On the eve of their departure for Moscow, however, the U.K. group learned about the addition of several well-known "skeptics" in the climate change debate. The list included Stockholm University's Nils-Axel Mörner, who has cast doubts on claims of rising sea levels, British climate maverick Piers Corbyn, and the Pasteur Institute's Paul Reiter, who disputes predictions that infectious diseases will explode as temperatures rise. The new program was "unacceptable" to King, says Peter Cox of the U.K.'s Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research in Exeter. "We knew that we would not get to the scientific issues if we went down every rabbit hole of skepticism."
Saturday, November 26, 2011
Priceless quote from Hadley Centre's Peter Cox: "We knew that we would not get to the scientific issues if we went down every rabbit hole of skepticism."
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What do you think of Corbyn's dire prognostications issued on 19 October? The freezing blast did not manifest itself today, and I see that he is backtracking somewhat. I'm not rubbishing his approach out of hand, but it's a pity that his full forecasts aren't made publicly available and his methodology not fully outlined for scrutiny. This is of course understandable given that the man has to make a living, but it would certainly advance the cause of science if more were to be revealed:
http://durotrigan.blogspot.com/2011/11/politics-of-climate-science-energy.html
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