The scientific basis for challenging the theory of man-made global warming is large and expanding. Entire books are being written summarizing the many weaknesses. However, for an excellent 12 page summary of some of these weaknesses a recent paper by Willie Soon, Art Robinson, and Noah Robinson, (SRR) is difficult to match.
The paper is hard-nosed science at its best -- http://tinyurl.com/2ca6q The paper zeroes in on the alleged relationships between global temperature and man-made CO2 increases in the atmosphere. As we are witnessing from wide spread media-driven political correctness regarding global warming, one of the prevailing hypotheses posits that man-made CO2 is causing an increase in global temperatures. This relationship, although widely accepted, is also highly questionable.
Most people do not appreciate the simple rules of science, of hypothesizing, predicting outcomes, collecting data, testing hypotheses, replication of findings, discussions, peer reviews, etc. Thus, when an advocate, who in this case a leading lawyer, a also a scientific imposter claims impending doom, huge doubts and red flags are raised. When Mr. Gore says that the scientific debate is over, he is making a statement of uninformed hope that the testing and review will stop. This is not science. And by the way there has been little debate either.
Gravity is yet to be understood. We can only describe it, but not its origins. Questions about this mysterious force have been pondered for centuries and still continue. We do not understand the causes of cancer, arthritis, lupus, or the common cold; only describe them and some symptoms. We do not completely understand the phenomenal chemistry of life, of reproduction, aging, immune systems, and the other systems of the body. Discussions have lasted for decades and longer.
There are hundreds of other areas of research which are at the interface of the known and the unknown. None of these debates have ended and won’t for decades. To declare that the debate of global warming is over is stupendously silly and ill-informed. Given some of the solutions that are being proposed, it is also dangerous to our economy and our way of life.
The SRR paper leads one through the maze of conflicting public statements about temperature, CO2, warming, glacial shrinkage, and others. What most casual readers would not appreciate is that the document is heavily referenced to the scientific literature (except when Gore’s book is necessarily referenced). With 132 references the non-scientist should appreciate that the SRR paper is not written in isolation and it is not an opinion piece, but instead is a summary of the global warming issues, with strong knowledge and implications contained in the scientific literature. It is powerful and compelling but quite ignored by popular media, Hollywood, and political dogma. In fact this paper represents a window into a huge world of science rarely discussed and even avoided by political forces.
The SRR begins with a reconstruction of the last 3000 years of global temperatures as determined from isotopic studies of the remains of organisms beneath the Sargasso
Figure 1. Surface temperatures in the Sargasso Sea, a 2 million square mile region of the Atlantic Ocean, with time resolution of 50 to 100 years and ending in 1975, as determined by isotope ratios of marine organism remains in sediment at the bottom of the sea. The horizontal line is the average temperature for this 3,000-year period. The Little Ice Age and Medieval Climate Optimum were naturally occurring, extended intervals of climate departures from the mean. A value of 0.25 °C, which is the change in Sargasso Sea temperature between 1975 and 2006, has been added to the 1975 data in order to pro vide a 2006 temperature value.
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