Survey Tracks Scientists' Growing Climate Concern

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Many environmental engineers and scientists, like myself, have resigned in recent decades from organizations like ACS and AMS in protest over the heavy-handed political correctness now pervading those organizations regarding the science of anthropogenic climate change. Thus, its not surprising a survey of members of those organizations would show an increasing conformity with the politically-correct orthodoxy. This survey, therefore, is less a measurement of increasing scientific consensus than of the filtering process going on inside the membership rolls. Those subscribing to the orthodoxy stay on the rolls, while those of who do not are increasingly opting out.

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of 6:38PM September 24, 2008

In reference to Steve of IN comment: The main greenhouse gas of concern, CO2, is not "toxic junk" but a natural part of the atmosphere and is necessary for photosynthesis. Even if it is becoming "too much" C02, it still doesn't mean it is "toxic."
Also:
This article makes it sound like scientists found the Al Gore documentary and national newspapers more reliable than they really did by not spelling out the fine points. I don't know if this was because of lazy writing, an attempt to keep the article within a certain length, or because the writer wanted to spin the facts. In any case here is a quote from the cited article from Stats.org "Climate Scientists Agree on Warming, Disagree on Dangers, and Don’t Trust the Media’s Coverage of Climate Change," which covers the survey much more robustly"
"Only 1% of climate scientists rate either broadcast or cable television news about climate change as “very reliable.” Another 31% say broadcast news is “somewhat reliable,” compared to 25% for cable news. (The remainder rate TV news as “not very” or “not at all” reliable.) Local newspapers are rated as very reliable by 3% and somewhat reliable by 33% of scientists. Even the national press (New York Times, Wall St. Journal etc) is rated as very reliable by only 11%, although another 56% say it is at least somewhat reliable.
Former Vice President Al Gore’s documentary film “An Inconvenient Truth” rates better than any traditional news source, with 26% finding it “very reliable” and 38% as somewhat reliable. Other non-traditional information sources fare poorly: No more than 1% of climate experts rate the doomsday movie “The Day After Tomorrow” or Michael Crichton’s novel “State of Fear” as very reliable. "

Lifu of HI 7:38PM May 18, 2008

I would like to see who was really polled, and the questions asked. It is more likely a certain group of people with the same viewpoint, who may or maynot really are scientist normally they are UN politicians.

Harlan of OH 1:24PM May 05, 2008

Oh please! Conservatives have already heard enough about all this bunk. Only we understand that spewing millions and millions of tons of toxic junk into our atmosphere will have little effect. It's a big sky! If we could just have less guvmint everything would all work out! :)

steve of IN 3:33PM May 02, 2008