Friday, August 10, 2012

‘A Big Cherry Picking Exercise’: Skeptics Weigh in on the Latest Global Warming Study

Over the weekend, TheBlaze reported NASA scientist James Hansen, a man who has been called the “godfather of global warming,” issuing a study that found temperature climb experienced over several decades was a solid result of climate change — nothing else. He was also advocating for government action to curb the effects of global warming.

Hansen and his study colleagues determined through statistical analysis of data — not climate modeling techniques — that the extreme temperatures experienced in recent years are so rare that the odds point favorably to it being a result of global warming, not natural trends.

This animation depicts Hansen’s review of surface temperature trends from 1955 through 1999:

READ MORE:  http://www.theblaze.com/stories/a-big-cherry-picking-exercise-skeptics-weigh-in-on-the-latest-global-warming-study/

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