Global Warming: The Unsettled Science

The theory of global warming is widely accepted. Many well-educated people and virtually all national governments view it as settled science. But the data in support of the theory is remarkably weak and certain aspects of that data directly contradict the expected consequences of some of its principles. This monograph describes the basic dynamics of the global warming paradigm and challenges the conclusions that get drawn from its data. Spike Hampson is a retired academic whose investigation of the topic has led him to adopt a skeptical attitude regarding the legitimacy of the science. He has written his challenge in language that is readily accessible to anybody who has an interest in the subject. Here you will find a clear explanation of why the disastrous scenarios described by global warming alarmists are not materializing. The text does not impute bad motives to the supporters of the global warming paradigm but it does directly challenge its conventional wisdom. In particular, Hampson points out that, so far, the amount of global warming has been very small in comparison with the amount projected to occur in the near future, and he offers a persuasive argument for why the predictive climate models used to forecast temperature increase cannot be accorded the same sort of scientific authority as actual field data. Similar critical analysis is brought to bear on such side effects of global warming as sea level rise, ocean acidification, intensification of extreme weather, adverse health consequences, disruptions to agriculture, and melting of arctic sea ice. In all instances, Hampson finds the evidence for serious problems to be non-existent in the present and likely to be negligible in the future. Such a contrarian view may be hard for many to accept, but the critiques and analyses underlying the view will be hard to dismiss.