http://www.usatoday.com/weather/news...-reviews_x.htm
or, if you don't want to bother: THIS DOCUMENT IS NOT FOUND.
funny.
1. He promoted the now debunked ?hockey stick? temperature chart in an attempt to prove man?s overwhelming impact on the climate.
funny: Ever since the publication of Mann, Bradley and Hughes' data, global warming sceptics have tried to chip away at this record.. coping mechanism?
But Joyce Penner thinks the signs are that the analysis behind the chart of temperature variation is sound:
"Even if more data is added, I would be surprised if it changed the shape of that curve much. There is such a strong difference between pre-industrial behaviour and the growth during the last 100 years or so," she said.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3569604.stm
2. He attempted to minimize the significance of Medieval Warm period and the Little Ice Age
funny: In an article in the publication Energy and Environment, Legates and fellow climate scientists Willie Soon and Sallie Baliunas criticised Mann and Jones' chart for leaving out the so-called Medieval Warm Period (AD 800 to 1400) and the Little Ice Age (AD 1600 to 1850).
Some scientists believe that the timing of these cold and warm periods varied geographically over the globe in a considerable way. (ie NON SUFFICIENT DATA - see borehole)
3. He insisted on a link between increased hurricane activity and global warming that most sciences believe does not exist.
funny: alright, this isn't funny, this is stupid. Warm waters cause higher winds? GET THE FUCK OUT! I need a phd to confirm or deny this? I need a sail boat!
Kevin E. Trenberth of the National Center for Atmospheric Research, with others, wrote "It should be recognized that the issue is not black or white, but rather that global warming has a pervasive influence on ocean SST [sea surface temperature] and heat content, atmospheric temperature, water vapor, and atmospheric and oceanic general circulation patterns, all of which affect tropical cyclones in complex, not yet fully understood ways." and "in our view the growing body of evidence suggests a direct and growing trend in several important aspects of tropical cyclones, such as intensity, rainfall, and sea level, all of which can be attributed to global warming."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loop_Current
4. He asserted that today?s Arctic is experiencing unprecedented warmth while ignoring that temperatures in the 1930?s were as warm or warmer
who asserted? sorry..
Alright, once again..
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0924-06.htm
Wait wait wait.. does that say we just lost one of six ice shelfs that have been there for thousands of years? So, nothing actually broke off in the 1930's? Is this an argument? I don't have an iq of 140 or whatever, hell, maybe i do
5. He claimed the Antarctic was warming and losing ice but failed to note, that is only true of a small region and the vast bulk has been cooling and gaining ice.
funny: ok, so if one pillar breaks.. and we do nothing about it.. it's not a problem? Ok, i'll go find something to prove this utterly wrong, be back in 30 secs.. actually, i have to get back to my job, and i didn't cut and paste a fake article.
R