Professor tries to set the record straight on global warming

[OKIsItJustMe]

http://www.southtownstar.com/news/tridgell/1429006,021309tridgell.article

Professor tries to set the record straight on global warming

February 13, 2009
BY GUY TRIDGELL

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In 2002 , Doran published an article in the scientific journal Nature highlighting his findings that regions of Antarctica had cooled a bit from 1964 to 2000.

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The morning after Doran's article ran, Rush Limbaugh had a field day with it on his radio show. Ann Coulter, the 55-pound conservative heavyweight, referenced the study on her Web site. Another global-warming debunker, Michael Crichton, erroneously cited Doran in his book "State of Fear."

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Doran said he was never contacted once to explain his research. If he was on the Internet asserting that the sky is not falling and Earth is staying the same temperature, well, that was the way it was going to be.

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Last year, he assembled a database of 3,146 geoscientists across the planet to get their views on global warming. The results: 90 percent believe it exists, with 80 percent sure that earthlings are causing most of it.

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I really feel for the guy. I just can't imagine what it must be like.

[RaleighNCDUer]

1. Did you check out the moran's comments following the article?

Kinda sad.

[OKIsItJustMe]

2. I hadn't

However, it makes a pretty good illustration, doesn't it?