This is a recent paper on past temperature reconstruction which supports the position of climate alarmists:
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Millennial temperature reconstruction intercomparison and evaluation
M. N. Juckes, M. R. Allen, K. R. Briffa, J. Esper, G. C. Hegerl, A. Moberg, T. J. Osborn, S. L. Weber, E. Zorita
There has been considerable recent interest in paleoclimate reconstructions of the temperature history of the last millennium. A wide variety of techniques have been used. The interrelation between the techniques is sometimes unclear, as different studies often use distinct data sources as well as distinct methodologies. Recent work is reviewed with an aim to clarifying the import of the different approaches. A range of proxy data collections used by different authors are passed through two reconstruction algorithms: firstly, inverse regression and, secondly, compositing followed by variance matching. It is found that the first method tends to give large weighting to a small number of proxies and that the second approach is more robust to varying proxy input. A reconstruction using 18 proxy records extending back to AD 1000 shows a maximum pre-industrial temperature of 0.25 K (relative to the 1866 to 1970 mean). The standard error on this estimate, based on the residual in the calibration period is 0.149 K. Two recent years (1998 and 2005) have exceeded the estimated pre-industrial maximum by more than 4 standard errors
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http://www.copernicus.org/EGU/cp/cpd...cpd-2-1001.htm
Note the name in of the lead author in bold
Here is a result of a by - election in Cowley:
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COWLEY
Mumtaz Fareed (Lab) 534
Martin Juckes (Green) 294
Shah Khan (Lib Dem) 627
Philippa Whittaker (Respect) 213
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http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache...k&ct=clnk&cd=2
and a letter to the Independent ( one of several):
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CAP helps to save rural communities
Sir: Steve Richards (Opinion, 16 June) touches on an aspect of the Common Agricultural Policy which is seldom mentioned in this country: the role it plays in maintaining the vitality of village life in France.
The French are apparently baffled at our failure to understand; and it is baffling. Throughout this land campaign groups are fighting to preserve local shops and services. So why don't we exploit the CAP to preserve these communities as the French have done? I was heavily involved in the recent election as an election agent for the Green Party; one issue the voters failed to draw to our attention to was the budget rebate. Local services,on the other hand, were a constant drumbeat.
MARTIN JUCKES
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http://www.findarticles.com/p/articl...8/ai_n14672473
I could not write a better comment on this than this one at climate audit:
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when so called scientists use their station as a level to foist radical and extremist visions into the realm of policy, they open themselves up to it (personal crticism). History teaches us that those who stand by when this happens may live to regret it later.
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07-11-2006, 10:26 PM
Global Warming: an Observation
Linear Mode
