Deniers: Sherwood Idso

 

Contents 1 Details 2 Key Quotes 2.1 3 November, 2003 2.2 2 February, 2004 2.3 15 November 2006 2.4 7 September 2007 3 Key Deeds 3.1 3 November, 2003 4 Organizations

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President, Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change.

Dr. Idso's numerous publications include "Carbon Dioxide: Friend or Foe?" (1984) and "Carbon Dioxide and Global Change: Earth in Transition" (1989). He is the president of the Center for the Study of CO₂ and Global Change; Craig Idso is Chairman of the Board, and Keith Idso is Vice President.

Sherwood Idso was previously a Research Physicist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service. He is also a former Adjunct Professor in the Departments of Geology, Geography, and Botany and Microbiology at Arizona State University.

Bachelor of Physics, Master of Science, and Doctor of Philosophy degrees from the University of Minnesota.

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[edit] Key Quotes

[edit] 3 November, 2003

'"[I]t is abundantly clear we have nothing to fear from increasing concentrations of atmospheric CO₂ and global warming, i.e., the "twin evils" of the extreme environmental movement. Indeed, these phenomena would appear to be our friends, and friends of the entire biosphere."'
Source: "Enhanced or Impaired? Human Health in a CO₂-Enriched Warmer World (November 11, 2003)

[edit] 2 February, 2004

The report, by climate physicist Sherwood Idso and others, cited numerous studies showing how plants prospered from a combination of increasing CO₂ and increasing temperature:

The optimum temperature for plant growth -- the temperature at which plants photosynthesize and grow best -- generally rises with atmospheric CO₂ enrichment. [...] Consequently, and in view of the non-CO₂-related abilities of Earth's vegetation to adapt to rising temperatures ... plants of all photosynthetic persuasions should be able to successfully adapt to any future warming.

The report noted one cause of this warming could be "the enhanced greenhouse effect" produced by CO₂, which is being added to the atmosphere by, of all things, "mankind's burning of fossil fuels." '
Source: "Bigger Plants, Fewer Birds" UPI (via High Beam Research), February 2, 2004

[edit] 15 November 2006

"In conclusion, it is our feeling that being neither unusual, nor unprecedented, there is no compelling reason to attribute 20th-century global warming to anthropogenic CO2 emissions. The temperature increase of the past hundred or so years has been simply a run-of-the-mill consequence of cyclically-recurring forces of nature that have manifested themselves again and again throughout earth's history at millennial-scale intervals."
Source: "Holocene History of Glacial Activity in the Swiss Alps" Volume 9, Number 46, CO₂ Science (a publication of the Idsos' Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change).

[edit] 7 September 2007

"Clearly, the misguided scientific, political and theatrical rushes to judgment that have elevated Kilimanjaro's predicted demise by CO₂-induced global warming to iconic status should give everyone pause to more carefully evaluate the evidence, or lack thereof, for many similar doom-and-gloom claims related to the ongoing rise in the air's CO₂ content, which are likewise paraded as truth, but that could well be 180 degrees out of phase with reality." Source: "The Past and Future Status of Kilimanjaro's Ice Fields", Volume 10 Number 1, CO₂ Science.

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[edit] Key Deeds

[edit] 3 November, 2003

With sons Craig and Keith, co-wrote the report "Enhanced or Impaired? Human Health in a CO₂-Enriched Warmer World," which argues that CO₂ and global warming are beneficial to human health
Source: "Enhanced or Impaired? Human Health in a CO₂-Enriched Warmer World" November 3, 2003.

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[edit] Organizations

Deniers: Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change
Source: Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change website

Deniers: Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT)
Source: CFACT Website

Deniers: Institute for Biospheric Research
Sources: Funded some of Idso's research (example) and produced the video "The Greening of the Planet Earth" and its sequel (as well as Deniers: Western Fuels Association ) . Both reinforce Idso's talking point that rising atmospheric CO₂ levels are beneficial for the Earth's biosphere. Both are narrated by Idso, and advertised on his website.

Arizona State University, Adjunct Faculty, Geophysical Sciences Department
Source: ASU Geophysical Sciences Department website

Deniers: Arizona State University Office of Climatology
Source: Former Office of Climatology publications website, via archive.org

Deniers: George C. Marshall Institute
Source: George Marshall Institute website

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