritus of Advanced Studies and Research and Research Professor of Earth Science Rice University

129) William M. Briggs, M.S. Atmospheric Science, Ph.D. Statistics,Adjunct Assistant Professor of Statistical Science, Cornell University

130) William E. Reifsnyder, B.S. Meteorology, M.S. Ph.D. Forestry, Yale

131) Tad S. Murty, Ph.D. Oceanography and Meteorology, University of Chicago,

132) Kunihiko Takeda

133) Walter Cunningham Walter Cunningham is America's second civilian astronaut- Apollo 7
-In Science, Ignorance is not Bliss

134) Zbigniew Jaworowski-Chairman, Scientific Council of Central Laboratory for Radiological Protection Warsaw, Poland
- CO2: The Greatest Scientific Scandal of Our Time

135) Kelvin Kemm
-There is no evidence man-made CO2 causes climate change

136) Keith D Hage retired professor from the University of Alberta's department of Earth and Atmospheric Science.

137 Walter Starck-PhD (marine science), marine biologist (specialization in coral reefs and fisheries)-Global warming - myth, threat or opportunity

138) Raphael Wust, PhD, Lecturer, Marine Geology/Sedimentology, James Cook University, Australia

139) GEOFFREY G. DUFFY- Professor of Chemical Engineering Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering Associate Dean Research, School of Engineering University of Auckland-CLIMATE CHANGE – The real causes

140) Don Aitkin Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of Canberra from 1991 to 2002

141) Grant Dade-Meteorologist KLTV East Texas

142) Kenneth W. Chilton, Ph.D.- Adjunct Fellow, Institute for Study of Economics and the Environment, Lindenwood University

143) J. Scott Armstrong, Ph.D. -Professor , Wharton University

144) Tom Addiscott, Ph.D.

145) Kjell Aleklett Professor in Physics, and head of the Uppsala Hydrocarbon Depletion Study Group, at Uppsala University, Sweden.

146) Bruce N. Ames, Professor of the Graduate School Division of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology UC Berkley

147) Bjarne Anderson, Ph.D. professor of physics, University of Copenhagen

148) Dennis Avery Director of the Center for Global Food Issues, and a senior fellow of the Hudson Institute.

149)Sallie Baliunas Associate of the Harvard College Observatory
-Combatting global warming would be a waste
-"Why So Hot? Don't Blame Man, Blame the Sun,"
-"Extreme Weather Events: Examining Causes and Responses,"

150) Tim Ball Ph.D. Former climatology professor at the University of Winnipeg, Manitoba, where he founded and directed the Rupertsland Research Centre
-How the world was bullied into silence

151)Albrecht Glatzle, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus of Agricultural Biology, University of Hohenheim, Germany

152)Alexander Gumen,Ph.D. Professor Emeritus of Hydrogeology, Environmental Geology and Environmental Geophysics, University of Gomel, Russia

153)Alfred H. Pekarek,Ph.D. Professor of Earth and Atmospheric Science, St. Cloud State University, USA

154)Kevin Van Cott, Ph.D. Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA

155)William B. Hubbard, Ph.D. Professor of Planetary Atmospheres, University of Arizona,

156) Robert G. Williscroft, B.Sc. Marine & Atmospheric Physics, M.Sc., Ph.D. Engineering, USA

156) Rob Scagel, M.Sc., Forest Microclimate Specialist, Canada

157) Richard A. Keen, Ph.D. Professor of Climatology, University of Colorado, USA
-Keen's Global warming Quiz

158)Eckhard Grimmel, Ph.D. Professor of Geography, University of Hamburg, Germany

159)David G. Gee, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus of Earth Sciences, Uppsala Universitet, Sweden

160) H. Sterling Burnett, Ph.D

161) Dr. Pal Brekke, senior advisor to the Norwegian Space Centre in Oslo.

162) Andrei Kapitsa-Professor of geography Moscow State University, Discovered Lake Vostok in Antarctica

Old, cold water and hot air

163) Dr. William Happer-Professor at the Department of Physics at Princeton University and Former Director of Energy Research at the Department of Energy

164)Dr. Takeda Kunihiko, vice-chancellor of the Institute of Science and Technology Research at Chubu University in Japan.

165)Dr. Arun D. Ahluwalia at Punjab University, Board member of the UN-supported International Year of the Planet.

166) Victor Manuel Velasco Herrera, researcher at the Institute of Geophysics of the National Autonomous University of Mexico.

167) Susan Crockford, PhD (Zoology/Evolutionary Biology/Archaeozoology), Adjunct Professor (Anthropology/Faculty of Graduate Studies), University of Victoria, Victoria, British Colombia, Canada

168) Dr. Zbigniew Jaworowski, physicist and chairman, Scientific Council of Central Laboratory for Radiological Protection, Warsaw, Poland
-Climate Change: Incorrect information on pre-industrial CO2

169) Dr. Hans H.J. Labohm, former advisor to the executive board, Clingendael Institute (The Netherlands Institute of International Relations) and an economist who has focused on climate change

170) Dr. Asmunn Moene, past head of the Forecasting Centre, Meteorological Institute, Norway

170) Dr. Albert Arking - Principal Research Scientist at the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, since 1992 Previously, he was a Senior Scientist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

171) Delgado Domingos Environmental Scientist Professor -founder of the Numerical Weather Forecast group

172) Charles R. Anderson, Ph.D.

173) A. Alan Moghissi, Ph.D. Physical Chemistry, Former Director of the EPA's Bioenvironmental Division

174) Aksel C. Wiin-Nielsen, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus of Geophysical Science, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

175) Allan M.R. MacRae, B.Sc., M.Eng., P.Eng

176) Amy Kaleita Ph.D. Professor of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, Iowa State University

Hysteria's History: Environmental Alarmism in Context

177) Andreas Prokoph, Ph.D. Professor of Earth Science, University of Ottawa

178) Arthur B. Robinson, Ph.D. Professor of Chemistry, Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine

179) William J.R. Alexander, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus of Biosystems Engineering, University of Pretoria

180) William (Bill) Bauman, Ph.D. Atmospheric Science

181) Wibjorn Karlenm, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus of Physical Geography and Quaternary Geology, Stockholm University, Sweden

182) Dr. Cliff Ollier. geologist, geomorphologist, soil scientist, emeritus professor and honorary research fellow, School of Earth and Geographical Sciences University of Western Australia

183) Bill Collins, Ph.D. Professor of Earth Science, James Cook University, Australia

184) Christopher Essex, Ph.D. Professor of Applied Mathematics, University of Western Ontario, Canada

185) David Evans , B.Sc. M.A. Applied Mathematics and Physics, M.S. Statistics, Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, USA

I Was On the Global Warming Gravy Train
Are Carbon Emissions the Cause of Global Warming?

186) Dr. William M. Schaffer, Professor Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, 1982-present

187)Kanya Kusano-program director of the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
___________________________________________________________________________________

Deceased:

"Some of this noise won't stop until some of these scientists are dead" - James Hansen, 2006

Aaron Wildavsky, Ph.D. Political Science, USA (Died: September 4, 1993)

Adrian H. Gordon, Meteorologist, University of South Australia, Australia (Died: April 12, 2000)

August H. Auer Jr., Professor Emeritus of Atmospheric Science, University of Wyoming, USA (Died: June 10, 2007)

Chauncey Starr, Ph.D. Physics, USA (Died: April 17, 2007)

Duwayne M. Anderson, Professor Emeritus of Geology, Texas A&M University, USA (Died: October 4, 2002)

Frederick Seitz, Ph.D. Physics, USA (Died: March 2, 2008)

George H. Sutton, Professor Emeritus of Geophysics, University of Hawaii, USA (Died: January 25, 2004)

Heinz Lettau, Professor Emeritus of Geophysics, University of Wisconsin, USA (Died: August 4, 2005)

Helmut Metzner, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus of Botany, University of Tubingen, Germany (Died: September 20, 1999)

James P. Lodge Jr., Ph.D. Consultant in Atmospheric Chemistry, USA (Died: December 14, 2001)

John L. Daly, B.Sc.Econ Economics, UK (Died: January 29, 2004)

John R. Apel, Ph.D. Physics, USA (Died: August 16, 2001)

Julian Simon, B.A. Psychology, Ph.D. Economics, USA (Died: February 8, 1998)

Larry H. Brace, B.S. Physics, USA (Died: August 28, 2005)

Michael Crichton, A.B. Anthropology, M.D. Harvard, USA (Died: November 4, 2008)

Michael J. Higatsberger, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus of Experimental Physics, University of Vienna, Austria (Died: January 7, 2004)

Paul Handler, Professor Emeritus of Physics, University of Illinois, USA (Died: January 24, 1998)

Reid A. Bryson, B.A. Geology, Ph.D. Meteorology, USA (Died: June 11, 2008)

Rhodes Fairbridge, Ph.D. Geology, Australia (Died: November 8, 2006)

Robert E. Stevenson, Ph.D. Oceanography, USA (Died: August 12, 2001)

Robert Jastrow, Ph.D. Theoretical Physics, USA (Died: February 8, 2008)

Roland (R.A.D.) Byron-Scott, Senior Lecturer Emeritus of Meteorology, Flinders University, Australia (Died: January, 2004)
Thomas Gold, Professor Emeritus of Astronomy, Cornell University, USA (Died: June 22, 2004)

Tor Ragnar Gerholm, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus of Physics, University of Stockholm, Sweden (Died: June 27, 2007)

William (Bill) A. Nierenberg, Ph.D. Physics, USA (Died: September 10, 2000)

William Mitchell, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus of Physics, University of Oxford, UK (Died: October 30, 2002)