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Battle of the climate scientists part 3 – Gray attacks the science

Hot or not?  Are the global climate models accurate or are they full of hot air?
Hot or not? Are the global climate models accurate or are they full of hot air?

The science behind the theory of anthropogenic global warming (AGW), or manmade climate change, has been said to be ‘settled’.  The United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Al Gore, and Dr. James Hansen make up a triumvirate of climate change advocates.  Wielding studies, computer models, and various charts and analyses, they believe man is heading down the road to self-destruction of we do not reverse course immediately and do everything and anything to stop what they believe is an unnaturally warming climate.

Last week we first brought to light a letter by Dr. William Gray, Professor Emeritus of Colorado State University, admonishing the American Meteorological Society’s decision to give its highest award to Dr. James Hansen.  Hansen is head of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS), an astronomer, and a very divisive figure in the global warming debate. 

We continue our analysis of not only the battle between Dr. William Gray and Dr. James Hansen but the larger issue of anthropogenic global warming.  In his letter Dr. Gray raises some very interesting arguments about Hansen’s research and about the science behind the theory of AGW.  Today we take a closer look at the science as Dr. Gray sees it.

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Battle of the climate scientists part 2 – Gray questions Hansen’s credentials

Dr. William Gray is a vocal opponent of the anthropogenic global warming theory and recently took issue with Dr. James Hansen of NASA's GISS.
Dr. William Gray is a vocal opponent of the anthropogenic global warming theory and recently took issue with Dr. James Hansen of NASA's GISS.

Last week we wrote about an extremely strongly worded letter from William Gray to the American Meteorological Society (AMS) objecting to their awarding James Hansen their highest award.  This letter pits two of the giants in meteorology and climatology against each other in the debate over manmade climate change and global warming. 

The letter itself (available here on icecap.us) takes issue with some of the decision making processes within the AMS which is not particularly relevant to us.  What is revealing however is Dr. Gray’s arguments against the global warming theory and Dr. Hansen’s research.  Today we will take a look at the discussion in the letter about Dr. Hansen himself and his credentials.

For those that aren’t familiar with him, Dr. Gray is a Professor Emeritus of Colorado State University who is best known for his hurricane forecasts.  He is a highly trained and respected meteorologist with decades of practical experience in monitoring the earth and its climate.

In the letter he points out that Dr. Hansen, head of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS), is not a trained climatologist nor a meteorologist.  His formal background is actually in astronomy which does make one wonder how he has become one of the primary mouthpieces for anthropogenic global warming (AGW), or manmade climate change.

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Climate scientist knockdown – William Gray versus James Hansen

Battle of the climate scientists - William Gray versus James Hansen.
Battle of the climate scientists - William Gray versus James Hansen.

Certainly the debate over manmade climate change and global warming can get heated at times (pun intended).  Today that went to a new level pitting William (Bill) Gray, Professor Emeritus of Colorado State University who is best known for his hurricane forecasts against James Hansen of NASA’s GISS division and devout climate change advocate.

Bill Gray has long been warning that the threat of manmade climate change is not real.  In his own words, “I am of the opinion that this is one of the greatest hoaxes ever perpetrated on the American people.  I’ve been in meteorology over 50 years. I’ve worked damn hard, and I’ve been around. My feeling is some of us older guys who’ve been around have not been asked about this. It’s sort of a baby boomer, yuppie thing.”

On the other side James Hansen has become Al Gore’s best friend thanks to his sometimes outlandish claims about the effects of global warming.  He recently warned that President Obama has ‘four years to save the world’ and was quoted as saying, “We cannot afford to put off change any longer.  We have to get on a new path within this new administration. We have only four years left for Obama to set an example to the rest of the world. America must take the lead.”

The latest battle is over the decision of the American Meteorological Society (AMS) to grant its highest award, the Rossby Research Medal, to Hansen.  In a seven page letter to the AMS titled “On The Hijacking of the American Meteorological Society,” Mr. Hansen no longer seems willing to be outshouted in the debate over global warming. 

This is great reading and very interesting debate – check out the complete article and read the letter on our Examiner.com pages!  There is also a great slideshow of the key players in the global warming debate.

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