> January 28 2010
>
> What would 121 meteorologists know about the weather, anyway?
>
> Only one in four American Meteorological Society broadcast meteorologists
> agrees with UN claims that humans are primarily responsible for recent
> global warming, a survey published in the Bulletin of the American
> Meteorological Society reports.
>
> The survey results contradict the oft-repeated assertion that a consensus
> of
> scientists believes humans are causing a global warming crisis.
>
> The American Meteorological Society (AMS) survey was limited to television
> weather forecasters who are also meteorologists.
>
> A prior survey of all television weather forecasters--including ones
> without
> meteorological training--produced a heavy percentage of skeptics.
>
> The new survey was designed to determine whether the meteorologists held
> the
> same opinion as the broader group of all television weather forecasters.
>
> The survey was conducted by the congressionally funded National
> Environmental Education Foundation and vetted by an advisory board of
> climate experts from groups such as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
> Administration, National Weather Service, and Pew Center for Global
> Climate
> Change.
>
> The AMS study found:
>
> Only 24 percent of the survey respondents agree with UN IPCC assertion
> that
> most of the warming since 1950 is very likely human-induced.
>
> Only 19 percent agree with the claim, Global climate models are reliable
> in
> their projection for a warming of the planet.
>
> Only 19 percent agree with the assertion, Global climate models are
> reliable
> in their projections for precipitation and drought.
>
> Only 45 percent disagree with Weather Channel cofounder John Colemans
> strongly worded statement, Global warming is a scam.
>
> http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/andrewbolt/index.php/heraldsun/com...
>