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Scientists Fear New IPCC Report Sugarcoats Grim Reality

28 Jan 07
The melting ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica are a fairly recent development that has taken scientists by surprise. They don't know how to predict its effects in their computer models. But many fear it will mean the world's coastlines are swamped much earlier than most predict.
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Scientific Debate Gets Personal

28 Oct 06
At a climate conference, climate skeptic William Gray accused IPCC scientist Kevin Trenberth of "selling his soul to the devil."  Trenberth, in turn, blasted Gray for aligning himself with industry-funded skeptics.  
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Skeptic Bill Gray Embarrasses Himself Again

2 Oct 06

The words "global warming" provoke a sharp retort from Colorado State University meteorology professor emeritus William Gray: "It's a big scam." And the name of climate researcher Kevin Trenberth elicits a sputtered "opportunist."

(Grey repeated his assertion despite the publication of a meticulous refutation of his claims by a group of leading climate scientists.) 

At the National Center for Atmospheric Research, where Trenberth works, Gray's name prompts dismay. "Bill Gray is completely unreasonable," Trenberth says. "He has a mind block on this."


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Right Wing Targets ABC's Bill Blakemore for His Mainstream Media Breakthrough

26 Jun 06
The right-wing outfit "Newsbusters" has targeted ABC News correspondent Bill Blakemore for his coverage of climage change.

Blakemore was the first major network correspondent to make the connection between weather extremes and global warming (in his recent segment on the 10-inch flood in Houston and the spreading wildfires several hundred miles away in Arizona. For breaking the long-standing reluctance of the media to make that connection, he deserves GREAT congratulations!
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New Findings on 'Cane Strength Trash Assertions of "Skeptic" William Gray

23 Jun 06

Global warming accounted for around half of the extra hurricane-fueling warmth in the waters of the tropical North Atlantic in 2005, while natural cycles were only a minor factor, according to the National Center for Atmospheric Research.

 

Global Warming Beyond Natural Cycles Fueled 2005 Hurricane