Birth of a Climate Crock - media distortion of science

The observation that natural climate variability exists is not a new one.

Early in September 2009, at a gathering of experts on global climate change, one of the world’s most respected and experienced climate modelers, Mojib Latif, made some observations on climate, media and human nature.

The message seemed clear, natural variations in the long term warming might be misinterpreted, by the media, out of ignorance, or malice.

Climate deniers were quick to take Latif’s remarks, and begin doing exactly that.

Source: Greenman3610

You can listen to Latif’s original remarks, here, by clicking on the
recording titled “Advancing climate prediction science”.
http://www.wmo.int/wcc3/rec_audios_en.html

the original powerpoint is here:
http://www.wmo.int/wcc3/sessionsdb/documents/PS3_Latif.pdf

An analysis is here:
http://deepclimate.org/2009/10/02/anatomy-of-a-lie-how-morano-and-gunter-spun-latif-out-of-contro/
http://deepclimate.org/2009/10/02/key-excerpts-from-mojib-latifs-wcc-presentation/

Source: Greenman3610

Mojib Latif (born September 29, 1954) is a German meteorologist and oceanographer.

Descendant of a Pakistani family, Latif was born in Hamburg. His father was an Imam at Fazle Omar Mosque. Latif graduated with a Diplom in meteorology in 1983. He took a position as scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology in 1985. In 1987 he earned a Ph.D. in oceanography from the University of Hamburg. In 2003 he became professor at GEOMAR Kiel, the Leibniz-Institute for maritime sciences. Mojib Latif is a regular guest at TV discussions about Global Warming.

In 2008 Latif was joint author of a modelling study in Nature whose results suggested “global surface temperature may not increase over the next decade, as natural climate variations in the North Atlantic and tropical Pacific temporarily offset the projected anthropogenic warming.”^[1] At the UN’s World Climate Conference 2009 in Geneva Latif gave a talk about prediction that used, amongst other material, results from this paper.^[2] New Scientist reported about Latif’s research that “we could be about to enter one or even two decades of cooler temperatures”.^[3] This interpretation has been stated as incorrect in an interview with Latif,^[4] after being asked whether he was a climate sceptic, he explained that “If my name was not Mojib Latif, my name would be global warming. So I really believe in Global Warming. Okay. However, you know, we have to accept that there are these natural fluctuations, and therefore, the temperature may not show additional warming temporarily.

Source: Wikipedia