Abraham debunks Lord Monckton climate denialist 2of6

Lord Christopher Monckton is a British consultant, policy adviser, writer, columnist, and hereditary peer. While not formally

trained in science, Monckton is one of the most cited and widely published climate skeptics, having even been invited to testify

to the U.S. Senate and Congress on several occasions.

http://www.skepticalscience.com/Monckton_Myths.htm
http://www.parliament.uk/business/news/2011/july/letter-to-viscount-monckton/

Lord Monckton's scientific qualifications

........crickets chirping

Monckton is listed as a "Chief Policy Advisor" for the Science and Public Policy Institute (SPPI). The SPPI was until recently

managed under the name "Center for Science and Public Policy Institute" by another free market think-tank called the

Frontiers of Freedom. Frontiers of Freedom has received over $1 million in funding from ExxonMobil and over $1 million from

Koch Industries.

Monckton is listed as a "Global Warming expert" for the Heartland Institute, a Chicago-based free market think-tank. The

Heartland Institute frequently attacks the scientific evidence for human-caused climate change. The Heartland Institute has

received over $791,000 from oil-giant ExxonMobil since 1998.

http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/en/campaigns/global-warming-and-energy/polluter...

John P. Abrahams is an Associate Professor at the University of St Thomas. He has a Ph.D. 2002, Mechanical Engineering,

University of Minnesota, M.S. 1999, Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota and B.S. 1997, Mechanical Engineering,

University of Minnesota. John's career to date has involved incorporating experimental work in heat transfer and fluid

mechanics with computational studies. He has worked on a wide variety of both academic and industrial projects.

John's bio
http://www.stthomas.edu/engineering/faculty/jpabraham.htm

John's list of publications
http://courseweb.stthomas.edu/jpabraham/

This presentation
http://www.stthomas.edu/engineering/jpabraham/

Thanks to Professor Abraham for not only making this presentation but allowing me to include this on my channel.

Playlist http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL195879BC3C5EEB08
Pt1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjhNVSZmLF4
Pt2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pk1I7kEJFS0
Pt3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veWSIn2Ckko
Pt4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwhlALOMtFU
Pt5 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJM-LuK2PYQ
Pt6 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlCqK_Df8ss

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[steam0001]

The original video watch?v=stij8sUybx0 time index 28:30, this video 0:00, & the rebuttal video /watch?v=u-JnSzHrmmE.

The paper quoted by Abraham is a one year study & the graft from a pier reviewed paper used by Monckton over 30 years. How can a one year study trump a 30 year study even if it is newer? It cannot. Climate change is long term happening over many decades.

[djarm67]

@steam0001 It's quite simple for those without an agenda. Increasing global temperatures mean greater ice melt. Less and fragmented sea ice means this predator and it's cubs are more frequently having to swim longer distances in search of food. This increasing selection pressure will result in more polar bear deaths. In particular where weaker animals are exposed to high seas in storm conditions.

[djarm67]

@steam0001 Read this paper "Polar Bear Distribution and Habitat Association Reflect Long-term Changes in Fall Sea Ice Conditions in the Alaskan Beaufort Sea - Jeffrey S. Gleason, Karyn D. Rode"

[djarm67]

@steam0001 Read this paper "Observations of mortality associated with extended open-water swimming by polar bears in the Alaskan Beaufort Sea - Charles Monnett and Jeffrey S. Gleason"

[djarm67]

@steam0001 You may want to read the original 2002 paper as well

worldwildlife (dot) org/climate/Publications/WWFBi­naryitem4927 (dot) pdf

[BuBBaGump014]

LoL

The best part of this is that Abraham, like any good researcher, actually goes to the primary sources! Not only does he find the articles, but he actually contacts the authors! Fucking hilarious.

[Paxmax]

geez C.Monckton is a fricken lying tw*t! I will not call him "Lord" either.

[russ1951]

@BuBBaGump014 Abraham did?!?! What were those alleged credible sources other than those who continue to leech off the taxpayers?

[CokeSupply]

I would like to visit David Frank's vineyards in the north of England :p

[Drgamedood]

@CrimsonRefractions lol yep. How embarrasing for "lord" monckton. Not only is he a liar when it comes to climate change, but he's also a liar when it comes to his own career.

[CrimsonRefractions]

Didn't the house of lords recently release a statement in which they said that mr. Munkton was in fact NOT a lord?

[Toobaluba]

@steam0001

Warmer global climates maybe, but that doesn't mean they didn't have to change habitat and it doesn't mean their population didn't bottleneck. This claim also fails to infer the previous rate of climate transition which is important because Polar Bears are a relatively recent divergence from a brown bear clade.

[LuisManuelLealDias]

the various author's opinion on the state of affairs of global warming is irrelevant. What does interest is what the actual papers are saying about the temperatures in the world. Unless you go ahead and show that those graphs are misinterpretations on the part of mr Monckton, then he is free to use them the way he fits best. Opinion aint science.

[steam0001]

@DasHortH What is wrong with you? Look just open the original video in one tab, this video in another tab, & Monckton's rebuttal video in another tab. Watch them, compare them. Go over them a few times if you have to. You will see, if you have any eye for truth at all, that it is Abraham that makes errors & some cases out & out falsehoods. This has been around for awhile now & it is blatantly obvious that Abraham is in the wrong.

[DasHortH]

@steam0001 Wtf Is wrong with you, are you hearing and/or reading impaired or are you just some dimwitted contrarian troll?!

[steam0001]

@waltermh111 Sounds like your just determined to believe Abraham is right no matter how many ways he is debunked.

Now if that doesn't sound like a valid thing for me to state then I hope your honest enough to realize that it was not a valid thing for you to state.

Go back to the original video, view Monckton's rebuttal videos & you will see it is Abraham that make major errors & falsehoods.