There is a new Climate Change denial ‘study’ started to circulate in right wing. It was supposedly done by some scientist in Texas University.
Scientist, today, has proven that if the molecule structure of our atmosphere were to be altered the way it has been in recent century that the atmosphere will trap more heat or reflect more or less of certain UVs. It is very simple. The biggest molecular change in our atmosphere today is the increasing amount of carbon dioxide, which is mostly man made. I don’t know why is it so difficult to understand such a simple concept but some don’t seem to get it.
Here are the links for the WORLD BEST SCIENTISTS’ opinions are presented.
FROM NASA WEBSITE COMBINING THE OPINIONS OF TOP 7 US SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY: http://climate.nasa.gov/...
Here is the website for INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE, http://www.ipcc.ch/ (Those guys, the best scientists coming from all over the world, advising governments on the dangers of climate change and many countries are starting Ministry of Climate Change.)
…and here is their full report on climate change: http://srren.ipcc-wg3.de/...
Since the study came from Texas, here are the opinions of Texas scientists in the field.
Here is the link for Texas A&M University, with the names of 23 PHD climate/geoscience scientists agreeing that humans are responsible for the climate change.
http://atmo.tamu.edu/...
Now, here is the actual LINK to study, supposedly denying Climate Change, being circulated within right wing sites: http://www.utexas.edu/...
However, nowhere in the study (Done by two credible scientist) says that there is no CLIMATE CHANGE, NOR the climate change is caused by human activity.
This study is for a particular “Thwaites Glacier” that is melting in Antarctica….but no mention of the reasons for many other melting of the glaciers in Northern Hemisphere or other parts of Antartica.
The right wing posts make it sound like the whole Texas University did the study or in an agreement that there is no human caused climate change, in fact it is the opposite…. Below is the list of Texas University PHD’s on the issue agrees that the climate change is caused by human activities;
Jay Banner, professor, Jackson School of Geosciences and director, Environmental Science Institute, The University of Texas at Austin
Donald Blankenship, senior research scientist, Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin (Happens to be one of the names in recent study.)
Kerry Cook, professor, Climate Systems Science, The University of Texas at Austin
Robert Dickinson, professor of geological sciences, The University of Texas at Austin
Rong Fu, professor, Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin
Charles Jackson, research scientist, Institute for Geophysics, The University of Texas at Austin
Jud Partin, postdoctoral fellow, Institute for Geophysics, The University of Texas at Austin
Terry Quinn, research professor and Director, Institute for Geophysics, The University of Texas at Austin
Fred Taylor, senior research scientist, Institute for Geophysics, The University of Texas at Austin
Michael Tobis, research science associate, Institute for Geophysics, The University of Texas at Austin
Ned Vizy, research science associate, Institute for Geophysics, The University of Texas at Austin
http://thinkprogress.org/...
Some people have simply become unknowing puppets to protect the profits of the carbon producing corporations. They will even bend the truth to support their political agenda and pass those propaganda materials as if it is truth, without questioning or any research.