Did Gore forget to consult with this climate expert?? Appearing before the Commons Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development last year (2005), Carleton University paleoclimatologist Professor Tim Patterson testified, %26quot;There is no meaningful correlation between CO2 levels and Earth%26#039;s temperature over this [geologic] time frame. In fact, when CO2 levels were over ten times higher than they are now, about 450 million years ago, the planet was in the depths of the absolute coldest period in the last half billion years.%26quot; Patterson asked the committee, %26quot;On the basis of this evidence, how could anyone still believe that the recent relatively small increase in CO2 levels would be the major cause of the past century%26#039;s modest warming?%26quot;
Patterson concluded his testimony by explaining what his research and %26quot;hundreds of other studies%26quot; reveal: on all time scales, there is very good correlation between Earth%26#039;s temperature and natural celestial phenomena such changes in the brightness of the Sun.

As of 2007, Patterson has published over 120 articles in peer-reviewed journals. His research emphasizes the dynamics of climate and sea level change through the last few thousand years. He also studies the environmental impact of land use change in agricultural and urbanized settings. In several recent publications he has presented evidence that cosmoclimatological drivers are the primary driver of climate change. He has stated that as a result of his research, he is sceptical of many of the climate change scenarios projected by the IPCC. In recognition of his research efforts Patterson was awarded a 2002-2003 Carleton University Research Achievement Award for %26#039;outstanding research%26#039;.



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Ken,
Claude Allegre, Ph.D.: A member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and French Academy of Science, Allegre was among the first scientists to sound the alarm on potential dangers from global warming. His view now: %26quot;The cause of this climate change is unknown.%26quot;
Habibullo Abdussamatov, Ph.D.: %26quot;the common view that man%26#039;s industrial activity is a deciding factor in global warming has emerged from misinterpretation of cause and effect relations.%26quot;
Richard Toi, Ph.D.: calls the IPCC reports %26quot;preposterous ... alarmist and incompetent.%26quot;
Freeman Dyson, Ph.D.: the models used to justify global warming are %26quot;full of fudge factors%26quot; and %26quot;do not begin to describe the real world.%26quot;

I think I%26quot;ll stick with the 200 scientists who are knowledgeable about our recent climate, rather than a single scientist who makes an obvious ludicrous statement about conditions 1/2 billion years ago when both the sun and our planets geography were vastly different than today.


and what kind of company does he keep? http://www.friendsofscience.org/index.ph...
%26lt;%26lt;Our Opinion: It is our opinion that the Sun is the main direct and indirect driver of climate change.%26gt;%26gt;
interestingly, the earth is warming, and the sun is not.

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?tit...
%26lt;%26lt;The NRSP has been exposed as being controlled by energy industry lobbyists.%26gt;%26gt;

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They changed from Global Warming to Climate change because they could not prove it , and try to use the same data to prove it that failed to prove GW...