{"id":1267,"date":"2009-02-26T11:55:55","date_gmt":"2009-02-26T18:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/?p=1267"},"modified":"2009-02-26T11:55:55","modified_gmt":"2009-02-26T18:55:55","slug":"climate-models-predictions-falling-outside-acceptable-scientific-boundaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/climate-change\/climate-models-predictions-falling-outside-acceptable-scientific-boundaries\/","title":{"rendered":"Climate models&#8217; predictions falling outside acceptable scientific boundaries"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1268\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1268\" style=\"width: 275px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1268\" title=\"A recent analysis of climate models shows they are falling outside acceptable scientific limits.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/hotornot11.jpg\" alt=\"A recent analysis of climate models shows they are falling outside acceptable scientific limits.\" width=\"275\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/hotornot11.jpg 275w, https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/hotornot11-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1268\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A recent analysis of climate models shows they are falling outside acceptable scientific limits.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Last month <a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/x-219-Denver-Weather-Examiner~y2009m1d28-Al-Gore-appears-before-Senate-panel-to-advocate-for-climate-treaty\" target=\"_blank\">former vice president Al Gore made a well publicized appearance before a Senate committee<\/a> warning of the dangers of global warming.\u00a0 Lesser known is the appearance of a climatologist before a House subcommittee two weeks later that called into question the models on which anthropogenic [manmade] global warming advocates use to base their assertions on.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Patrick J. Michaels is a research professor of environmental services at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.virginia.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">University of Virginia<\/a> and a Senior Fellow at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cato.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cato Institute<\/a>.\u00a0 He is a climatologist with impeccable credentials.\u00a0 Dr. Michaels holds A.B. and S.M. degrees in biological sciences and plant ecology and holds a Ph.D. in ecological climatology.\u00a0 In the past he has served as president of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stateclimate.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">American Association of State Climatologists<\/a> and was program chair for the Committee on Applied Climatology of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ametsoc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">American Meteorological Society (AMS)<\/a>.\u00a0 He also is an active participant in the United Nation\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ipcc.ch\/\" target=\"_blank\">Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We include his resume as it is significant because it shows that this is someone with a deep background in climatology and a wealth of experience.\u00a0 When someone of this caliber discusses climate change and anthropogenic global warming we can and should take notice.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In testimony to the <a href=\"http:\/\/energycommerce.house.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Energy and Environment<\/a>, Dr. Michaels testified on the little known fact that the scientific models used to predict global warming are starting to fall outside acceptable scientific limits.\u00a0 <strong>They have been unable to accurately predict temperature increases and when used to model historical increases, they fail as well.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/x-219-Denver-Weather-Examiner~y2009m2d26-Climate-models-falling-outside-acceptable-scientific-boundaries\">This is a fascinating story.\u00a0 Be sure to get the rest of it on Examiner.com.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\" width=\"525\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/x-219-Denver-Weather-Examiner~y2009m2d26-Climate-models-falling-outside-acceptable-scientific-boundaries\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>For all the details, read the rest of this story on our Denver Weather Examiner page.<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/x-219-Denver-Weather-Examiner~y2009m2d26-Climate-models-falling-outside-acceptable-scientific-boundaries\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1165\" title=\"Examiner.com - Get inside Denver weather\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/examiner-get-inside.png\" alt=\"Examiner.com - Get inside Denver weather\" width=\"300\" height=\"83\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/examiner-get-inside.png 300w, https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/examiner-get-inside-150x41.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last month former vice president Al Gore made a well publicized appearance before a Senate committee warning of the dangers of global warming.\u00a0 Lesser known is the appearance of a climatologist before a House subcommittee two weeks later that called into question the models on which anthropogenic [manmade] global warming advocates use to base their &hellip; 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