BBC News Q&A: Professor Phil Jones
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From: Mike Jr on 12 Feb 2010 19:57 Talk about a come to Jesus/Moses/Mohamed/Gautama/Gaia moment. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8511670.stm --Mike Jr.
From: Mike Jr on 12 Feb 2010 20:02 On Feb 12, 7:57 pm, Mike Jr <n00s...(a)comcast.net> wrote: > Talk about a come to Jesus/Moses/Mohamed/Gautama/Gaia moment. > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8511670.stm > > --Mike Jr. I didn't mean to leave out a come to Trimurti moment. Sorry. --Mike Jr.
From: jerry warner on 12 Feb 2010 23:28 �r�����? Mike Jr wrote: > Talk about a come to Jesus/Moses/Mohamed/Gautama/Gaia moment. > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8511670.stm > > --Mike Jr.
From: Peter Webb on 12 Feb 2010 23:58 "Mike Jr" <n00spam(a)comcast.net> wrote in message news:7b34fc3f-2bd5-4362-935c-9ed13c766a93(a)y7g2000vbb.googlegroups.com... > Talk about a come to Jesus/Moses/Mohamed/Gautama/Gaia moment. > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8511670.stm > > --Mike Jr. This is a series of Q&As with Phil Jones, who is the embattled head of the CRU. Here is some of what he believes about AGW, according to his written response to questions put to him: 1. The temperature increased from 1975 to 2009 at a slower rate than it did 1860 - 1880, when anthropogenic CO2 was miniscule, and at about the same rate as from 1910 to 1940. 2. There has been no statistically significant global warming since 1995. 3. The earth has cooled at the rate of 0.12 degrees/decade since 2002. 4. He is certain the earth has warmed, but not certain it has anything to do with people, where he says only "there's evidence that most of the warming since the 1950s is due to human activity". He refused to answer questions on whether he acted in line with acceptable scientific practices, and dodged questions on why he wouldn't release raw data, encouraged colleagues to destroy emails, why he said he would destroy the data rather than allow it be publicly scrutinised, and indeed how the data came to be lost. He also dodged the question on whether he expects to continue being a director of the CRU when they return from summer break. (Snigger).
From: Chris L Peterson on 13 Feb 2010 00:49
On Sat, 13 Feb 2010 15:58:38 +1100, "Peter Webb" <webbfamily(a)DIESPAMDIEoptusnet.com.au> wrote: >This is a series of Q&As with Phil Jones, who is the embattled head of the >CRU. Here is some of what he believes about AGW, according to his written >response to questions put to him: > >1. The temperature increased from 1975 to 2009 at a slower rate than it did >1860 - 1880, when anthropogenic CO2 was miniscule, and at about the same >rate as from 1910 to 1940. He didn't say that. He said that the data quality from 1860-1880 was of poorer quality than later data, and that his opinion is that the temperature trends over the four short periods in question "are similar and not statistically significantly different from each other". >2. There has been no statistically significant global warming since 1995. He said that this is true if you treat "statistically significant" as meaning a 95% confidence level. He did say there was a positive trend that was close to this level, and that the period was short enough that getting a statistically significant trend is difficult. >3. The earth has cooled at the rate of 0.12 degrees/decade since 2002. He specifically said that this even shorter time interval is too short for any trend to have statistical significance. >4. He is certain the earth has warmed, but not certain it has anything to do >with people, where he says only "there's evidence that most of the warming >since the 1950s is due to human activity". He said that this question was outside his area of expertise, but that he agreed with the IPCC conclusion you quote above. That's what nearly all scientists say. _________________________________________________ Chris L Peterson Cloudbait Observatory http://www.cloudbait.com |