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What do you think of Claude Allegre's current view on global warming?
Claude Allegre was one of France's top AGW alarmists, and one of the first French scientists to voice concerns over global warming. He wrote on the dangers of burning fossil fuels and rising CO2 levels.
He's changed his mind though, and now sees global warming as "over-hyped and an environmental concern of second rank".
He's also said that "there is no basis for saying, as most do, that the science is settled" and that "the many climate models and studies failed dismally in establishing a man-made cause of catastrophic global warming. Meanwhile, increasing evidence indicates that most of the warming comes of natural phenomena."
Claude Allegre received a Ph D in physics in 1962 from the University of Paris. He became the director of the geochemistry and cosmochemistry program at the French National Scientific Research Centre in 1967 and in 1971, he was appointed director of the University of Paris's Department of Earth Sciences. In 1976, he became director of the Paris Institut de Physique du Globe. He is an author of more than 100 scientific articles, many of them seminal studies on the evolution of the Earth using isotopic evidence, and 11 books. He is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and the French Academy of Science.
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- mick tLv 51 decade agoFavorite Answer
He is only one in many of the increasing number of climate qualified scientists who are stranding up and challenging the official doctrine.
As the climate stubbornly refuses to behave the way the computer models say it should, more and more scientists are risking their careers by voicing their concerns about the hysterical alarmist claims of the AGW lobby.
I am an ecologist and became a AGW sceptic after visiting Antarctica and being told by the scientists working there that overall the continent is getting colder and the ice is increasing, while the AGW lobby were shouting that the ice is melting and we are all going to drown
Source(s): A Masters in Ecology and 30 years professional experience - Anonymous1 decade ago
I view him the same way I view any expert in the field(s) related to the climate sciences. I will listen to his opinion and lend it credence based on the evidence he provides to support his opinions, and also on the counter-arguments offered by those who disagree with him.
If I go solely on what you have written (which I won't, but just to offer an example), his comments change nothing about my stance. Offering up comments such as, "Meanwhile, increasing evidence indicates that most of the warming comes of natural phenomena." doesn't really tell me anything. I've heard this same line repeated hundreds of times by dozens of people over the past several years. It has no impact, just as Al Gore saying the evidence is overwhelming or any other person making such a declaration.
Basically, he can have it out with the rest of the scientific community and I will happily watch as he makes his case. I think that's what we'd expect from the scientific community.
- rhonaLv 45 years ago
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- BaccheusLv 71 decade ago
His famous article was in 2006, before the 2007 IPCC assessment which was much stronger and supported by much better measurements than was the 2001 report. He really hasn't said much at all about global warming since the 2007 report was issued.
- Dana1981Lv 71 decade ago
Well said, Cap'n T.
What I think is that he's wrong. Look, we know there are a few percent of scientists disagree with AGW. Their existence doesn't prove anything. I want to know what their evidence is. Apparently this is Allegre's:
"His article cited evidence that Antarctica is gaining ice and that Kilimanjaro's retreating snow caps, among other global-warming concerns, come from natural causes."
Yeah, so? That's nothing new at all. We know Kilimanjaro's retreating glaciers are primarily for non-AGW reasons, and we also know that about 90% of glaciers worldwide *are* retreating due to AGW. And we know Antarctica is gaining ice because of increased precipitation.
Not surprisingly, most of this article is about politics, talking about how Allegre is a socialist. Suddenly deniers like socialists, LOL! It's a common denier theme - the enemy of my enemy is my friend. Deniers don't care why people are deniers or who they are, as long as they're all on 'the same team'.
Bottom line, Allegre has given no valid scientific reason to dispute AGW. He also hasn't done any original research in about a decade.
- Keith PLv 71 decade ago
Sadly, Allegre has become somewhat of a crank in his old age. He doesn't think asbestos causes cancer, either.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
He lived and he learned, but his lifetime of experience will be dismissed as senility by the establishment.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Appears that he has seen the light.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Sounds like he's come to his senses. :)
