[ RadSafe ] Global Warming

Thu Dec 3 18:36:30 CST 2009

After my good friend Otto sent his note below, I received the following and
sent my YES vote.

Bob C

-----Original Message-----
From: hal lewis
Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 5:44 PM
To: bobcherry
Subject: corrupt

Dear fellow member of the American Physical Society:

This is a matter of great importance to the integrity of the Society. It is
being sent to a random fraction of the membership, so we hope you will pass
it on.

By now everyone has heard of what has come to be known as ClimateGate, which
was and is an international scientific fraud, the worst any of us have seen
in our cumulative 223 years of APS membership. For those who have missed the
news we recommend the excellent summary article by Richard Lindzen in the
November 30 edition of the Wall Street journal, entitled "The Climate
Science isn't Settled," for a balanced account of the situation. It was
written by a scientist of unquestioned authority and integrity. A copy can
be found among the items at http://tinyurl.com/lg266u, and a visit to
http://www.ClimateDepot.com can fill in the details of the scandal, while
adding spice.

What has this to do with APS? In 2007 the APS Council adopted a Statement on
global warming (also reproduced at the tinyurl site mentioned above) that
was based largely on the scientific work that is now revealed to have been
corrupted.
(The principals in this escapade have not denied what they did, but have
sought to dismiss it by saying that it is normal practice among scientists.
You know and we know that that is simply untrue. Physicists are not expected
to cheat.)

We have asked the APS management to put the 2007 Statement on ice until the
extent to which it is tainted can be determined, but that has not been done.
We have also asked that the membership be consulted on this point, but that
too has not been done.

None of us would use corrupted science in our own work, nor would we sign
off on a thesis by a student who did so. This is not only a matter of
science, it is a matter of integrity, and the integrity of the APS is now at
stake. That is why we are taking the unusual step of communicating directly
with at least a fraction of the membership.

If you believe that the APS should withdraw a Policy Statement that is based
on admittedly corrupted science, and should then undertake to clarify the
real state of the art in the best tradition of a learned society, please
send a note to the incoming President of the APS [deleted], with the single
word YES in the subject line. That will make it easier for him to count.

Bob Austin, Professor of Physics, Princeton 
Hal Lewis, emeritus Professor of Physics, University of California, Santa
Barbara 
Will Happer, Professor of Physics, Princeton 
Larry Gould, Professor of Physics, Hartford 
Roger Cohen, former Manager, Strategic Planning, ExxonMobil

-----Original Message-----
From: radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl [mailto:radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl] On Behalf
Of Otto Raabe
Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 5:20 PM
To: JPreisig at aol.com; radsafe at radlab.nl
Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] Global Warming

December 3, 2009

The earth is now in the eleventh year of a slow global cooling trend 
following a local peak temperature in 1998. Atmospheric carbon 
dioxide levels have been going up but the earth's temperature has 
not. Atmospheric scientists should be aware that there is too little 
carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to have a major effect on the 
Earth's temperature and there is really no meaningful correlation 
between carbon dioxide levels and the earth average temperature over 
past centuries. Even the Earth's recent local peak temperature in 
1998 was low in comparison to the peak about 1,000 years ago when 
Erik-the-Red went to "Greenland" and found fertile green meadows and 
a pleasant warm climate in summer. The earth is now very near the 
average temperature of the last 2,000 years and is in a cooling phase 
associated with low sunspot activity.

References:

Loehle, C. 2007. A 2000-year global temperature reconstruction based 
on non-tree ring proxies. Energy and Environment, 18, 1049-1058.

Loehle, C. and J.H. McCulloch. 2008. Correction to: A 2000-year 
global temperature reconstruction based on non-tree ring proxies. 
Energy and Environment, 19, 93-100.

Prof. Otto G. Raabe, Ph.D., CHP
Center for Health & the Environment
University of California
One Shields Avenue
Davis, CA 95616
E-Mail: ograabe at ucdavis.edu
Phone: (530) 752-7754   FAX: (530) 758-6140 
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