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Global warming ended in 1995, top climate scientist tells BBC
Fudged hockey stick data
By Kirk Myers -
Seminole County Environmental News Examiner
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Fudged hockey stick data (top)) erased historical
warm and cold eras (bottom) to create 'warming.
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18 Feb 10 - (Excerpts) - The former director of the Climate Research
Unit (CRU) at Britain’s University of East Anglia, admitted to the
BBC last Saturday that there has been no statistically significant
global warming since 1995, and that the world may have been warmer
during medieval times.
In the interview (http://bit.ly/bv1fec),
professor Phil Jones...confessed to the following:
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- There was no statistically significant global warming from 1995 to
2009.
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- From January 2002 to the present, the earth has been cooling.
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- The
Medieval Warm Period (MWP) from 800 to 1300 A.D., did exist, a
scientifically accepted fact that
Jones and other climate researchers tried to
discount or hide.
Skeptics who have been making the same declarations for years, and were
ignored, are enjoying a “We told you” moment.
“They’ve finally admitted that the current warming period is similar to
previous warming periods. Congratulations, we’ve known that for a long
time,” says
Michael Smith, a software engineer who played a key role in exposing
the manipulation of global temperature data by NASA and NOAA.
Dr. Phil Kotzbach, a research scientist in Colorado State University’s
Department of Atmospheric Science, says the professor’s statements
are not particularly surprising.
Dr. Timothy Ball, a climatologist and former professor of geology at
the University of Winnipeg, says Jones’ statements undermine the IPCC’s
core thesis of anthropogenic global warming (AGW):
“Every single country has based its energy policies on a report that one
of its lead authors is now saying is false,” Ball says.
Shortly after Jones’ BBC interview, Professor Peter Liss, now CRU's
acting director, came to the defense of the beleaguered scientist,
calling global warming skeptics “dangerous” and accusing them of
“playing Russian roulette with the planet.”
“If you’re on the climate skeptics’ side, you have to have really good
evidence for your case, because if you’re wrong, then the consequences
for all of us and all our children and whoever comes after is hugely
influenced.
“I don’t see that evidence. I see lots of assertion, but it’s not backed
up. It’s very dangerous and like playing Russian roulette with the
planet.”
Robert Felix, author of "Not by Fire but by Ice" and host of
Ice Age Now, denounced Liss’ attack, citing it as further proof that
“the entire CRU institution seems to be infected” with an intractable
“we’re always right” mindset that is hostile towards anyone or anything
that challenges official dogma.
“Professor Liss’ statement is incredible. He says we have to back our
assertions. It’s time for them to back up theirs,” he demanded.
http://www.examiner.com/x-32936-Seminole-County-Environmental-News-Examiner~y2010m2d18-Global-warming-ended-in-1995-top-climate-scientist-tells-BBC
Thanks to Kirk Myers for this link
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