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There was an interesting piece that appeared in the October 12
edition of the Seattle Times, "Q&A:
Global warming [~] a world of evidence". This follows up on a
previous article by journalist Sandi Doughton in the October 9 issue of
the Times, "The
Truth About Global Warming".
In the Q&A, a group of University of Washington scientists,
including atmospheric scientist and climate researcher J. Mike
Wallace, weigh in with answers to questions fielded from the
paper's readers. Many of the questions, such as "Isn't it true that
scientists in the 1970s said the earth was cooling?" are quite similar
to those we've addressed here at RealClimate (see "The Global Cooling
Myth").
Wallace's perspectives are particularly interesting because he is
both a highly respected climate researcher (and National
Academy of Sciences member) and, like a number of other long-time
researchers in the field, was once a "skeptic" (in the best sense of
the word) regarding the evidence for anthropogenic climate change.
However, like many other such researchers, he has become convinced by
the compelling weight
of evidence indicating human influence on climate that has unfolded
over the past decade,
remarking that "with each passing year the evidence has gotten
stronger [~] and is getting stronger still."
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