Dec 22 2007
Over 400 Prominent Scientists Disputed Man-Made Global Warming Claims in 2007
Since Inhofe seems unable to count over 400, I can’t give an accurate number as to the real number of “skeptics”, but it should be one less than it currently states. At least one person on that list has had their views distorted. From my personal discussions with Dr. Castro, I do not believe that he is a “climate skeptic”, and I don’t believe that he would think so either. In fact, on many occasions he has stated that Inhofe has misrepresented his views on climate science.
Climate scientist Dr. Christopher L. Castro, a Professor of the Department of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Arizona, expressed skepticism of a global warming catastrophe in 2007. “I believe the balance of evidence from the paleoclimate record, recent climate history (particularly since the 1980s), and the anthropogenic attribution GCM (Global Climate Models) experiments (e.g., Meehl et al. type studies) support the conclusion that recent climate change is due, in part, to anthropogenic forcing,” Castro wrote on June 4, 2007. But Castro also said he generally agrees that “other possible forcings to the climate system besides CO2 (like land-use change, aerosols, etc.) are not accounted for well, if at all” and “models are highly sensitive to parameterized processes, like clouds, convection, and radiation, and these processes can have significant impacts on their results.” Castro also said, “GCMs have very limited utility for climate prediction (i.e., seasonal forecasts) or climate projection (i.e., global warming projections) on the regional scale.”
This is what Inhofe wrote in his Senete report. I’m not quite sure what in that paragraph makes one a skeptic. Perhaps not trusting GCMs to accurately predict regional climate.
Anyway, the other person on the list from UofA is definitely a “skeptic”. Dr. Herman recently wanted Dr. Roy Spencer to give a presentation for the departmental seminar series because he thought their should be a “balance” to the “debate”. Whom was Dr. Spencer to balance you might ask? Dr. Pielke! Argh.
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