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Meltdown of the climate 'consensus'

New York Post -- If this keeps up, no one's going to trust any scientists.
The global-warming establishment took a body blow this week, as the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change received a stunning rebuke from a top-notch independent investigation.
For two decades, the IPCC has spearheaded efforts to convince the world's governments that man-made carbon emissions pose a threat to the global temperature equilibrium -- and to civilization itself. IPCC reports, collated from the work of hundreds of climate scientists and bureaucrats, are widely cited as evidence for the urgent need for drastic action to "save the planet."

But the prestigious InterAcademy Council, an independent association of "the best scientists and engineers worldwide" (as the group's own Web site puts it) formed in 2000 to give

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DrCashFlow Champion Author Massachusetts Posts:4,780 Points:1,169,630 Joined:Jun 2008	Message Posted: Sep 5, 2010 1:25:33 PM Ignore DrCashFlow Report Abuse classic...gore and all his like thinking climate 'experts' had their own agendas and financial sponsors ... prostitutes all.
SVmike Champion Author California Posts:1,426 Points:307,850 Joined:Dec 2009	Message Posted: Sep 3, 2010 4:37:41 PM Ignore SVmike Report Abuse MidNJ: "Back in the 1970's and 80's no one could agree on the "theory" that cigarette smoking causes lung cancer and heart disease. " That's not true. Back in the 1960s it was an easy good grade on a jr high science project to build a device to puff cigarettes into cotton ball filters and show all the junk that went into your lungs and therefore caused sickness and cancer. Never mind that none of this proved anything...everyone "knew" it did and the poor science experiment got a good grade because the students and teachers all knew it was true.
Martinman Champion Author Mississippi Posts:11,760 Points:1,659,270 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Sep 3, 2010 9:14:02 AM Ignore Martinman Report Abuse "meltdown"? Please, don't make me laugh... After the failed attempt to paint the entire scientific community with "climate gate" (which failed), the anti-Global Warming crowd now falls-back on one person's claim on glacial melt, versus the thousands of scientists and their per-reviewed scientific studies that all show changes tied to Global Warming. They are correct on their one major point - the science needs to be beyond reproach - to help prevent fueling the grossly overblown hype that occurs when even one questionable result is published. [Edited by: Martinman at 9/3/2010 8:22:01 AM EST]
torn8owx Champion Author Philadelphia Posts:2,313 Points:577,515 Joined:Feb 2010	Message Posted: Sep 3, 2010 9:10:14 AM Ignore torn8owx Report Abuse The science is "settled". More carbon dioxide leads to warming. This has been around since the late 1800s. If not then you need to explain how the physics of the absorption spectrum is now incorrect for radiation. How this manifests itself on a global scale & how we elect to mitigate the impacts is another matter.
MAC48 All-Star Author Dallas Posts:728 Points:499,925 Joined:Dec 2006	Message Posted: Sep 3, 2010 6:55:46 AM Ignore MAC48 Report Abuse To Gnusman53 -- With the exception of the weather forecast and the date, I would put a great deal more faith and trust in what is printed in the New York Post that I would put in anything printed in the New York Times since Arthur O. Sulzberger, Jr. became publisher in 1992.
NekoSJG Champion Author San Jose Posts:3,230 Points:570,055 Joined:Jun 2010	Message Posted: Sep 3, 2010 4:36:39 AM Ignore NekoSJG Report Abuse Climates have changed over time and will continue to change. The question is how we adapt rather than who's fault it is.
MidNJ Champion Author New Jersey Posts:4,628 Points:739,595 Joined:Sep 2009	Message Posted: Sep 3, 2010 1:21:32 AM Ignore MidNJ Report Abuse Graceman, Back in the 1970's and 80's no one could agree on the "theory" that cigarette smoking causes lung cancer and heart disease. Why because the cigarette companies funded their own studies. You say, "No one can agree on this (global warming debate)". Perhaps you smoke cigarettes today and still believe the misinformation that the tobacco industry put out 40 years ago. Hopefully not and you are spending your money in better ways. "Scientists" (or those who proport to be) can put out any and all kinds of mis-information. ---- The question is, do you believe it?
graceman Champion Author Baltimore Posts:3,230 Points:819,140 Joined:Jun 2008	Message Posted: Sep 3, 2010 12:46:36 AM Ignore graceman Report Abuse No one can agree on this.
coughlin Champion Author San Jose Posts:3,336 Points:755,050 Joined:Sep 2009	Message Posted: Sep 3, 2010 12:19:14 AM Ignore coughlin Report Abuse From the article, " ... that man-made carbon emissions pose a threat to the global temperature equilibrium -- and to civilization itself." The article's focus, by and large, shows why THAT claim and other claims like it, don't 'stand up'. 'Man-made' seems to be the operative phrase that is in dispute, NOT that the Climate is changing. There IS a consensus that our planet's climate is changing. And no one is out to "save the planet" ... our planet is going to be just fine. What people ARE out to save, though, is the human race. On the one hand, does it REALLY make a difference what is causing it? One the other hand, is it being suggested that 6 billion people are NOT having an impact on the planet?
realtorguzzler Champion Author Florida Posts:1,488 Points:259,210 Joined:Jun 2010	Message Posted: Sep 3, 2010 12:04:22 AM Ignore realtorguzzler Report Abuse The public believes in anything written and promoted.
playtimeCLE Champion Author Cleveland Posts:5,906 Points:1,092,475 Joined:Nov 2008	Message Posted: Sep 2, 2010 10:25:40 PM Ignore playtimeCLE Report Abuse The last 4 paragraphs pretty well say it all. The scientific community is ruining its reputation with gross exaggerations of things with no scientific basis.
POLELANE Champion Author Ohio Posts:7,148 Points:828,370 Joined:Mar 2008	Message Posted: Sep 2, 2010 10:09:11 PM Ignore POLELANE Report Abuse mixed metaphors; misplaced modifiers; meltdown of the zombied victims.
car253 Champion Author Ohio Posts:4,195 Points:1,031,620 Joined:Oct 2008	Message Posted: Sep 2, 2010 9:58:02 PM Ignore car253 Report Abuse Always be aware that everyone has an agenda. Think thru what you read and hear.
CruisinLinda Champion Author Tallahassee Posts:7,947 Points:1,621,420 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Sep 2, 2010 8:37:53 PM Ignore CruisinLinda Report Abuse The InterAcademy Council seems to be its own biggest admirer. Rupert Murdoch's NewsCorps owns both Fox News and the NY Post. Don't expect accuracy, just ideology. The deniers just lost one of their own to acknowledging both global warming, which is easily confirmable by thermometers and rapidly melting ice, and human involvement. See: http://www.readersupportednews.org/off-site-news-section/49-49/3183-noted-anti-global-warming-scientist-reverses-course Noted Anti-Global Warming Scientist Reverses Course By Brett Michael Dykes, The Upshot/Y!News "With scientific data piling up showing that the world has reached its hottest-ever point in recorded history, global-warming skeptics are facing a high-profile defection from their ranks. Bjorn Lomborg, author of the influential tract 'The Skeptical Environmentalist,' has reversed course on the urgency of global warming, and is now calling for action on 'a challenge humanity must confront.'"
Gnusman53 Champion Author San Diego Posts:3,852 Points:655,305 Joined:Feb 2004	Message Posted: Sep 2, 2010 7:47:38 PM Ignore Gnusman53 Report Abuse So if you have a brain.... don't trust a single thing in their paper..
Gnusman53 Champion Author San Diego Posts:3,852 Points:655,305 Joined:Feb 2004	Message Posted: Sep 2, 2010 7:46:49 PM Ignore Gnusman53 Report Abuse ...runs cartoons with Obama as a monkey.....
Gnusman53 Champion Author San Diego Posts:3,852 Points:655,305 Joined:Feb 2004	Message Posted: Sep 2, 2010 7:44:43 PM Ignore Gnusman53 Report Abuse Warning....New York Post is a tabloid rag with 0% credibility.....but is owned by Murdock...
MidNJ Champion Author New Jersey Posts:4,628 Points:739,595 Joined:Sep 2009	Message Posted: Sep 2, 2010 7:34:08 PM Ignore MidNJ Report Abuse Here are the headline messages from the December 2009 IAP STATEMENT ON TROPICAL FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE The full article can be found at: http://www.interacademies.net/Object.File/Master/10/070/Statement_DES1748_IAP%20forests_11.09_P-2-1.pdf • There can be no solution to climate change without addressing deforestation; • Deforestation must be addressed now, not later, if we are to meet an 80% CO2 reduction target by 2050; • Forests play a critical role in the climate system by providing a natural carbon capture and storage function and by regulating rainfall patterns; sustainable forest management can make a major contribution to climate change mitigation; • Deforestation of tropical forests accounts for around 17% of global carbon dioxide emissions: a failure to address this source of emissions will significantly compromise global efforts to tackle climate change; • Intact and healthy forests provide food, energy, water, shelter and flood protection services, reducing the vulnerability of rural populations to climate change and enabling adaptation to climate impacts; • Funding developing countries to maintain their forests, using already available methodologies, capacity and funds, will offer new opportunities for generating wealth and ending poverty; • Any agreement reached as part of the UNFCCC negotiations must respect the rights of forest dwellers and forest dependent peoples when designing and implementing schemes, and promote sustainable development pathways that do not involve deforestation.
BMW2014 Champion Author Toronto Posts:1,794 Points:364,300 Joined:Jun 2010	Message Posted: Sep 2, 2010 7:19:39 PM Ignore BMW2014 Report Abuse Recent "Global Warming" study proves that scientists and politicians were acting like magicians and pulling rabbits and white pigeons out of their hats.They well played their tricks to entertain and convincing people and made their living by writing books, made speeches etc.