Sceptical climate science discussion group celebrates 1st year
Sceptical Climate Science Discussion Group
22nd November 2002

The 22nd November was the 1st Anniversary of the "Sceptical Climate Science" discussion group.

The discussion group is for climate scientists and other participants interested in discussing scientifically (pro and against) Climate Change, Climate Science (Climatology) and adjoining scientific issues, media features and politics.

The group has about 100 members world wide. The members are university professors, other scientists and researchers, specialised in Climatology, but also other scientists, meteorologists, geologists, computer scientists, etc. and policy analysts, engineers, scientific editors and journalists, civil servants etc.

Further, about 200 scientists have participated in or been connected to the discussions.

Climatology is a typical cross-scientific branch. The discussions handle all the adjoining branches, too, e.g. meteorology, geology, history, mathematics, statistics, oceanography, ecology, biology, chemistry, physics, astrophysics, solar, planetary and galactic cosmic ray studies, etc.

The members have evaluated the IPCC papers, the NAS Reports, and almost every new study of interest.

The members discuss and debate about Climate Politics, about the IPCC, UNFCCC and the Kyoto Protocol, about economics, technologies, societal sciences, etc.

Topics of discussions are also Ethics in Sciences, scientific methods, common sense and logical thinking (or of the lack of those).

Of special interest are the climate models and the future projections.

The members have released many scientific studies and evaluations, e.g.

- "Does CO2 really drive global warming?" by Robert H. Essenhigh, professor, Ohio State University, US, Chemical Innovation Vol. 31 (#5: May): pp. 44-46; 2001, a journal of the American Chemical Society

- "Crystal balls, virtual realities and 'storylines' " by Richard S. Courtney, Ph.D., ESEF European Science and Environment Forum, UK, EU, Energy and Environment, vol.12, No.4 (2001)

- "The UN IPCC's Artful Bias" by David E. Wojick, Ph.D., President, US, September 2001. For more information contact: dwojick@climatechangedebate.org

- "The Influence of Economic Activity on the Measurement of Global Warming" by Ross McKitrick, ass professor, University of Guelph, Canada, September 2001
( http://www.uoguelph.ca/%7Ermckitri/research/gdptemp.html )

- "Global Warming: A Guide to the Science" by Sallie Baliunas, Ph.D, astrophysicist, and Willie Soon, Ph.D., physicist, the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, US, November 2001

- "Climate Science and Policy: Making the Connection" by George C. Marshall Institute, 2001, consulted e.g. by Richard S. Lindzen, professor, MIT, US

- "The Greenhouse Delusion: A Critique of 'Climate Change 2001'" by Vincent Gray, Ph.D., atmospheric consultant, New Zealand,
the book is available from http://www.multi-science.co.uk, and
in the US at PO Box 176 Avenel New Jersey 07001

- "The Cautious Society? An Essay on the Rise of the Precautionary Culture. The Precautionary Principle or Striving for Ignorance" by R. Pieterman, Ph.D., Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands, EU, and Jaap C. Hanekamp, Ph.D., HAN, Heidelberg Appeal Netherlands, EU, 2002

- "Are Observed Changes in the Concentration of Carbon Dioxide in the Atmosphere Really Dangerous?" by Chris de Freitas, ass professor, University of Auckland, New Zealand, June 2002, ( http://www.cspg.org/deFreitas_climate.pdf )

- "Global Environmental Change and Perspectives of Industrial Development" by Kirill Ya. Kondratyev, professor, Academician, Counsellor of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia, July 2002

- "The Milky Way's Spiral Arms and Ice Age Epochs on Earth" by Nir Shaviv, Ph.D., Hebrew University Giv'at Ram, Jerusalem, Israel, July 2002

- "Myths and facts in past, present and future sea level changes" by Nils-Axel Mörner, professor, University of Stockholm, Sweden, EU, August 2002

- "How likely is a human-caused climate catastrophe?" by S. Fred Singer, Ph.D., President, Science & Environmental Policy Project, US, August 2002

- "Critique of IPCC's TAR Summary for Policymakers" by Bob Foster, Ph.D., Director of the Lavoisier Group, Australia, revisited September 2002

- "Future Climate Change, and Regional Fisheries. A Collaborative Analysis" by Gary D. Sharp, Ph.D., Center for Climate/Ocean Resources Study, US, September 2002

- "Solar Wind Near Earth: Indicator of Variations in Global Temperature", by Theodor Landscheidt, Ph.D., Schroeter Institute for Research in Cycles of Solar Activity, Germany, EU, October 2002

For critical and sceptical views in Climatology "the Future Outlook is Fine".

Nowadays the IPCC urges: " In the fourth assessment, we will be trying to encourage the critical community .." (Dr. Geoffrey Love, Secretary of the IPCC, August 9, 2002).

New members world wide are welcome.

To subscribe send an email to:
climatesceptics-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

or contact Moderator Timo Hämeranta:
timo.hameranta@pp.inet.fi