Article Tags: Fred Singer, Kenneth Haapala
SEPP SCIENCE EDITORIAL #2-2010 (Jan 9, 2010)
By S. Fred Singer, President, Science and Environmental Policy Project
[Note: This is the fourth of a series of mini-editorials on the “junk science” influencing the global warming issue. Other topics will include the IPCC’s Assessment Report 4, the UN Environmental Program, and some individuals heavily involved in these matters.]
Junk Science #4: IPCC’s Third Assessment Report [IPCC-TAR, 2001]
In line with what seems to be an IPCC plan of claiming increasing confidence in AGW (anthropogenic global warming) with each successive report, the Summary of IPCC Third Assessment Report [IPCC-TAR, 2001] promised new information to support a conclusion of AGW. This new information turned out to be the “Hockeystick,” a dramatic graph that showed temperatures since 1000 AD steadily decreasing – until, suddenly, here was a huge warming in the 20th century. No trace of the Medieval Warm Period (MWP) and the Little Ice Age (LIA), so clearly shown in earlier IPCC reports and supported by both physical and historic data. [See figure in the pdf version]
File attachment: The Week That Was January 9 2010.pdf