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InAugust2012,JohnChristy,aclimate
scientistfromtheUniversityofAlabama,
Huntsville,testifiedtotheSenate
EnvironmentandPublicWorksCommittee
thattheEarthisnotwarming.
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Inpart,Christy'stestimony,acontroversial
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measuredandaveraged.
ClimatescientistGilbertCompo'sresponse
tothatwas:Well,I'llmeasurethose
temperaturesdifferently.
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Sohesetouttouseanentirelydifferent
methodtodetermineiftheEarth'ssurfacetemperaturehadincreased1.2degrees
Celsiussincepreindustrialtimes.
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Theanswer:Undeniablyyes.
ThisnewmethodshowsthatitisnotafactorofmeasurementerrorandthattheEarth
hasinfactwarmed,saidCompo.
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"IfIhadeverhadanydoubtsaboutwhetherglobalwarmingwashappening,thenthis
[study],whichIknowhasnorelationshiptothelandbasedobservations,dashedall
ofmydoubts,"Composaid.TheresultsofthestudywerepublishedonlineMondayin
thejournalGeophysicalResearchLetters
Thelocationsofweatherstations,changesininstruments,thesitingofweather
stationsinwarmerurbanareas,changesinlandcoverandotherissueshaveallbeen
citedasissuesaffectingthetemperaturetrendsoftenusedtoshowthatourplanetis
infactwarming.
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Compo'smethodusesnoneofthese.Instead,theresearcherandhiscolleaguesuse
historicmeasurementsofairpressureandoceantemperatures,putintoamodel,to
calibratesurfacetemperaturesoverthe20thcentury.
Thatproject,calledthe20thCenturyReanalysis,getsthosepressuredatafrom
historicdatasourceslikeshiplogsandArmybases,whicharecompiledbyvolunteers
atoldweather.organdACRE,twoeffortsthatcatalogoldweatherdataandmakethem
availabletoresearchers.
Thosemany,manypiecesofairpressuredatahelpCompoandhisteampiecetogether
asnapshotofwhatwashappeningintheweatheratagivenpointintimeeverysix
hourssincethe1870s,infact.
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Iftheresearcherscanspotpressurehighsandlows,thentheyknowwherethewindis
blowing,forinstance.Astheycontinuetoadddatapointsfromaroundtheglobeand
moveforwardintime,aprocessofeliminationtakesplaceuntiltheyknowwhatthe
temperatureisin,say,Washington,D.C.,100yearsago.
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"WhenIknowwherethehighsandlowsare,Iknowwherethehotandcoldspotshave
tobe,Icanstarttolinethemup,"saidCompo."It'slikeSudoku."
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Skepticsremainskeptical
EugeniaKalnay,aprofessorattheUniversityofMarylandwhoreviewedthepaper,
calledthemodel"verysophisticated."
Kalnaysaiditprovidesananswertoclimateskepticswhopointoutthatchangesin
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landuseorinstrumentationmakelandbasedtemperaturedataunreliable.
ClimatescientistRogerPielkeSr.andAlabama'sChristy,whosepapersandtestimony
arecitedinCompo'spaperaspartoftherationaleforaddressingtheissueofwhether
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surfacetemperatureshavewarmed,saidtheyadmiredtheresearch'sapproachbut
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alsosaiditdoesnotaddressallthequestionstheyhaveraisedaboutwarmingtrends.
Pielke,whosaidoneissueignoredinthepaperisthatlandsurfacetemperature
measurementsovertimeshowbiggerwarmingtrendsthanmeasurementsfrom
higherupinapartoftheatmospherecalledthelowertroposphere,andthatstillneeds
moreexplanation.
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Anotherissue,saidChristy,istheroleofmaximumandminimumtemperatures.
Minimumtemperatureshaverisenmorethanmaximumtemperatures,possiblydue
tolandusechanges,which,asChristypointedoutinhisSenatetestimony,canbe
problematicwhencreatingwarmingtrendlines,sincetemperaturesarecalculatedas
anaverageofminimumandmaximum.
Pielkeagreedthatdespitethispaper,theproblemofmaximumandminimum
temperaturesstillexists.
"TheCompoetal.paperisanoriginalapproach,"Pielkesaid,"buttheystillneedto
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lookintothisimportantissue."
ReprintedfromClimatewirewithpermissionfromEnvironment&Energy
Publishing,LLC.www.eenews.net,2026286500
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Idon'tknowhowmanytimesthescientificcommunityhastoundoubtedlyproveclimatechangefor
the"skeptics"tochangetheirmind.Iguessthatwithoutclimateskepticism,mostofthesepeople
wouldjustbeobscureanlaysts.Imean,themediaSHOWERthesepeoplewithattentionWAYout
ofproportiontotheircredentialsandscientificachievementsallwhilenearlyignoringthescientific
consensusthatgreenhousegasesarechangingtheclimate.Some"skeptics"likeDr.WillieSoonare
almosttotalyfinancedbyfossilfuelcompanies.
Eitherway,anypersonwithadegreeinsomethingcanmakeanameforthemselvesfairlyeasilyby
delvingintothecomplexityofclimatechangeandcomingupwithsometechnobabblethatsounds
justplausibleenoughtoconfusetheaverageperson.Theydon'tevenhavetodorealscienceasis
shownbytheutterlackofskepticalpapersinpeerreviewedjournals.Meanwhile,themediajust
fallsalloverthemselvespresentingthe"hesaid,shesaid"aspectsofthestorywhileignoringthe
tremendousdifferencesincredibilityandscientificrigorbetweenthetwosides.Forexample,the
SundayMorningtalkshowshadexactlyZEROclimatescientistsonoverthepastfewyearswhen
discussingthisissue.Sadly,theyletcorporatelobbyistsandpoliticiansthatareheavilydependent
ondonationsfromfossilfuelcompanieshavethevastmajorityoftheairtimeontheissueinstead.
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ThisisamuchbetterarticlebyClimatewirethatdemonstratesthatthereisonlyaverylimited
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