Berkeley Professor Richard Muller is seeking his own spot in the ClimateGate Hall of Fame. A study published by the good professor and his colleagues last week, just in time for next month's UN climate summit in South Africa, was touted as being the end of the debate, and claimed to show once and for all that climate skeptics were on the wrong side of the truth.
The primary assertion of the study is that the Earth's temperature has risen almost 1 degree Celsius in the last 61 years, and the rise is going to continue unless world governments get mid-evil on capping carbon emissions. However, in similar fashion to Professor Muller's colleagues from East Anglia University who sought to "hide the decline" in temperature, securing their spots in the ClimateGate Hall of Fame, Professor Muller figured he would apply the same technique, which is yielding similar results.
The following chart, loaded with Professor Muller's raw data which was provided on his research team's website makes it clear that the absence of increase in global temperature is being hidden.
The following chart, loaded with Professor Muller's raw data which was provided on his research team's website makes it clear that the absence of increase in global temperature is being hidden.
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| Wow, looks like Mike's Nature Trick is famous...even Berkeley is using it! -inside joke from ClimateGate I. |
Now, since that analysis may fall on deaf ears, a coauthor of the study in question has come forward to say that Professor Muller is in fact misleading the public with questionable data.
Professor Judith Curry, a 30 year climate scientist and coauthor of Professor Muller's study told the Mail on Sunday that Professor Muller has made a "huge mistake" and has no scientific proof to substantiate his claims.
With no significant rise in global temperature to point to, despite CO2 levels that continue to rise, climate scientists are finding it increasingly more difficult to substantiate their alarmist activism with sound science. An aware public and growing community of skeptics will be the key to ensuring these types of erroneous studies are identified and refuted by credible scientists prior to being used to justify draconian job killing, wealth transferring, and sovereignty ending legislation.
Professor Judith Curry, a 30 year climate scientist and coauthor of Professor Muller's study told the Mail on Sunday that Professor Muller has made a "huge mistake" and has no scientific proof to substantiate his claims.
With no significant rise in global temperature to point to, despite CO2 levels that continue to rise, climate scientists are finding it increasingly more difficult to substantiate their alarmist activism with sound science. An aware public and growing community of skeptics will be the key to ensuring these types of erroneous studies are identified and refuted by credible scientists prior to being used to justify draconian job killing, wealth transferring, and sovereignty ending legislation.
