FACTSHEET: Tad Murty
DETAILS
Adjunct Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Ottawa
Fraser Institute Contributing Author
Adjunct Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, Carleton University
Former president of the Tsunami Society
Co-editor of the journal Natural Hazards
Contributing Author on Fraser Institute 2007 Independent Summary for Policymakers
PhD in oceanography and meteorology at the University of Chicago
Worked for the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans for 27 years
Oceanographer, tsunami expert
KEY QUOTES
15 March, 2005
"This is the biggest scientific hoax being perpetrated on humanity. There is no global warming due to human anthropogenic activities. The atmosphere hasn’t changed much in 280 million years, and there have always been cycles of warming and cooling. The Cretaceous period was the warmest on earth. You could have grown tomatoes at the North Pole."
Source: Carleton University magazine (Spring 2005)
QUOTES
15 March, 2005
"There are no records being shattered in terms of weather catastrophes."
"The number of hurricanes in the Bay of Bengal in the 20th century is slightly less than the number in the 19th century, and for the Gulf of Mexico the number is also less. If global warming is increasing the frequency of hurricanes, we should see more hurricanes each year than the previous year, which is certainly not the case. If global warming is supposed to cause these severe weather changes, where is the evidence?"
Source: Carleton University magazine (Spring 2005)
ORGANIZATIONS
Fraser Institute
Source: Fraser Institute website (2007)
International Climate Science Coalition
Source: ICSC list of who's who
SOURCES
Fraser Institute website (2007)
http://www.fraserinstitute.ca/
Carleton University magazine (Spring 2005)
Global warning?Controversy heats up in the scientific community, By Cindy Robinson, Spring 2005 Cover Story
http://magazine.carleton.ca/2005_Spring/1535.htm
ICSC list of who's who
http://www.climatescienceinternational.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15&Itemid=28