Opinions on Climate Change

Dr. Jeff Masters's Opinions Page

Dr. Jeff Masters gives his educated (and sometimes delightfully invective) opinion on movies, books, and a lot more

Movie Review: Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth" "...it is worth hearing his message, even if the science is flawed and the messenger does get in the way..."	Movie Review: "The Day After Tomorrow" "...the winds needed to create a storm surge of this magnitude are probably at least twice the speed of sound..."
Book Review: Michael Crichton's State of Fear "...a disappointment as both an action-thriller novel and as a credible source of science on the Global Warming issue..."	Opinion: The Skeptics vs. the Ozone Hole "The chairman of DuPont commented that the ozone depletion theory was 'a science fiction tale... a load of rubbish... utter nonsense"
Opinion: Climate Change Opinion Poll "Question #2 was, 'Do you think human activity is a significant contributing factor in changing mean global temperatures?'"	Op-Ed Review: Richard Lindzen's "Climate of Fear"e; "...it would be no surprise if his article was paid for by the fossil fuel industry as part of an orchestrated public relations campaign..."
Article Review: "Warmer Oceans, Stronger Hurricanes" "...SciAmerican is there to sell magazines, not to illustrate what global warming might do to hurricanes."	Opinion: "Is Carbon Dioxide a Pollutant" "What do the ads say? '..it's what we breathe out and plants breathe in. Carbon dioxide: they call it pollution, we call it life.'"
Opinion: Global Warming a Hoax no Longer "...Sen. Inhofe... referred to the thread of catastrophic global warming as the 'greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people.'"	Book Review: The Rough Guide to Climate Change "...a comprehensive, easy-to-understand guide that presents an unbiased view of the important issues..."
Book Review: Field Notes from a Catastrophe "...a very powerful way to emphasize the major climate changes that are already underway on our planet."	From Ricky Rood: Opinions and Anecdotal Evidence "...the Earth has warmed and it is virtually certain that much of this warming is directly related to the activities of humans."
From Ricky Rood: Science, Belief, and the Volcano "Those with the belief in the science-based body of knowledge are encumbered with the responsibility of acting based on this knowledge."	From Ricky Rood: How Do We Know? "The amount of carbon dioxide we emit is increasing exponentially. How do I know? How do we know?"