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Leading Climate Change Skeptic Changes His Mind

Posted: 16 Nov 2011, 03:04
by kenneal - lagger
Leading Climate Change Skeptic Changes His Mind
A prominent physicist who set out to prove global warming did not exist has actually done the opposite.

For the past two years, climate change skeptic Richard Muller, who is a professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley and a faculty senior scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, has chaired the Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature Project (BEST).
Hope the lagging inspector is reading this although I don't suppose it will do anything to change his mind. It does debunk his "No warming since 1998" claim though.

Re: Leading Climate Change Skeptic Changes His Mind

Posted: 16 Nov 2011, 11:47
by emordnilap
kenneal - lagger wrote:Leading Climate Change Skeptic Changes His Mind
A prominent physicist who set out to prove global warming did not exist has actually done the opposite.

For the past two years, climate change skeptic Richard Muller, who is a professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley and a faculty senior scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, has chaired the Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature Project (BEST).
And despite receiving funding from Koch Bros. There is hope, however slight.

Re: Leading Climate Change Skeptic Changes His Mind

Posted: 16 Nov 2011, 12:36
by Ludwig
emordnilap wrote:
kenneal - lagger wrote:Leading Climate Change Skeptic Changes His Mind
A prominent physicist who set out to prove global warming did not exist has actually done the opposite.

For the past two years, climate change skeptic Richard Muller, who is a professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley and a faculty senior scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, has chaired the Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature Project (BEST).
And despite receiving funding from Koch Bros. There is hope, however slight.
Berkeley is the de facto military university of America. The majority of its science research funding comes from military and military-related sources.

Posted: 16 Nov 2011, 14:32
by RenewableCandy
Anyone seen that Obama seems to have kicked KeystoneXL into the long grass :) ?

Posted: 16 Nov 2011, 14:57
by emordnilap
RenewableCandy wrote:Anyone seen that Obama seems to have kicked KeystoneXL into the long grass :) ?
http://www.powerswitch.org.uk/forum/vie ... p?p=194226

Re: Leading Climate Change Skeptic Changes His Mind

Posted: 16 Nov 2011, 16:14
by kenneal - lagger
Ludwig wrote:Berkeley is the de facto military university of America. The majority of its science research funding comes from military and military-related sources.
The US Military are quite up to date on PO and GW, especially PO, as are leading the way in the US government on pressing for mitigation measures. They can see the security problems that these topics will lead to. They are, surprise, surprise, an ally.

Posted: 16 Nov 2011, 17:25
by RenewableCandy
Yup, Hirsch Report and all that.

Posted: 16 Nov 2011, 17:31
by kenneal - lagger
It's great to see that dazzling, sunny smile back on the board again and have the succinct and often witty replies!