Prominent and respected climate change skeptic has entirely changed his mind on man made climate change - why?

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Prof Richard Muller says: "Call me a converted skeptic."

"Three years ago I identified problems in previous climate studies that, in my mind, threw doubt on the very existence of global warming."

"Last year, following an intensive research effort involving a dozen scientists, I concluded that global warming was real and that the prior estimates of the rate of warming were correct. I'm now going a step further: Humans are almost entirely the cause."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19047501

Felonious Monkey · Accepted Answer

Because he, like the vast majority of climate scientists, realized that man has an enormous impact on climate.

Cons like to say things like, "Explain how climate changed in the past." This shows an fundamental inability to comprehend science. Just because the climate changed in the past, doesn't mean mankind is incapable of changing the climate.

IceT · Answer

Prominent and respected climate change believer has entirely changed his mind on man made global warming! Why?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1250872/Climategate-U-turn-Astonishment-scientist-centre-global-warming-email-row-admits-data-organised.html

Edit....No he changed his mind. Read the link! Details matter!

? · Answer

"The Romans introduced wine making to the United Kingdom, and even tried to grow grapes as far north as Lincolnshire. It was successfully done till the cooling in the 800s although the remnants of this can still be seen to this day in the city of Lincoln in the gardens of the medieval Bishop's Palace. "
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_wine#Roman_to_19th_century


Human CO2 too?

Misty · Answer

He was never a skeptic.  He merely acknoweldged that Michael Mann's data was bogus which they all had to do in the face of overwhelming evidence

Industrialized Nation · Answer

Oh he's a flip flopper. Isn't that a fundamental saying in this democrat vs republican political debate?

Anonymous · Answer

Guess he evolved like the weather an the President.

? · Answer

And yet scientists tell us that 120,000 years ago the climate was much hotter than it is now.

Anonymous · Answer

Bribed?

Anonymous · Answer

Someone wants government grants.

Paladin · Answer

he wanted the attention, most people don't call a press conference when they change their minds

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Prominent and respected climate change skeptic has entirely changed his mind on man made climate change - why?

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