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Climate Misinformation by Source: Richard Lindzen

Richard Lindzen is an American atmospheric physicist and Alfred P. Sloan Professor of Meteorology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Richard S. Lindzen: Resisting climate hysteria

URL: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2316241/posts
Date: 6 February 2011

Arguments by Lindzen vs What the Science Says
"Climate sensitivity is low"

Net positive feedback is confirmed by many different lines of evidence.

"CO2 was higher in the past"

Climate has changed along with CO2 levels through geological time.

"Earth hasn't warmed as much as expected" This argument ignores the cooling effect of aerosols and the planet's thermal inertia.
"IPCC is alarmist"

Numerous papers have documented how IPCC predictions are more likely to underestimate the climate response.

"IPCC overestimate temperature rise"

Monckton used the IPCC equation in an inappropriate manner.

"It's a natural cycle"

No known natural forcing fits the fingerprints of observed warming except anthropogenic greenhouse gases.

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