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Was.ington &C( %ASA warming scientist (ames Hansen4 one o- -ormer Vice President Al Gore*s closest allies in the promotion o- man/made glo)al warming -ear is )eing pu)licly re)u.ed )y his -ormer super&isor at %ASA=

Retired senior %ASA atmospheric scientist ,r= (ohn S= :heon4 the -ormer super&isor o- (ames Hansen4 %ASA*s &ocal man/made glo)al warming -ears soothsayer4 has no pu)licly declared himsel- a s.eptic and declared that Hansen Aem)arrassed %ASAB with his alarming climate claims and said Hansen was Awas ne&er muCCled=B :heon Doins the rapidly growing ran.s o- international scientists a)andoning the promotion o- anthropogenic glo)al warming -ears= >See# $%S% Senate Minority &e'ort $'date# More ()an *+, -nternational Scientists .issent /ver Man0Made Global Warmin1 2laims & See Prominent Scientist Fired By Gore Says Warming Alarm Mistaken & Gore laments 1lobal !armin1 efforts# 3-3ve failed badly3 0 Was)in1ton 4ost 5 November 667 8,,9 0

A! appreciate the opportunity to add my name to those who disagree that glo)al warming is man/made4B :heon wrote to the #inority E--ice at the 1n&ironment and Pu)lic "or.s 'ommittee on (anuary FG4 2556= A! was4 in e--ect4 HansenHs super&isor )ecause ! had to Dusti-y his -unding4 allocate his resources4 and e&aluate his results= ! did not ha&e the authority to gi&e him his annual per-ormance e&aluation4B :heon4 th -ormer 'hie- o- the 'limate Processes Research Program at %ASA HeadIuarters and -ormer 'hie- o- the Atmospheric ,ynamics J Radiation $ranch eKplained= :Note# Here are t)e results a Goo1le Sc)olar searc) on ()eon% 0 ()eon3s com'lete !ritten corres'ondence to E4W re'rinted at t)e end of t)is re'ort% ;

AHansen was ne&er muCCled e&en though he &iolated %ASAHs o--icial agency positio on climate -orecasting Li=e=4 we did not .now enough to -orecast climate change or man.indHs e--ect on itM= Hansen thus em)arrassed %ASA )y coming out with his claim o- glo)al warming in F699 in his testimony )e-ore 'ongress4B :heon wrote= >Note# NASA scientist <ames Hansen !)o runs NASA3s Goddard -nstitute for S'ace Studies =G-SS> )as created !orld!ide media frenzy !it) )is dire climate !arnin1s7 )is call for trials a1ainst t)ose !)o dissent a1ainst man0made 1lobal !armin1 fear and )is claims t)at )e !as alle1edly muzzled by t)e us) administration des'ite doin1 67?,, on0t)e0@ob media intervie!s 0 See# Dont Panic Over Predictions of limate Doom ! Get t"e Facts on #ames $ansen & $A Guardian# NASA scientist calls for 'uttin1 oil firm c)iefs on trial for 3)i1) crimes a1ainst )umanity3 for s'readin1 doubt about man0made 1lobal !armin1 5 <une 8B7 8,,9 & NC(3s &ev"i c)ides Hansen for 'romotin1 sea level claims t)at are at u''er boundary of !)at is 3even ')ysically 'ossible3 %Note# Headline re# &ev"in and Hansen corrected& @

:heon declared Aclimate models are useless=B A#y own )elie- concerning anthropogenic climate change is that the models do not realistically simulate the climate system )ecause there are many &ery important su)/grid scale processes that t models either replicate poorly or completely omit4B :heon eKplained= A+urthermore4 some scientists ha&e manipulated the o)ser&ed data to Dusti-y their model results= !n doing so4 they neither eKplain what they ha&e modi-ied in the o)ser&ations4 nor eKpla how they did it= :hey ha&e resisted ma.ing their wor. transparent so that it can )e replicated independently )y other scientists= :his is clearly contrary to how science should )e done= :hus there is no rational Dusti-ication -or using climate model -orecas to determine pu)lic policy4B he added=

AAs 'hie- o- se&eral o- %ASA HeadIuarters* programs LF692/6NM4 an S1S position4 ! was responsi)le -or all weather and climate research in the entire agency4 including th research wor. )y (ames Hansen4 Roy Spencer4 (oanne Simpson4 and se&eral hundred other scientists at %ASA -ield centers4 in academia4 and in the pri&ate sector who wor.ed on climate research4B :heon wrote o- his career= A:his reIuired a thorough understanding o- the state o- the science= ! ha&e .ept up with climate science since retiring )y reading )oo.s and Dournal articles4B :heon added= LL!%KM :heon also co/ authored the )oo. Advances in 'emote Sensing 'etrieval Met"ods=

:heon was elected a -ellow o- the American #eteorological Society4 gi&en the %ASA 1Kceptional Per-ormance Award twice4 elected an Associate +ellow o- the American !nstitute -or Aeronautics and Astronautics4 and awarded the A!AAHs Losey #edal -or contri)utions to air)orne remote sensing= He was also awarded the Radio "a&e Awa )y the #inister o- Posts and :elecommunications o- (apan -or contri)utions to the :ropical Rain-all #easuring #ission // a Doint %ASA/(apanese Space Agency satellite= :heon has authored or coauthored more than G5 %ASA Reports4 Dournal articles4 monographs4 chapters in )oo.s4 and edited two )oo.s in the scienti-ic literature= ansen ,is a %olitical activist +.o s%reads 'ear,

Award/winning %ASA Astronaut and Physicist "alter 'unningham o- %ASA*s Apollo 3 also recently chastised Hansen= AHansen is a political acti&ist who spreads -ear e&en when %ASA*s own data contradict him4B 'unningham wrote in an essay in

the (uly August 2559 issue o- Launch #agaCine= A%ASA should )e at the -ore-ront in the collection o- scienti-ic e&idence and de)un.ing the current hysteria o&er human/ caused4 or Anthropogenic Glo)al "arming LAG"M= Un-ortunately4 it is )ecoming Du another agency caught up in the politics o- glo)al warming4 or worse4 politiciCed science4B 'unningham wrote=

>Note# ()eon @oins many current and former NASA scientists in dissentin1 from man0made climate fears% A small sam'lin1 includes# Aeros'ace en1ineer and ')ysicist .r% Mic)ael Griffin7 t)e former to' administrator of NASA7 Atmos')eric Scientist .r% <oanne Sim'son7 t)e first !oman in t)e !orld to receive a 4). in meteorolo1y and is formerly of NASA7 Geo')ysicist .r% 4)il 2)a'man7 an astronautical en1ineer and former NASA astronaut7 A!ard0Winnin1 NASA AstronautDGeolo1ist and Moon!al"er <ac" Sc)mitt7 2)emist and Nuclear En1inee &obert .eFayette !as formerly !it) NASAs 4lum roo" &eactor7 Hun1arian Ferenc Mis"olczi7 an atmos')eric ')ysicist !it) B, years of eE'erience and a former researc)er !it) NASA3s Ames &esearc) 2enter7 2limatolo1ist .r% <o)n 2)risty7 2limatolo1ist .r% &oy W% S'encer7 Atmos')eric Scientist &oss Hays of NASA3s 2olumbia Scientific alloon Facility;

Gore -aces a much di--erent scienti-ic climate in 2556 than the one he -aced in 2558 when his -ilm An (nconvenient )r*t" was released= According to satellite data4 the 1arth has cooled since Gore*s -ilm was released4 Antarctic sea ice eKtent has grown record le&els4 sea le&el rise has slowed4 ocean temperatures ha&e -ailed to warm4 and more and more scientists ha&e pu)licly declared their dissent -rom man/made climate -ears as peer/re&iewed studies continue to man/made counter warming -ears= 1See# 4eer0&evie!ed Study c)allen1es 3notion t)at )uman emissions are res'onsible for 1lobal !armin13 & Ne! 4eer0&evie!ed Scientific Studies 2)ill Global Warmin1 Fears @

AVice President GoreHs and the other promoters o- man/made climate -earsH endless claims that the Hde)ate is o&erH appear to )e ignoring scienti-ic reality4B Senator (ames !nho-e4 Ran.ing #em)er o- the 1n&ironment J Pu)lic "or.s 'ommittee=

A U=S= Senate #inority Report released in ,ecem)er 2559 details o&er 8G5 international scientists who are dissenting -rom man/made glo)al warming -ears promoted )y the U%= #any o- the scientists pro-iled are -ormer U% !P'' scientists and -ormer )elie&ers in man/made climate change that ha&e re&ersed their &iews in recent years= :he report continues to grow almost daily= "e ha&e Dust recei&ed a reIuest -rom an !talian scientist4 and a 'Cech scientist to Doin the 8G5 dissenting scientists report= A chemist -rom the U=S= %a&al Academy is a)out to )e added4 and more (apanese scientists are dissenting= +inally4 many more meteorologists will )e added and another -ormer U% !P'' scientist is a)out to )e included= :hese scientists are openly re)elling against the climate orthodoKy promoted )y Gore and the U% !P''=

:he prestigious !nternational Geological 'ongress4 du))ed the geologistsH eIui&alent o- the Elympic Games4 was held in %orway in August 2559 and prominently -eatured the &oices o- scientists s.eptical o- man/made glo)al warming -ears= Reports -rom th con-erence -ound that S"e'tical scientists over!)elmed t)e meetin17 !it) 38DB of 'resenters and Fuestion0as"ers )ostile to7 even dismissive of7 t)e $N -4223 = See full re'orts )ere & )ere @ !n addition4 a 2559 can&ass o- more than GF4555 'anadian scientists re&ealed 89O disagree that glo)al warming science is Asettled=B A %o&em)er 2G4 25594 article in Politico noted that a Agrowing accumulationB o- scienc

is challenging warming -ears4 and added that the Ascience )ehind glo)al warming ma still )e too sha.y to warrant cap/and/trade legislation=B #ore e&idence that the glo)a warming -ear machine is )rea.ing down= Russian scientists AreDected the &ery idea th car)on dioKide may )e responsi)le -or glo)al warmingB= An American Physical Society editor conceded that a Aconsidera)le presenceB o- scienti-ic s.eptics eKists= A !nternational team o- scientists countered the U% !P''4 declaring: A%ature4 %ot Human Acti&ity4 Rules the 'limateB= !ndia !ssued a report challenging glo)al warmi -ears= !nternational Scientists demanded the U% !P'' A)e called to account and ceas its decepti&e practices=B

:he scientists and peer/re&iewed studies countering climate claims are the .ey reason that the U=S= pu)lic has grown e&er more s.eptical o- man/made climate doom predictions= 1See# Global !armin1 ran"s dead last7 8, out of 8, in ne! 4e! survey% 4e! Survey# & Survey finds ma@ority of $%S% Goters 0 3+6H I no! believe t)at )umans are not t)e 'redominant cause of climate c)an1e3 0 <anuary 8,7 8,,J 0 &asmussen &e'orts ; :he chorus o- s.eptical scienti-ic &oices grow louder in 2559 as a steady stream opeer/re&iewed studies4 analyses4 real world data and incon&enient de&elopments challenged the U%*s and -ormer Vice President Al GoreHs claims that the 0science is settled0 and there is a 0consensus=0

En a range o- issues4 2559 pro&ed to )e challenging -or the promoters o- man/made climate -ears= Promoters o- anthropogenic warming -ears endured the -ollowing: Glo)al temperatures -ailing to warmP Peer/re&iewed studies predicting a continued la o- warmingP a -ailed attempt to re&i&e the discredited AHoc.ey Stic.BP incon&enient de&elopments and studies regarding rising 'E2P the Spotless SunP 'loudsP Antarctica the ArcticP Greenland*s iceP #ount KilimanDaroP Glo)al sea iceP 'auses o- Hurricanes 1Ktreme StormsP 1KtinctionsP +loodsP ,roughtsP Ecean Acidi-icationP Polar $earsP 1Ktreme weather deathsP +rogsP lac. o- atmospheric dustP #alariaP the -ailure ooceans to warm and rise as predicted= :heon*s complete written correspondence to 1P" reprinted )elow: /////Eriginal #essage///// +rom: (theon >mailto:Dtheon<QQQQQQQ@ Sent: :hursday4 (anuary FG4 2556 F5:5G P# :o: #orano4 #arc L1P"M Su)Dect: 'limate models are useless #arc4 +irst4 ! sent se&eral e/mails to you with an error in the address and they ha&e )een returned to me= So !Hm resending them in one com)ined e/mail=

?es4 one could say that ! was4 in e--ect4 Hansen*s super&isor )ecause ! had to Dusti-y his -unding4 allocate his resources4 and e&aluate his results= ! did not ha&e the authori to gi&e him his annual per-ormance e&aluation= He was ne&er muCCled e&en though h &iolated %ASA*s o--icial agency position on climate -orecasting Li=e=4 we did not .no enough to -orecast climate change or man.indHs e--ect on itM= He thus em)arrassed %ASA )y coming out with his claims o- glo)al warming in F699 in his testimony )e-ore 'ongress= #y own )elie- concerning anthropogenic climate change is that the models do not

realistically simulate the climate system )ecause there are many &ery important su)/ grid scale processes that the models either replicate poorly or completely omit= +urthermore4 some scientists ha&e manipulated the o)ser&ed data to Dusti-y their mod results= !n doing so4 they neither eKplain what they ha&e modi-ied in the o)ser&ations nor eKplain how they did it= :hey ha&e resisted ma.ing their wor. transparent so that can )e replicated independently )y other scientists= :his is clearly contrary to how science should )e done= :hus there is no rational Dusti-ication -or using climate mode -orecasts to determine pu)lic policy= "ith )est wishes4 (ohn RR +rom: (theon >mailto:Dtheon<QQQQQQ@ Sent: :uesday4 (anuary FS4 2556 F2:G5 P# :o: #orano4 #arc L1P"M Su)Dect: Re: %ice seeing you #arc4 !ndeed4 it was a pleasure to see you again= ! appreciate the opportunity to add my name to those who disagree that Glo)al "arming is man made= A )rie- )io -ollows= Use as much or as little o- it as you wish=

(ohn S= :heon 1ducation: $=S= Aero= 1ngr= LF6GS/G3MP Aerodynamicist4 ,ouglas Aircra-t 'o= LF6G3/G9MP As USA+ Reser&e E--icer LF6G9/85M4$=S= #eteorology LF6G6 Ser&ed as "eather E--icer F6G6/85P #=S4 #eteorology LF685/82MP %ASA Research Scientist4 Goddard Space +light 'tr= LF682/3NMP Head #eteorology $ranch4 GS+' LF63N/38MP Asst= 'hie-4 La)= -or Atmos= Sciences4 GS+' LF633/39MP Program Scientist4 %ASA Glo)al "eather Research Program4 %ASA HI= LF639/92MP 'hie-4 Atmospheric ,ynamics J Radiation $ranch %ASA HI=4 LF692/6FMP Ph=,=4 1ngr= Science J #ech=: course o- study and dissertation in atmos= science LF69S/9GMP 'hieAtmospheric ,ynamics4 Radiation4 J Hydrology $ranch4 %ASA HI= LF66F/6SMP 'hie-4 'limate Processes Research Program4 %ASA HI= LF66S/6NMP Senior Scientist4 #ission to Planet 1arth E--ice4 %ASA HI= LF66N/6GMP Science 'onsultant4 !nstitute Glo)al 1n&ironmental Strategies LF66G/66MP Science 'onsultant Er)ital Sciences 'orp= LF668/63M and %ASA (et Propulsion La)=4 LF663/66M=

As 'hie- o- se&eral %ASA HI= Programs LF692/6NM4 an S1S position4 ! was responsi)le -or all weather and climate research in the entire agency4 including the research wor. )y (ames Hansen4 Roy Spencer4 (oanne Simpson4 and se&eral hundred other scientists at %ASA -ield centers4 in academia4 and in the pri&ate sector who wor.ed on climate research= :his reIuired a thorough understanding o- the state o- th science= ! ha&e .ept up with climate science since retiring )y reading )oo.s and Dournal articles= ! hope that this is help-ul= $est wishes4 (ohn RRR

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