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'''Thomas R. Karl''' (Born 22 November 1951, Evergreen Park, Illinois) is the director of the ]’s ] (NCEI).<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/organizational_chart.html | title=NESDIS Organizational Chart as of 02/ 19/ 15 | publisher=NOAA | date=February 19, 2015 | accessdate=August 20, 2015}}</ref> '''Thomas R. Karl''' (Born 22 November 1951, Evergreen Park, Illinois) is the former director of the ]’s ] (NCEI).<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/organizational_chart.html | title=NESDIS Organizational Chart as of 02/ 19/ 15 | publisher=NOAA | date=February 19, 2015 | accessdate=August 20, 2015}}</ref>


==Global warming hiatus debate== ==Global warming hiatus debate and controversy==
{{main|Global warming hiatus}} {{main|Global warming hiatus}}


Karl was the lead on a study on the existence of this supposed hiatus in global warming. In their report published in the ] (AAAS) ''Science'' journal in June 2015—based on the updated ] dataset— they found no indication of a slowdown even in the previous years.<ref name="Science_AAAS_2015">{{cite journal | title=Possible artifacts of data biases in the recent global surface warming hiatus | author6=Menne, Matthew J. | author7=Peterson, Thomas C. | author8=Vose, Russell S. | author9=Zhang, Huai-Min | journal=Science | date=26 June 2015 | volume=348 | issue=6242 | doi=10.1126/science.aaa5632 | author1=Karl, Thomas R. | author2=Arguez, Anthony | author3=Huang, Boyin | author4=Lawrimore, Jay H. | author5=McMahon, James R. | pages=1469–1472 | pmid=26044301}}] (AAAS)</ref><ref name="NCDC_NOAA">{{cite web | url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/news/recent-global-surface-warming-hiatus | title=The Recent Global Surface Warming Hiatus | publisher=NOAA | date=4 June 2015 | accessdate=14 March 2016}}</ref><ref name="NPR-doubt">{{cite news | url=http://www.npr.org/2015/06/04/411998275/scientists-cast-doubt-on-an-apparent-hiatus-in-global-warming | title=Scientists Cast Doubt On An Apparent 'Hiatus' In Global Warming | work=National Public Radio | date=June 4, 2015 | accessdate=June 13, 2015}}</ref><ref name="Guardian-NoHiatus">{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jun/04/global-warming-hasnt-paused-study-finds | title=Global warming 'pause' didn't happen, study finds | work=The Guardian | date=2015-06-04 | accessdate=June 13, 2015}}</ref> This analysis incorporated the latest ] corrections for known biases in ocean temperature measurements, and new land temperature data.<ref name="Ars homogenization">{{cite web | last=Johnson | first=Scott K. | title=Thorough, not thoroughly fabricated: The truth about global temperature data | website=Ars Technica UK | date=24 January 2016 | url=http://arstechnica.co.uk/science/2016/01/thorough-not-thoroughly-fabricated-the-truth-about-global-temperature-data/ | ref=harv | accessdate=29 January 2016}}</ref> Scientists working on other datasets welcomed this study, though the view was expressed at the time that the short term warming trend had been slower than in previous periods of the same length.<ref name="BBC-valid">{{cite news | url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-33006179 | title=US scientists: Global warming pause 'no longer valid' | work=BBC News | date=2015-06-04 | accessdate=June 13, 2015}}</ref> After publishing these results, Karl has been attacked by ]ists, including ], chair of the House Science Committee. In 2017 the findings of the study have been confirmed by another group of scientists.<ref>. The Guardian, 4th January 2017. Retrieved 4th January 2017.</ref><ref>. Arstechnica, 4th January 2017. Retrieved 4th January 2017.</ref><ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Hausfather | first1 = Zeke | display-authors = 1 | last2 = et al | year = 2017 | title = Assessing recent warming using instrumentally homogeneous sea surface temperature records | url = | journal = ] | volume = 3 | issue = 1| page = e1601207| doi = 10.1126/sciadv.1601207 }}</ref> Karl was the lead on a study on the existence of a possible hiatus in global warming. In their report published in the ] (AAAS) ''Science'' journal in June 2015—based on an updated ] dataset of modified raw land and sea temperature data, incorporating ] corrections for believed biases in ocean temperature measurements and land temperature data<ref name="Ars homogenization">{{cite web|url=http://arstechnica.co.uk/science/2016/01/thorough-not-thoroughly-fabricated-the-truth-about-global-temperature-data/|title=Thorough, not thoroughly fabricated: The truth about global temperature data|last=Johnson|first=Scott K.|date=24 January 2016|website=Ars Technica UK|ref=harv|accessdate=29 January 2016}}</ref>— they found no indication of a slowdown even in the previous years.<ref name="Science_AAAS_2015">{{cite journal | title=Possible artifacts of data biases in the recent global surface warming hiatus | author6=Menne, Matthew J. | author7=Peterson, Thomas C. | author8=Vose, Russell S. | author9=Zhang, Huai-Min | journal=Science | date=26 June 2015 | volume=348 | issue=6242 | doi=10.1126/science.aaa5632 | author1=Karl, Thomas R. | author2=Arguez, Anthony | author3=Huang, Boyin | author4=Lawrimore, Jay H. | author5=McMahon, James R. | pages=1469–1472 | pmid=26044301}}] (AAAS)</ref><ref name="NCDC_NOAA">{{cite web | url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/news/recent-global-surface-warming-hiatus | title=The Recent Global Surface Warming Hiatus | publisher=NOAA | date=4 June 2015 | accessdate=14 March 2016}}</ref><ref name="NPR-doubt">{{cite news | url=http://www.npr.org/2015/06/04/411998275/scientists-cast-doubt-on-an-apparent-hiatus-in-global-warming | title=Scientists Cast Doubt On An Apparent 'Hiatus' In Global Warming | work=National Public Radio | date=June 4, 2015 | accessdate=June 13, 2015}}</ref><ref name="Guardian-NoHiatus">{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jun/04/global-warming-hasnt-paused-study-finds | title=Global warming 'pause' didn't happen, study finds | work=The Guardian | date=2015-06-04 | accessdate=June 13, 2015}}</ref> After publishing these results, Karl has been criticized by ] skeptics, including ], chair of the House Science Committee, for falsely claiming that no one had raised concerns about his research internally at ].<ref></ref> Karl also has been criticized by other climate scientists, including Dr. John Bates, a Principal Scientists at ] and ], who discredited Karl’s work in 2017, finding multiple flaws in the study, including relying on faulty data manipulation, and determining that Karl flagrantly ignored ] standards for scientific analysis.<ref> Daily Mail, 5th February 2017. Retrieved 5th February 2017.</ref><ref> World Tribune. February 6, 2017. Retrieved February 6, 2017.</ref> At the time, scientists working on other datasets welcomed this study. Some have noted that the faulty data used in the study was already published before the Karl paper appeared. Others acknowledged that the short term warming trend indicated by this data had been slower than in previous periods of the same length, and asserted nevertheless that this data indicates “human activity is causing climate change but we need better understanding of short-term fluctuations in climate."<ref name="BBC-valid">{{cite news | url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-33006179 | title=US scientists: Global warming pause 'no longer valid' | work=BBC News | date=2015-06-04 | accessdate=June 13, 2015}}</ref> Thus, it was not surprising that in early 2017 the findings of Karl's study were ostensibly confirmed by a group of scientists at ] using similar data.<ref>. The Guardian, 4th January 2017. Retrieved 4th January 2017.</ref><ref>. Arstechnica, 4th January 2017. Retrieved 4th January 2017.</ref><ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Hausfather | first1 = Zeke | display-authors = 1 | last2 = et al | year = 2017 | title = Assessing recent warming using instrumentally homogeneous sea surface temperature records | url = | journal = ] | volume = 3 | issue = 1| page = e1601207| doi = 10.1126/sciadv.1601207 }}</ref> <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.carbonbrief.org/factcheck-mail-sundays-astonishing-evidence-global-temperature-rise|title=Factcheck: Mail on Sunday's 'astonishing evidence' about global temperature rise {{!}} Carbon Brief|date=2017-02-05|newspaper=Carbon Brief|access-date=2017-02-05|language=en-US}}</ref> However, in response to Bate’s findings, Jeremy Berg, editor-in-chief of ], indicated that the Karl’s behavior “raises serious concerns” that may lead to retracting the paper pending the outcome of an investigation.<ref></ref>


== Awards == == Awards ==

Revision as of 07:48, 6 February 2017

Thomas R. Karl (Born 22 November 1951, Evergreen Park, Illinois) is the former director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI).

Global warming hiatus debate and controversy

Main article: Global warming hiatus

Karl was the lead on a study on the existence of a possible hiatus in global warming. In their report published in the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science journal in June 2015—based on an updated NOAA dataset of modified raw land and sea temperature data, incorporating homogenization corrections for believed biases in ocean temperature measurements and land temperature data— they found no indication of a slowdown even in the previous years. After publishing these results, Karl has been criticized by anthropogenic climate change skeptics, including Lamar Smith, chair of the House Science Committee, for falsely claiming that no one had raised concerns about his research internally at NOAA. Karl also has been criticized by other climate scientists, including Dr. John Bates, a Principal Scientists at NCEI and NOAA, who discredited Karl’s work in 2017, finding multiple flaws in the study, including relying on faulty data manipulation, and determining that Karl flagrantly ignored NOAA standards for scientific analysis. At the time, scientists working on other datasets welcomed this study. Some have noted that the faulty data used in the study was already published before the Karl paper appeared. Others acknowledged that the short term warming trend indicated by this data had been slower than in previous periods of the same length, and asserted nevertheless that this data indicates “human activity is causing climate change but we need better understanding of short-term fluctuations in climate." Thus, it was not surprising that in early 2017 the findings of Karl's study were ostensibly confirmed by a group of scientists at University of California Berkeley using similar data. However, in response to Bate’s findings, Jeremy Berg, editor-in-chief of Science (journal), indicated that the Karl’s behavior “raises serious concerns” that may lead to retracting the paper pending the outcome of an investigation.

Awards

Service

  • Editor Journal of Climate
  • Associate Editor Climatic Change
  • National Research Council
  • Climate Research Committee (1991–present)
  • Panel on EOSDIS (1992–94)
  • Panel on Policy Implications of Greenhouse Warming (1990–1992)
  • Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Lead Author 1995, 1992, 1990
  • Public Affairs: Numerous news media interviews, testimony to U.S. Congress and briefings to cabinet-level officials and Vice President of the US.

Papers

  • Karl, T.R., R.W. Knight, and B. Baker. 2000. The record breaking global temperatures of 1997 and 1998: Evidence for an increase in the rate of global warming. Geophysical Research Letters 27(March 1):719-722. (press release)

References

  1. "NESDIS Organizational Chart as of 02/ 19/ 15". NOAA. February 19, 2015. Retrieved August 20, 2015.
  2. Johnson, Scott K. (24 January 2016). "Thorough, not thoroughly fabricated: The truth about global temperature data". Ars Technica UK. Retrieved 29 January 2016. {{cite web}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  3. Karl, Thomas R.; Arguez, Anthony; Huang, Boyin; Lawrimore, Jay H.; McMahon, James R.; Menne, Matthew J.; Peterson, Thomas C.; Vose, Russell S.; Zhang, Huai-Min (26 June 2015). "Possible artifacts of data biases in the recent global surface warming hiatus". Science. 348 (6242): 1469–1472. doi:10.1126/science.aaa5632. PMID 26044301.American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  4. "The Recent Global Surface Warming Hiatus". NOAA. 4 June 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  5. "Scientists Cast Doubt On An Apparent 'Hiatus' In Global Warming". National Public Radio. June 4, 2015. Retrieved June 13, 2015.
  6. "Global warming 'pause' didn't happen, study finds". The Guardian. 2015-06-04. Retrieved June 13, 2015.
  8. High-level whistleblower reveals NOAA broke its own rules on scientific integrity when it published a landmark paper based on misleading, ‘unverified’ data. Daily Mail, 5th February 2017. Retrieved 5th February 2017.
  9. Study was meant 'to discredit the notion of a global warming hiatus.' World Tribune. February 6, 2017. Retrieved February 6, 2017.
  10. "US scientists: Global warming pause 'no longer valid'". BBC News. 2015-06-04. Retrieved June 13, 2015.
  11. New study confirms NOAA finding of faster global warming. The Guardian, 4th January 2017. Retrieved 4th January 2017.
  12. New analysis shows Lamar Smith’s accusations on climate data are wrong. Arstechnica, 4th January 2017. Retrieved 4th January 2017.
  13. Hausfather, Zeke; et al. (2017). "Assessing recent warming using instrumentally homogeneous sea surface temperature records". Science Advances. 3 (1): e1601207. doi:10.1126/sciadv.1601207. {{cite journal}}: Explicit use of et al. in: |last2= (help)
  14. "Factcheck: Mail on Sunday's 'astonishing evidence' about global temperature rise | Carbon Brief". Carbon Brief. 2017-02-05. Retrieved 2017-02-05.
  16. http://www.publicaffairs.noaa.gov/releases2003/feb03/noaa03r217.html

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