Ian G. Enting
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Ian Enting is a mathematical physicist and the AMSI/MASCOS Professorial Fellow at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Mathematics and Statistics of Complex Systems (MASCOS
) based at The University of Melbourne.
Enting is the author of Twisted, The Distorted Mathematics of Greenhouse Denial
in which he analyses the presentation and use of data by Climate change sceptics.
More recently he has been addressing the claims made in Ian Plimer's
book "Heaven + Earth"
. He has published a critique, "Ian Plimer’s ‘Heaven + Earth’ — Checking the Claims", listing what Enting claims are numerous misrepresentations of the sources cited in the book.
From 1980 to 2004 he worked in CSIRO Atmospheric Research, primarily on modelling the global carbon cycle
.
He was one of the lead authors of the chapter and the Carbon Cycle in the 1994 IPCC
report on Radiative Forcing of Climate. See Radiative forcing
.
Enting has published scientific papers, on mathematical physics and carbon cycle modelling, and a monograph on mathematical techniques for interpreting observations of carbon dioxide
and other trace gases.
MASCOS
MASCOS, or the ARC Centre of Excellence for Mathematics and Statistics of Complex Systems, was established in 2003 with about $11 million in funding over five years from the Australian Research Council to research Complex/Intelligent Systems....
) based at The University of Melbourne.
Enting is the author of Twisted, The Distorted Mathematics of Greenhouse Denial
Twisted, The Distorted Mathematics of Greenhouse Denial
Twisted, The Distorted Mathematics of Greenhouse Denial is a 2007 book by Ian G. Enting, who is the Professorial Research Fellow in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Mathematics and Statistics of Complex Systems based at the University of Melbourne....
in which he analyses the presentation and use of data by Climate change sceptics.
More recently he has been addressing the claims made in Ian Plimer's
Ian Plimer
Ian Rutherford Plimer is an Australian geologist, academic, professor of mining geology at the University of Adelaide, and a director of four mining companies...
book "Heaven + Earth"
Heaven and Earth (book)
Heaven and Earth: Global Warming – The Missing Science is a popular science book published in 2009 and written by Australian geologist, professor of mining geology at Adelaide University, and mining company director Ian Plimer...
. He has published a critique, "Ian Plimer’s ‘Heaven + Earth’ — Checking the Claims", listing what Enting claims are numerous misrepresentations of the sources cited in the book.
From 1980 to 2004 he worked in CSIRO Atmospheric Research, primarily on modelling the global carbon cycle
Carbon cycle
The carbon cycle is the biogeochemical cycle by which carbon is exchanged among the biosphere, pedosphere, geosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere of the Earth...
.
He was one of the lead authors of the chapter and the Carbon Cycle in the 1994 IPCC
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is a scientific intergovernmental body which provides comprehensive assessments of current scientific, technical and socio-economic information worldwide about the risk of climate change caused by human activity, its potential environmental and...
report on Radiative Forcing of Climate. See Radiative forcing
Radiative forcing
In climate science, radiative forcing is generally defined as the change in net irradiance between different layers of the atmosphere. Typically, radiative forcing is quantified at the tropopause in units of watts per square meter. A positive forcing tends to warm the system, while a negative...
.
Enting has published scientific papers, on mathematical physics and carbon cycle modelling, and a monograph on mathematical techniques for interpreting observations of carbon dioxide
Carbon dioxide
Carbon dioxide is a naturally occurring chemical compound composed of two oxygen atoms covalently bonded to a single carbon atom...
and other trace gases.