The lecture given by Murry Salby at the Sydney Institute is causing waves and he has a new paper in the works. Professor Murry Salby is Chair of Climate Science at Macquarie University. He’s been a visiting professor at Paris, Stockholm, Jerusalem, and Kyoto and has been deputed to the Bureau of Meterology in Australia.
Jo Nova reports that Salby was once an IPCC reviewer, and he comments, damningly, that if these results had been available in 2007, “the IPCC could not have drawn the conclusion that it did.” After speaking in carefully selected phrases, he finished his presentation saying that “anyone who thinks the science is settled on this topic, is in fantasia”.
His talk is available here: “Global Emission of Carbon Dioxide: The Contribution from Natural Sources”
“It’s not just that man-made emissions don’t control the climate, they don’t even control global CO2 levels”.
CO2 variations do not correlate with man-made emissions. Peaks and falls correlate with hot years (e.g. 1998) and cold years (1991-92). No graphs are available from Salby's speech or paper yet. This graph comes from Tom Quirk's related work.: image via joannenova.com.au
Jo Nova posts a comprehensive report.
Tags: carbon dioxide, carbon dioxide and temperature, carbon dioxide follows temperature, global warming, Murry Salby
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