Tad Murty

Tad Murty (Deceased) Credentials Background Tad Murty is former senior research scientist for the Department of Fisheries and Oceans. He passed away in 2018.1 “In memoriam for Prof. Tadepalli (Tad) Murty (1937–2018),” Natural Hazards, Volume 96, Issue 2 (March 2019). Retrieved from SpringerLink. He was a former director of Australia’s National Tidal Facility as well […]

Ross McKitrick

Ross McKitrick Credentials  Background Ross McKitrick is an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Guelph. McKitrick is also a senior fellow at the Fraser Institute, a libertarian think tank based in Vancouver, British Columbia. According to Ross McKitrick’s profile at the Fraser Institute, he holds a […]

Douglas V. Hoyt

Douglas V. Hoyt Credentials Background Douglas V. Hoyt is a retired solar physicist with Raytheon Corporation. Hoyt appears on Senator James Inhofe‘s list of 400+ “prominent” scientists who doubt global warming. He is listed as one of 49 who are currently retired. Inhofe’s most recent list contains over “650 international scientists.” Stance on Climate Change […]

Sonja Boehmer-Christiansen

Sonja Boehmer-Christiansen Credentials Background Sonja Boehmer-Christiansen is an emeritus reader in geography at the University of Hull and the former editor of Energy and Environment, a journal known for publishing the papers written by climate change skeptics.1 “Geography Department: Academic Staff,” University of Hull, Department of Geography. Accessed March 1, 2012. She stepped down from […]

Hendrik (Henk) Tennekes

Hendrik (Henk) Tennekes Credentials Past professor of aeronautical engineering, and the past director of research at the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute. Background Hendrik (Henk) Tennekes is a retired researcher from the Netherlands known for his work in the fields of turbulence and multi-modal forecasting. From […]

Gordon E. Swaters (had name removed)

Gordon E. Swaters Swaters regrets signing “that damn petition” Dr. Gordon E. Swaters, a Professor of Applied Mathematics at the University of Alberta, says that he was told he was signing a petition asking the federal government to devote more energy to research on climate change. Instead, the letter – given prominent play in the National Post […]

Keith D. Hage

Keith D. Hage Credentials Background Keith D. Hage is a retired professor from the University of Alberta’s department of Earth and Atmospheric Science. Stance on Climate Change Hage is a signatory to an open letter claiming that “’Climate change is real’ is a meaningless phrase used […]

Timothy F. Ball (Tim Ball)

Timothy F. Ball (Tim Ball) Credentials Background Tim Ball was a professor of geography at the University of Winnipeg from 1988 to 1996. He is a prolific speaker and writer in the skeptical science community.1 “CURRICULUM VITAE: Dr Timothy F Ball” (PDF), drtimball.com. Last modified March 8, 2011. Archived .pdf on file at Desmog. He […]

Sallie Baliunas

Sallie Baliunas Credentials Background Sallie Baliunas is an astrophysicist at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in the Solar, Stellar, and Planetary Sciences Division and formerly Deputy Director of the Mount Wilson Observatory. She is an Adjunct Professor at Tennessee State University and past contributing editor to the World Climate Report. Baliunas is associated with many […]

Paul Copper

Paul Copper Credentials Background Copper is a Professor Emeritus of Paleobiology at the Laurentian University Earth Sciences department. Copper was an Allied Expert to the now-defunct Natural Resources Stewardship Project (NRSP), and the organization described Copper as an “expert on pre-historic global climate patterns.” Stance on […]