Japan's boffins: Global warming isn't man-made. Climate science is 'ancient astrology', claims report.
Three of the five researchers disagree with the UN's IPCC view that recent warming is primarily the consequence of man-made industrial emissions of greenhouse gases. Remarkably, the subtle and nuanced language typical in such reports has been set aside. [Me: not before time.] [...] One of the five contributors compares computer climate modelling to ancient astrology. [Me: It's not that reliable.] Others castigate the paucity of the US ground temperature data set used to support the hypothesis [Me: noooooo...] and declare that the unambiguous warming trend from the mid-part of the 20th Century has ceased. [...] Shunichi Akasofu, head of the International Arctic Research Center in Alaska, calls the post-2000 warming trend hypothetical. His harshest words are reserved for advocates who give conjecture the authority of fact. "Before anyone noticed, this hypothesis has been substituted for truth... The opinion that great disaster will really happen must be broken. Yup. Sound fellow. I look forward to hearing this on the BBC.
My emphasis, above.
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Update:
Obo the Clown has now blogged this as well but with a better headline, given the theme:
Japanese describe MMGW as a load of "ah so's"
Nice.
The BBC have a fully paid up junkett down in Antarctica at the moment thus todays main headline slot.
ReplyDeleteDidn't the BBC do this sort of 'Agenda Bender' type reporting on apartheid and Mandela.
Keeping that issue at the forfront of politicians minds.
The BBC pick the tune and the politicians dance.