Thursday, 18 June 2020

James Hansen - Sophie’s Planet #11: Chapters 17 & 18 (Charney’s Puzzle; Original Sin & The IG)

16 June 2020

James Hansen
President Jimmy Carter asked the U.S. National Academy of Sciences “To summarize in concise and objective terms our best present understanding of the carbon dioxide/climate issue for the benefit of policymakers.”

Jule Charney focused the Academy study on the fundamental question of climate sensitivity, producing a brief, brilliant report that still provides guidance to climate research today.

Charney’s focus opened a research pathway for our little group in New York, alternative to the Farmers’ Forecast.  Charney even put in a word for us with Phil Abelson, editor of Science.

Charney bears no blame for our original sin or for the Inspector General’s interest in GISS.

http://www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/SophiePlanet/Planet.Chapters17+18.pdf

Here are drafts of Chapters 17 & 18 of Sophie’s Planet for fact checking.

Thanks to those who informed me of Eunice Foote, whose climate research escaped my notice.  Later this week I will send out the revised Chapter 15, which includes a page on Eunice Foote.

I recently opened a Twitter account @DrJamesEHansen (https://twitter.com/drjamesehansen).

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