Sherwood B. Idso
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Sherwood B. Idso assumed the Presidency of the Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change
, a 501(c)(3) public charity which has accepted donations by ExxonMobil
Oil Corporation, on 4 October 2001. Prior to that time he was a Research Physicist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service at the U.S. Water Conservation Laboratory http://www.uswcl.ars.ag.gov/ in Phoenix, Arizona, where he worked since June 1967. He was also closely associated with Arizona State University over most of this period, serving as an Adjunct Professor in the Departments of Geology, Geography, and Botany and Microbiology. His Bachelor of Physics, Master of Science, and Doctor of Philosophy degrees are all from the University of Minnesota.
Dr. Idso is the author or co-author of over 500 scientific publications including the books Carbon Dioxide: Friend or Foe? (1982) and Carbon Dioxide and Global Change: Earth in Transition (1989). He served on the editorial board of the international journal Agricultural and Forest Meteorology from 1973 to 1993 and since 1993 has served on the editorial board of Environmental and Experimental Botany. Over the course of his career, he has been an invited reviewer of manuscripts for 56 different scientific journals and 17 different funding agencies, representing an unusually large array of disciplines. He is an ISI highly cited researcher
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As a result of his early work in the field of remote sensing, Dr. Idso was honored with an Arthur S. Flemming Award
, given in recognition of "his innovative research into fundamental aspects of agricultural-climatological interrelationships affecting food production and the identification of achievable research goals whose attainment could significantly aid in assessment and improvement of world food supplies." This citation continues to express the spirit that animates his current research into the biospheric consequences of the ongoing rise in the air's CO₂ content.
This paper was later criticised.http://ams.allenpress.com/archive/1520-0477/89/9/pdf/i1520-0477-89-9-1325.pdf
In a 1988 paper, Sherwood Idso stated:
In a 1999 article Sherwood Idso stated:
Position: President.
Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow, CFACT.
Position: Board of Academic and Scientific Advisors.
George C. Marshall Institute, GMI.
Position: Expert.
See also the Union of Concerned Scientists
http://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/science/skeptic-organizations.html
Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change
The Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change is a 501 non-profit organization based in Arizona in the United States...
, a 501(c)(3) public charity which has accepted donations by ExxonMobil
ExxonMobil
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Oil Corporation, on 4 October 2001. Prior to that time he was a Research Physicist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service at the U.S. Water Conservation Laboratory http://www.uswcl.ars.ag.gov/ in Phoenix, Arizona, where he worked since June 1967. He was also closely associated with Arizona State University over most of this period, serving as an Adjunct Professor in the Departments of Geology, Geography, and Botany and Microbiology. His Bachelor of Physics, Master of Science, and Doctor of Philosophy degrees are all from the University of Minnesota.
Dr. Idso is the author or co-author of over 500 scientific publications including the books Carbon Dioxide: Friend or Foe? (1982) and Carbon Dioxide and Global Change: Earth in Transition (1989). He served on the editorial board of the international journal Agricultural and Forest Meteorology from 1973 to 1993 and since 1993 has served on the editorial board of Environmental and Experimental Botany. Over the course of his career, he has been an invited reviewer of manuscripts for 56 different scientific journals and 17 different funding agencies, representing an unusually large array of disciplines. He is an ISI highly cited researcher
ISI highly cited researcher
ISI Highly Cited is a database of "highly cited researchers"—scientific researchers whose publications are most often cited in academic journals over the past decade, published by the Institute for Scientific Information...
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As a result of his early work in the field of remote sensing, Dr. Idso was honored with an Arthur S. Flemming Award
Arthur S. Flemming Award
The Arthur S. Flemming Award was established in 1948 to honor outstanding federal employees. Recognized by the President of the United States, agency heads, and the private sector, the winners are selected from all areas of the federal service. More than 500 individuals have received the award to...
, given in recognition of "his innovative research into fundamental aspects of agricultural-climatological interrelationships affecting food production and the identification of achievable research goals whose attainment could significantly aid in assessment and improvement of world food supplies." This citation continues to express the spirit that animates his current research into the biospheric consequences of the ongoing rise in the air's CO₂ content.
Climate Science
In a 1977 paper with Anthony Brazel, Sherwood Idso stated:- "anthropogenically produced tropospheric aerosols cannot be looked on as offsetting the warming tendency of increased carbon dioxide: their concurrent buildups must inexorably tend to warm the planet's surface."http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/198/4318/731
This paper was later criticised.http://ams.allenpress.com/archive/1520-0477/89/9/pdf/i1520-0477-89-9-1325.pdf
In a 1988 paper, Sherwood Idso stated:
- "Since something other than atmospheric CO₂ variability was ... clearly responsible for bringing the planet into the Little Ice Age, something other than atmospheric CO₂ variability may just as well have brought the planet out of it." http://www.co2science.org/scripts/CO2ScienceB2C/articles/V5/N13/EDIT.jsp
In a 1999 article Sherwood Idso stated:
- "I find no compelling reason to believe that the earth will necessarily experience any global warming as a consequence of the ongoing rise in the atmosphere's carbon dioxide concentration." http://oldfraser.lexi.net/publications/books/g_warming/real_world.html
Awards
- Arthur S. Flemming AwardArthur S. Flemming AwardThe Arthur S. Flemming Award was established in 1948 to honor outstanding federal employees. Recognized by the President of the United States, agency heads, and the private sector, the winners are selected from all areas of the federal service. More than 500 individuals have received the award to...
in recognition of "his innovative research into fundamental aspects of agricultural-climatological interrelationships affecting food production and the identification of achievable research goals whose attainment could significantly aid in assessment and improvement of world food supplies."
- Petr BeckmannPetr BeckmannPetr Beckmann was a statistician and physicist who became a well-known advocate of libertarianism and nuclear power...
Award "for courage and achievement in defense of scientific truth and freedom." http://www.co2science.org/articles/V6/N30/B.php
External links
- Exxon Education Foundation Dimensions 1998 report; ExxonMobil Foundation 2000 IRS 990; ExxonMobil Worldwide Giving Reports for 2003, 2005, and 2006.
- http://www.co2science.com/about/president.htm
- http://aslo.org/lo/pdf/vol_18/issue_4/0681.pdf "On the concept of lake stability"
Links with Skeptic Organizations
Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change, Center for the Study of CO2 and Climate Change.Position: President.
Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow, CFACT.
Position: Board of Academic and Scientific Advisors.
George C. Marshall Institute, GMI.
Position: Expert.
See also the Union of Concerned Scientists
Union of Concerned Scientists
The Union of Concerned Scientists is a nonprofit science advocacy group based in the United States. The UCS membership includes many private citizens in addition to professional scientists. James J...
http://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/science/skeptic-organizations.html