This thread began with a link to a chat by Naomi Oreskes. I need to
bring up the
point that she published a paper in Science 03 Dec 2004, in which she
claimed to
have reviewed all 928 papers written on climate change from 1993-2003
and found
that 75% conclude explicitly or implicitly that we are causing global warming
and the other "25% dealt with methods or paleoclimate, taking no position on
current anthropogenic climate change". Paper is at http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/306/5702/1686
His findings after reviewing the same 928 papers and 200 more he found
were that
only 13 papers (<2%) explicitly agreed with anthropogenic causes. When
taken to
task, Oreskes agreed that "there was indeed a serious mistake in the Science
essay."
Take it for what it's worth, but I find little faith in anyone, regardless of
their credentials, passing off information that just isn't so.
Daryl L Taylor, Fizzix Guy
Greenwich HS, CT
PAEMST '96
International Internet Educator of the Year '03
NASA Astrophysics Educator Ambassador
www.DarylScience.com
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