On the 30th anniversary of James Hansen’s Congressional testimony, scientists agree he got it right.”
Judgment on Hansen’s ’88 climate testimony: ‘He was right’ » Yale Climate Connections
It would be a pretty massive stretch to describe climate fraudsters Mann, Rahmstorf, and Dessler as being scientists, but let’s take a look at what Hansen actually said at those hearings.
He predicted a large increase in the number of 90 and 100 degree days in Washington DC and Omaha, Nebraska.
Below are the temperature records at the closest USHCN stations to Washington DC and Omaha, Nebraska. Both show a decline in the number of 90 and 100 degree days.
Hansen was completely wrong, but in climate science being wrong is always right, and being right is always wrong.
The consensus of climate experts tells us NASA’s James Hansen was correct in 1988.
Climate scientists’ consensus: James Hansen ‘got it right’ in congressional global warming and human causation testimony 30 years ago this week.
Judgment on Hansen’s ’88 climate testimony: ‘He was right’ » Yale Climate Connections
In 1988, Hansen predicted Lower Manhattan would be underwater by 2018.
“The West Side Highway [which runs along the Hudson River] will be under water.”
Stormy weather – Global warming – Salon.com
The West Side Highway does not appear to be underwater this morning.
511NY | New York Traffic | Commuter Information | Road Conditions
Lower Manhattan sea level is slightly lower now than it was 20 years ago.
Sea Level Trends – NOAA Tides & Currents
Hansen predicted heat and drought for the Midwest.
24 Jun 1988, 1 – The Miami News at Newspapers.com
Since Hansen’s forecast for Midwest drought, the Midwest has had above normal precipitation almost every year.
Climate at a Glance | National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)
Maximum temperatures and the occurrence of heatwaves in the Midwest have plummeted to record lows.
Hansen predicted global warming would lower the water level in the Great Lakes.
24 Jun 1988, 4 – The Miami News at Newspapers.com
Great Lakes water levels have increased and are near record highs.
Hansen predicted four degrees warming for the US by 2020.
Before data tampering, the US has cooled over the last 90 years.
Hansen predicted the Arctic would be ice-free by 2018.
The Argus-Press – Google News Archive Search
Arctic sea ice volume is the highest in thirteen years.
Hansen got every single one of his predictions exactly backward, which is why Democrats and the left hail him as being a prophet.
Part II – Real Climate Science
Jim Hansen must be right. I couldn’t help but notice that my coffee this morning seem to be a tad warmer than the one I had yesterday. I demand that all power must come from windmills starting tomorrow otherwise anyone who disagrees with me is a mysogenistic, rascist Islamophobe who doesn’t believe that Hussein Obama is the Messiah and Hilary Clinton is his messenger.
James Hansen – “I tend to be naive and gullible, I guess….”
Not hardly. It was Hansen who believe us to be naive and gullible.
http://www.livingontherealworld.org/james-hansen-climate-change-and-the-scientists-duty/
“If the empirical evidence for climate change is eroded, then science may indeed become just another special interest group in the debate”
Science has indeed “become just another special interest group”. Not because the empirical evidence for climate change has eroded but because LIES were presented as science to promote a political agenda. It was never about science.
You are right, it was never about science. Global warming was started in an effort to force de-industrialization, increase the power of government, and provide an excuse for new taxes. Later other agendas joined such as transferring the wealth of industrial nations to developing nations and those hoping to use climate change to destroy free enterprise.
Don’t forget that there are dozens of disciplines of science. Climate change isn’t even a science in that it deviates from the basic principles to support a political movement. However, what is typical of science is real investigations based on real world data and real peer reviews. In these other disciplines, if the data doesn’t match the theory, then the theory is either modified or scrapped. In the non-science of climate change, the data is modified to fit the theory (the UN climate models).
I do beleive that Hansen was arrested one time or more over something. He is just a attention monger LOOK AT ME LOOK AT ME
Trying to claim that failed predictions were right is not the typical mode of operation of the alarmists. What they typically do is just ignore the failed predictions and make new ones. With the help of the mainstream media, they have the luxury of ignoring anything that doesn’t support their cause.
Whether they ignore or try to rationalize failed predictions, they will always make new predictions of disaster that will happen if the world doesn’t do what they want.
Global warming/climate change et al. is a fascist lie, plain and simple.