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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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Apocalypse? NO!

URL: http://www.fcpp.org/pdf/MoncktonwNotesOct809.pdf
Date: 1 September 2009

Arguments by Monckton	vs	What the Science Says
"Al Gore got it wrong"		Al Gore's book is quite accurate, and far more accurate than contrarian books.
"Climate sensitivity is low"		Net positive feedback is confirmed by many different lines of evidence.
"CO2 limits will hurt the poor"		Those who contribute the least greenhouse gases will be most impacted by climate change.
"Hockey stick is broken"		Recent studies agree that recent global temperatures are unprecedented in the last 1000 years.
"IPCC ‘disappeared’ the Medieval Warm Period"		The IPCC simply updated their temperature history graphs to show the best data available at the time.
"It's not bad"		Negative impacts of global warming on agriculture, health & environment far outweigh any positives.
"Medieval Warm Period was warmer"		Globally averaged temperature now is higher than global temperature in medieval times.
"Mt. Kilimanjaro's ice loss is due to land use"		Most glaciers are in rapid retreat worldwide, notwithstanding a few complicated cases.
"Over 31,000 scientists signed the OISM Petition Project"		The 'OISM petition' was signed by only a few climatologists.
"Polar bear numbers are increasing"		Polar bears are in danger of extinction as well as many other species.
"Sea level rise predictions are exaggerated"		Sea level rise is now increasing faster than predicted due to unexpectedly rapid ice melting.
"There is no consensus"		97% of climate experts agree humans are causing global warming.

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