An article about a 77 year old meteorologist who debunked global warming 4/9/07. Who is he? What newspaper?

Question

I read this article on the news items listed before opening my email on 4/9/07. I'm very interested in reading all sides of the global warming issue as I'm not one to be swayed by all the media frenzy I'm enduring these days. I do know that the article said that this gentleman was very annoyed with all the media attention that this subject is receiving. He went on to say that global warming is a "cycle" that happens periodically. Interesting!

Answer 1

Global warming definitely is a cyclical variation that has happened many times in the past, and will definitely happen again as well.

I have seen several so-called 'debunkings' of global warming that bring this up and claim that global warming cannot be occurring now because it has occurred in the past.

I fail to see the logic in their argument. You would think that with the abundant evidence that global warming and cooling has occurred in the past, that would be a rather compelling argument that it may very well be happening again today.

Their argument is like claiming that it cannot possibly be getting dark at 6 in the evening today because it got dark at 6 pm yesterday, and then it got light again. If someone tried to use that argument, we'd lock them up.

Unfortunately, I'm not familiar with the specific article you mention.

Answer 2

Perhaps you are thinking of the book, "Unstoppable Global Warming: Every 1,500 Years" by S. Fred Singer.

Answer 3

There are a few scientists who are skeptical about global warming. Generally they are not the best scientists, and they have little real data, just theories.

A very large amount of scientific data supports global warming.

Very short summary:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Climate_Change_Attribution.png

The best summary available:

http://www.ipcc.ch/SPM2feb07.pdf

This overwhelming data is what convinces the vast majority of both scientists and respected scientific organizations that global warming is real, and mostly caused by us. Proof.

http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/306/5702/1686