Warmist AMS president-elect Marshall Shepherd: "Beware of alarmism on #climate, aspects of science not conclusive, well intentioned people propagate bad info. (e.g. tornado-climate links)"

Twitter / AMSPresElect: Beware of alarmism on #climate, ...

Beware of alarmism on #climate, aspects of science not conclusive, well intentioned people propagate bad info. (e.g. tornado-climate links)

Twitter / AMSPresElect: what is the #climate Katrina ...

what is the #climate Katrina or European heat wave that prompts action. Policy makers respond to emergencies not perceived creeping problems

Twitter / AMSPresElect: don't trust the science, studies ...

don't trust the science, studies flawed--Things heard from tobacco industry when smoking deemed addictive, cancer causing. Any parallels?

Twitter / AMSPresElect: Consume peer-reviewed info. ...

Consume peer-reviewed info. on #climate, would you drink my 5 year old son's potion for headaches? No, peer review is #science FDA approval

Twitter / AMSPresElect: #Climate changes naturally. ...

#Climate changes naturally. Changes that took 10-100s of thousands of yrs, taking decades-100 years. Derivative (rate of change) important

Twitter / AMSPresElect: Tweeting a series of key points ...

Tweeting a series of key points from my #climate lecture at UF yesterday: US military usually doesn't waste resources planning for hoaxes

Marshall Shepherd: Drifting Continents, Greedy Motives, Party-Animal Meteorologists, and Snowstorm Arissa: Musings on Weather and Climate

I tell them that ice ages will happen again due to periodic changes in Earth’s orbit or tilt.
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Greedy Motives: I continue to be amazed that some people still think that climate scientists talk up climate change for grant money. This is one of the latest “zombie” theories (i.e., theory that is not true or that has been refuted but continues to live on) making the rounds. While it is not true, I had a guy (an accountant) at the Atlanta Braves game throw this out to me when I made the point that there are some industries that have a strong interest in spreading confusion about climate change in the same manner that the tobacco industry did with studies about the dangers of smoking. It lines up nicely with Upton Sinclair’s statement that “it is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on him not understanding it.” This “zombie theory” is very counter-intuitive because it would actually seem more likely that if scientists wanted more research funding, they would say that things are very uncertain or unclear and that we need more study (and funding). Additionally, those who throw out this “zombie theory” clearly demonstrate a lack of knowledge of how grants are acquired and the peer-review process. Oh by the way, none of my grants is for studying greenhouse gas warming processes.

Flashback: Warmist AMS president-elect Marshall Shepherd: "My response when asked why #climate change always framed negatively: "i suspect one could find 1 or 2 positives of having flu but really?..""