OT - Who is your favorite climate scientist?

DMW

Mine used to be Michael E. Mann. But recently Katharine Hayhoe has become my favorite.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katharine_Hayhoe

Gulfcoastguy

I'm not touching this with a ten foot hockey stick.

st¡ke

Any of them. 

I mean, well, as compared to a priest, mushroom-d¡cked President, anyone 120-or-under IQ, or a BBQ forum denizen. 

HeavyG

I'd go with Joseph Fourier of the early 19th century. Widely known for the Fourier transform but also as the discoverer of the greenhouse effect.

We've had his insights for 200 years yet still some argue that it is all just poppycock.

@DMW - What has Ms. Hayhoe done of late to boost her standing in your eyes?

nolaegghead

This seems suspiciously like a troll-thread, except for a much smarter audience.   hmmmmm....hmmmm

thetrim

One vote for @SGH

JohnInCarolina

Of those I have met: David Archer, Michael Mann, Gavin Schmidt.

Of those I have yet to meet: Jim Hansen.

Legume

I only care about the weather.

DMW

HeavyG said:

I'd go with Joseph Fourier of the early 19th century. Widely known for the Fourier transform but also as the discoverer of the greenhouse effect.

We've had his insights for 200 years yet still some argue that it is all just poppycock.

@DMW - What has Ms. Hayhoe done of late to boost her standing in your eyes?

Her manner of outreach to climate science skeptics.

JohnInCarolina

Almost forgot one of my good friends and mentors, Jim Hack at Oak Ridge:

https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/directory/staff-member/james-hack/

ColtsFan

Al Gore

GrillSgt

I’m going with Elva Saray for now. 

thetrim

JohnInCarolina said:

Almost forgot one of my good friends and mentors, Jim Hack at Oak Ridge:

https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/directory/staff-member/james-hack/

Total Hack.

That's whack!

GATraveller

Don Herbert

BobDanger

I’ve been burning as much lump as possible...cold here...we need to warm this mother up.

im partial to Biil Nye the science guy.

YEMTrey

Fred19Flintstone

Chicken Little

GrillSgt

Even though they have both been smothered with great disdain we would be in a much better place if we had heeded the warnings of Al Gore and Jimmy Carter. 

thetrim

You mean the warnings of which none have come true.

GrillSgt

I think I’ll start with the oldest, President Carter’s warning about the ensuing chaos from continued dependence on Middle Eastern oil. 

JohnInCarolina

thetrim said:

You mean the warnings of which none have come true.

Hmm...

GATraveller

GrillSgt said:

I think I’ll start with the oldest, President Carter’s warning about the ensuing chaos from continued dependence on Middle Eastern oil. 

Or Robert Anderson with his electric car back in the 1830's.

northGAcock

Tanya Showers

TEXASBGE2018

Honest question here. Can any of the folks that feel the earth is getting warmer provide statistics that aren't looking at a specific 10, 20, or 30 year period of time? I would think in order to get a true picture of whether or not we are all going to die in an inferno in the next 50 years we would need to see data recorded over the last few centuries right?

If someone is using such a small historical window to claim their argument as fact it seems awfully sketchy. Given that we haven't been recording this information with relative frequency beyond at best the last 100-150 years I would say instead of being hysterical maybe we should take a step back, monitor the data for the next oh say 100 years and our great great grandchildren can begin to maybe get some kind of idea as to whether or not "Climate change" is indeed happening due to mankind or is it perhaps just a cyclical change that naturally occurs with the earth. I don't know the answers and I'm not claiming to.

I just know that since I was a kid, here in Texas, winters have always been around the 40s to 60s depending on the day. The summers are always hot and occasionally we deviate from that. Nor am I saying we should just pollute the earth for the sake of it. I guess what I'm saying is that there are a lot of people that stand to make a lot of money or gain a lot of political power by fear mongering and rather than caving shouldn't we just observe and do our best not to potentially add to the problem?

GrillSgt

And those that stand to gain the most from denial of the facts are the ones fighting the most. One look at who the anti scientists are employed by should give you a clue.

lkapigian

@nolaegghead

Legume

The burning up in an inferno quip is part of the problem.  Climate changes aren’t what you will notice while out mowing your lawn (those are weather) but they will have much larger impacts on ecosystems, think foodchain.  If the food your food eats starts to disappear, then your food starts to disappear.

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nolabrew

Judith Curry.

thetrim

Al Gore has gained pretty well with his fear mongering.

thetrim

https://wattsupwiththat.com/2017/08/18/reporter-confronts-al-gore-on-sea-level-rise-claims-gets-called-a-denier/

TEXASBGE2018

GrillSgt said:

And those that stand to gain the most from denial of the facts are the ones fighting the most. One look at who the anti scientists are employed by should give you a clue.

Again, I'm not arguing that fact. If you read my statement I said there are a lot of people fear mongering. I didn't say which side. Both sides of this argument can get a bit insane. All I can say is that I don't know the answer but people who claim to be scientists using a 30 year period of history to base their argument in fact are the ones you should be questioning. I've looked at a bit of data from NASA and it does show that from around 1900 to now the average temp has gone up around .75 degrees. But again my argument is to tell me what it was doing from 1500-1750 or from the year 800-1357. How do we know we aren't in a bit of a warming period and that in 100 years the temps aren't going to lower by say 2 degrees? I seem to remember someone mention the river Thames freezing over some time in the 1700's to 1800s and a few times before that but it hasn't done it lately. Does that mean its due to climate change from people or is it maybe Sun Activity or lack thereof?