Lindzen: Scientists Forced to Promote AGW

Prof of meteorology, Richard Lindzen. speaks at 2009 International Conference on Climate Change. Says, most colleagues will say yes to AGW, whether or not they believe or have expertise in climate.

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• Richard Lindzen
• Global Warming
• AGW
• Climatology
• Consensus

[MickCPitlick]

In this clip Lindzen describes three colleagues whose work he respects. One has refuted the link between tropical cyclones and warming; the second, sea-level alarmism; a third, AGW-induced abrupt change. Yet all maintain a public face that smiles generally on AGW. This stance reduces friction and lubricates career advancement.

[JAIJAI0]

The polar bears are melting and the oceans are drowning.....

[judomagyar]

Dr. Zagoni explains:

Earth type planetary atmospheres, having partial cloud cover and sufficient reservoir of water; maintain an energetically uniquely determined, constant, maximized greenhouse effect that cannot be increased further by emissions. The greenhouse temperature must fluctuate around this theoretical equilibrium constant; [change] is possible only if the incoming available energy changes.

[smacdon]

At this point the debate about global warming is a deadend. New evidence shows Global heating is now occurring at an accelerated rate and that the feedback effects started already were hidden behind the Global Dimming counter process which is now being overtaken by the Global heating feedbacks.

[smacdon]

Many of the researchers expressing doubts about the science of global warming have financial ties to the oil, auto, electricity and coal industries.

[tdavies456]

you have to say, he doesn't sound like the smartest fella in the world does he..? :-)

[rugbyguy59]

Lindzen is using his credibility up at lightening speed. He makes claims with no evidence other than his own words. Not only that he can't produce any work that supports his own claims.

[Mathenaut]

I think it's kinda funny that he criticizes scientists that are skeptical, but don't jump on the denial bandwagon.

There's a reason for that, and it isn't because saying "I believe in global warming" is a magic ticket to career promotion.

This is sounding like the evolution 'debate' all over again.

[arthur1920]

Anthroprogenic Global Warming is a scam.  Follow the money. Every proposal to deal with this fictional problem involves massive wealth redistribution

[goog2k]

National Academy of Sciences:

(i) 97–98% of the climate researchers most actively publishing in the field support the tenets of ACC (Anthropogenic Climate Change) outlined by the IPCC.

(ii) the relative climate expertise and scientific prominence of the researchers unconvinced of ACC are substantially below that of the convinced researchers.

For a comprehensive, detailed, worldwide listing, search: "Scientific opinion on climate change"

[goog2k]

We make over 90 million tons CO2 each DAY.

Atmospheric CO2 is rising 2ppm per year (0.5%), TWICE that of 50 years ago.

CO2 levels are 37% above the highest levels for 650,000 years.

Dissolved CO2 makes acid.

Ocean pH has already dropped from 8.2 to 8.1 and H+ ion is up over 25%

In 25 years CO2 will reach 450ppm which most oceanographers warn will interfere with growth of calcium carbonate forming plankton and corals.

They make the base of the ocean's food chain

Search: Trends in Carbon Dioxide

[blorgensteen]

@goog2k still waiting for your reply

35 yr vs 3 billion +

guess the math isn't going your way, is it?

wonder what warmed the earth up then? hmmmm

maybe one day we'll find that petrified SUV driven by a T-rex that would make your dreams about fossil fuels being the cause of all climate change come true.