An email sent to Kenneth Green at the American Enterprise Institute
Kenneth,
I just read your article about Polar Bears, and came across this line:
“In October 2007, NASA announced the results of an in-depth study of Arctic sea-ice melting and found that what has caused the unusually large melting seen in the last eight years was not greenhouse gas-induced global warming.”
Wouldn’t you say this is fairly disingenuous, considering that “greenhouse gas-induced global warming” was never once mentioned in the NASA press release you cite? A person reading that paragraph in your piece would think that the NASA study addressed green-house gases and concluded that they had nothing to do with the ice melting. The press release does not really address what is causing the wind patterns, and whether they have been caused by green-house gases. In fact the release attributes the patterns to “Unusual atmospheric conditions.”
How familiar are you with the cause of wind patterns? How familiar are you with the effects of atmospheric temperature on wind?
What do you have a degree in?
Why do you cite mostly news reports in your study, rather than peer-reviewed literature?
–Simon
