From the BBC:
Climate 'clearly out of balance'The American Geophysical Union (AGU) warned that changes to the Earth's climate system were "not natural".
Changes in temperature, sea level and rainfall were best explained by the increased concentration of greenhouse gases from human activities, it added.
The AGU is the
American Geophysical Union.
AGU is a scientific society with a membership of 50,000 researchers, teachers, and students. AGU conducts meetings and conferences, publishes journals, books and a weekly newspaper, and sponsors a variety of educational and public information programs.
Excerpts from the AGU on evolution:
AGU affirms the central importance of including scientific theories of Earth history and biological evolution in science education. Within the scientific community, the theory of biological evolution is not controversial, nor have “alternative explanations” been found. This is why no competing theories are required by the U.S. National Science Education Standards. Explanations of natural phenomena that appeal to the supernatural or are based on religious doctrine—and therefore cannot be tested through scientific inquiry—are not scientific, and have no place in the science classroom.
Recapping - the AGU affirms global warming and evolution. Consequently and as a matter of fact, perhaps the next administration will look to the AGU for policy advice.
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Marc Morano response here: http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/24/earth-scientists-express-rising-concern-over-warming/#comment-8596
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January 24th,
2008
1:27 pm
From Marc Morano:
Dear New York Times:
I hate to burst the bubble here, but the American Geophysical Union’s (AGU) climate ‘consensus’ statement does not hold up to even the lightest scrutiny.
It appears that the AGU Board issued a statement on climate change without putting it to a vote of the group’s more than 50,000 members. Its sweeping claims were drafted by what appears to be only nine AGU committee members. The statement relies heavily on long term computer model projections, cherry-picking of data and a very one-sided view of recent research. As with the recent statements by the American Meteorological Society (AMS) and the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), the AGU statement is the product of a small circle of scientists (again apparently a 9 member panel according to AGU) who all share the same point of view, and who failed to put their statement to a vote of the AGU members on whose behalf they now claim to speak. As such it amounts to nothing more than a restatement of the opinion of this small group, not a ‘consensus’ document.
Bottom line, this new AGU statement appears to in no way represent the views of the AGU rank-and-file members. As previously stated, we know both AMS and NAS had only two dozen or so board members vote on their ‘consensus’ statement. And the Canadian Academy of Sciences reportedly endorsed a “consensus” global warming statement that was never even approved by its governing board. consensus’
Further, the media hyped UN IPCC Summary for Policymakers in 2007 only had 52 scientists participate!
For more on debunking so-called ‘See: http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Minor ity.Blogs&ContentRecord_id=595F6F41-802A-23AD-4BC4-B364 B623ADA3
We must be honest about now these ‘consensus’ statements are produced. The only way rank-and-file AGU members can weigh in is to make comments to the panel. This is not ‘consensus.’
To read the voices of scientists from around the world, please check out the U.S. Senate report detailing over 400 scientists who recently dissented from man-made global warming fears. (Note: 400 plus scientists are more than 8 times the number of scientists who participated in IPCC Summary For Policymakers)
http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Minor ity.SenateReport
Sincerely,
Marc Morano
U.S. Senate Environment & Public Works Committee
— Posted by Marc Morano
For anyone interested, here is the excerpt on Marc Morano from Wikipedia
Marc Morano is communications director for the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. Morano commenced work with the committee under Senator James Inhofe, who was majority chairman of the committee until January 2007. In December 2006 Morano launched a blog on the committee's website that largely promotes the views of climate change sceptics.
Morano is a former journalist with Cybercast News Service (owned by the conservative Media Research Center). CNS and Morano were the first source in May 2004 of the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth claims against John Kerry in the 2004 presidential election [1] and in January 2006 of similar smears against Vietnam war veteran John Murtha.
Morano was "previously known as Rush Limbaugh's 'Man in Washington,' as reporter and producer for the Rush Limbaugh Television Show, as well as a former correspondent and producer for American Investigator, the nationally syndicated TV newsmagazine." [2]
Amen GK
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