East Anglia Surveys Three Million Scientists, All Support Global Warming

Louise Gray reports in The Telegraph :

Professor Andrew Watson, a climatologist at the University of East Anglia, which was at the centre of last year’s ‘climategate’ scandal, said the extreme events are “fairly consistent with the IPCC reports and what 99 per cent of the scientists believe to be happening“.

I found that 99% number interesting, given that 31,000 scientists signed the “Global Warming Petition” – which states :

There is no convincing scientific evidence that human release of carbon dioxide, methane, or other greenhouse gasses is causing or will, in the foreseeable future, cause catastrophic heating of the Earth’s atmosphere and disruption of the Earth’s climate. Moreover, there is substantial scientific evidence that increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide produce many beneficial effects upon the natural plant and animal environments of the Earth.

For the sake of argument, let’s assume that every skeptical scientist signed that petition. In order to meet Dr. Watson’s 99% number, the other 3,069,000 scientists must all believe that global warming dooms the planet.

East Anglia climatology is known for it’s open and thorough research, and I am sure this is no exception.