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Climate Misinformation by Source: Christopher Monckton

Christopher Monckton is a British consultant, policy adviser, writer, columnist, and hereditary peer. While not formally trained in science, Monckton is one of the most cited and widely published climate skeptics, having even been invited to testify to the U.S. Senate and Congress on several occasions.

For a comprehensive rebuttal of many of Christopher Monckton's arguments, check out this presentation by Professor John Abraham. Abraham has compiled many examples where Monckton misrepresents the very scientists whose work he cites. Check out this PDF of Monckton quotes versus the scientists who in their own words explain how Monckton misrepresents their research.

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Alarming Warming? Reality Trumps Dire Predictions

URL: http://scienceandpublicpolicy.org/images/stories/papers/originals/alar...
Date: 5 January 2011

Arguments by Monckton	vs	What the Science Says
"2009-2010 winter saw record cold spells"		A cold day in Chicago in winter has nothing to do with the trend of global warming.
"An exponential increase in CO2 will result in a linear increase in temperature"		CO2 levels are rising so fast that unless we decrease emissions, global warming will accelerate this century.
"Climate scientists are in it for the money"		Climate scientists could make far more money in other careers - most notably, working for the oil industry.
"Climate sensitivity is low"		Net positive feedback is confirmed by many different lines of evidence.
"CO2 has a short residence time"		Excess CO2 from human emissions has a long residence time of over 100 years
"Hansen's 1988 prediction was wrong"		Jim Hansen had several possible scenarios; his mid-level scenario B was right.
"IPCC overestimate temperature rise"		Monckton used the IPCC equation in an inappropriate manner.
"It's Urban Heat Island effect"		Urban and rural regions show the same warming trend.
"Temp record is unreliable"		The warming trend is the same in rural and urban areas, measured by thermometers and satellites.

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