Dr. David Vernon on Global Climate Change
Robert Hennkens, a regular reader whose presence here I value greatly, introduced me this afternoon to Dr. David Vernon, and asked him to write a piece for us here at 2GreenEnergy, which I’ve reproduced below. I note from his CV that Dr. Vernon holds a BS in Forestry from Penn State, an MA in Botany from Cal State LA, and a Ph.D. in Ecology from Indiana State. He writes, “PSU Forestry requires courses in economics, finance and business management. I took climatology at Cal State. I have over 100 credits in Life Sciences and 15 in Earth Sciences. I am a member of AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science).”
Here’s his article on climate change. I hope you’ll find it as compelling as I did.
In 1971 I took a class in climatology. The subject of global warming came up. The attempt to measure the average temperature of the world was begun by Isaac Newton and the Royal Society in the 1600s. (more…)