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Unforgiven wrote on Sep 8 th, 2015 at 7:28pm: mariacostel wrote on Sep 8 th, 2015 at 7:22pm: Unforgiven wrote on Sep 8 th, 2015 at 7:15pm: mariacostel wrote on Sep 8 th, 2015 at 6:44pm: “The ‘hockey stick’ concept of global climate change is now widely considered totally invalid and an embarrassment to the IPCC.” PROFESSOR DON J EASTERBROOK, PHD Professor Emeritus of Geology at Western Washington University. Fellow of the Geological Society of America and past president of the Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division. Founding member of the American Quaternary Association, member of the Commission on Quaternary Stratigraphy of North America, and US representative to UNESCO International Geological Correlation Project. Associate Editor of Geomorphology and The Geological Society of America Bulletin. In his book Evidence-Based Climate Science, Professor Easterbrook put it very bluntly340: The Mann et al “hockey stick” temperature curve was so at odds with thousands of published papers… one can only wonder how a single tree-ring study could purport to prevail over such a huge amount of data. At best, if the tree-ring study did not accord with so much other data, it should simply mean that the tree rings were not sensitive to climate change, not that all the other data were wrong… The “hockey stick” concept of global climate change is now widely considered totally invalid and an embarrassment to the IPCC. Surely many scientists thought as much all those years ago. And yet it took an extraordinary amount of time for them to speak up against a whole-hearted assault on the scientific method. One by one, disinterested parties who took the time to look at McIntyre & McKitrick’s work came away feeling the two Canadian outsiders had the better case than Mann and his acolytes. In February 2005, Anthony Lupo, Professor of Atmospheric Science at the University of Missouri, Fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society, IPCC expert reviewer, and editor-in-chief of National Weather Digest, was one of the first American climate scientists to contact the stick-slayers directly341: I will confess that I was not aware of the details of Steve McIntyre and Ross McKitrick’s critique of the “hockey stick” but after a cursory reading of the enclosed materials it seems that the critics have valid points. I’ve been skeptical of the “hockey stick” for a long time simply on the grounds that there is too much evidence that climate has been more changeable than the “hockey stick” would indicate… Also, having taken part in the IPCC review process for the 2nd and 3rd assessments, I was continually frustrated with drafts that had: [will include text later] [will insert figure here] riddled throughout them. Thus, I’m not surprised that some may have made errors in their science and then, for whatever reason fail to provide their methods. Again, I’m not an expert in tree ring studies, but Steve and Ross’s work to me makes good points. I’m happy to see work like theirs get published. His was a comparatively lonely voice in 2005. Not now. Steyn, Mark (2015-09-01). "A Disgrace to the Profession" (Kindle Locations 3902-3928). Stockade Books. Kindle Edition. Mark Steyn? Really? You've got to be kidding. He's certainly not a scientist and is just a media hack after starting life as a disc jockey. Not a scientist; not a mathematician; not a climatologist! Mark Steyn is a schtickologist. Mark Steyn's the leader of the AGW skeptics idolized by Ozpolitic denizens Maria Costel and lee. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Steyn Quote:Steyn left school in 1978 at age 18 and worked as a disc jockey before becoming musical theatre critic at the newly established The Independent in 1986.[8] He was appointed film critic for The Spectator in 1992. After writing predominantly about the arts, Steyn shifted his focus to political commentary and wrote a column for The Daily Telegraph, a conservative broadsheet, until 2006. The person who wrote it UNHINGED is PROFESSOR DON J EASTERBROOK, PHD Professor Emeritus of Geology at Western Washington University. Now criticise him instead. I dare you. Does he use the alias Mark Steyn? Try reading the article or get someone to do it for you. Steyns book is a collection of essays by ACTUAL SCIENTISTS. Clearly this concept eludes you.
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