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15 Sep 09 –
Last week one of the leading climate modelers in the world - Prof.
Mojib Latif of Germany's Leibniz Institute - who has been pushing
the IPCC's contention that humans are causing global warming,
conceded the Earth has not warmed for nearly a decade. He also
conceded that we are likely entering one or even two decades during
which temperatures cool.
“When a leading proponent for one point of view
suddenly starts batting for the other side, it's usually newsworthy,"
says this article by Lorne Gunter.
“So why was a speech last week by not given more prominence?"
Latif is the recipient of several international climate-study prizes and
a lead author for the (IPCC), says Gunter. "He has contributed
significantly to the IPCC's last two five-year reports that have stated
unequivocally that man-made greenhouse emissions are causing the planet
to warm dangerously."
"Yet last week in Geneva, at the UN's World Climate Conference, Latif
conceded the Earth has not warmed for nearly a decade."
“In the past year, two other groups of scientists -- one in Germany, the
second in the United States -- have come to the same conclusion: Warming
is on hold, likely because of a cooling of the Earth's upper oceans, but
it will resume."
“How can Latif and the others state with certainty
that after this long and unforeseen cooling, dangerous man-made heating
will resume? They failed to observe the current cooling for years after
it had begun, how then can their predictions for the resumption of
dangerous warming be trusted?"
“My point is they cannot.”
See entire great article, entitled
“Scientists pull a temporary about-face on global warming”:
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Scientists+pull+temporary+about+face
+global+warming/1 994959/story.html
Thanks to Anton Jaks for this link
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