{"id":263587,"date":"2023-06-23T20:35:13","date_gmt":"2023-06-23T18:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=263587"},"modified":"2023-06-23T20:35:16","modified_gmt":"2023-06-23T18:35:16","slug":"wrong-again-james-hansen-1988-senate-testimony-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=263587","title":{"rendered":"Wrong Again: James Hansen 1988 Senate Testimony Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"380\" data-attachment-id=\"263612\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=263612\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0014014819_0.jpg?fit=1200%2C630&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,630\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0014014819_0\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0014014819_0.jpg?fit=723%2C380&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0014014819_0.jpg?resize=723%2C380&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-263612\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0014014819_0.jpg?resize=1024%2C538&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0014014819_0.jpg?resize=300%2C158&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0014014819_0.jpg?resize=768%2C403&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0014014819_0.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/junkscience.com\/\">JunkScience.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NASA scientist James Hansen launched climate idiocy on June 23, 1988 with his famous Senate testimony. This review of it 35 years later indicates that Hansen\u2019s testimony was largely just hot air, which no doubt contributed to the legendary stuffiness of the Senate hearing room that day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"723\" height=\"407\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/igsho7acgAU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hansen\u2019s verbatim oral testimony is presented below with claim-by-claim fact checks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">###<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hansen Testimony<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Mr. Chairman and committee members, thank you for the opportunity to present the results of my research on the greenhouse effect which has been carried out with my colleagues at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies.<\/em><em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>I would like to draw three main conclusions. Number one, the earth is warmer in 1988 than at any time in the history of instrumental measurements.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Wrong again, Jim<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We don\u2019t know what the Earth\u2019s temperature is today, let alone in 1988 or anytime earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">First, here is an image of how variable temperatures are around the world:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"263590\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=263590\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/00Screen-Shot-2023-06-22-at-11.14.16-AM-728x523-1.png?fit=728%2C523&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"728,523\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"00Screen-Shot-2023-06-22-at-11.14.16-AM-728&amp;#215;523-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/00Screen-Shot-2023-06-22-at-11.14.16-AM-728x523-1.png?fit=723%2C519&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/00Screen-Shot-2023-06-22-at-11.14.16-AM-728x523-1.png?resize=723%2C520&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-263590\" width=\"723\" height=\"520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/00Screen-Shot-2023-06-22-at-11.14.16-AM-728x523-1.png?w=728&amp;ssl=1 728w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/00Screen-Shot-2023-06-22-at-11.14.16-AM-728x523-1.png?resize=300%2C216&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here is an image showing the distribution of temperature stations circa 1885:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"263591\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=263591\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/00FmzNAweWAAE3aDi-728x534-1.jpeg?fit=728%2C534&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"728,534\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"00FmzNAweWAAE3aDi-728&amp;#215;534-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/00FmzNAweWAAE3aDi-728x534-1.jpeg?fit=723%2C530&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/00FmzNAweWAAE3aDi-728x534-1.jpeg?resize=723%2C530&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-263591\" width=\"723\" height=\"530\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/00FmzNAweWAAE3aDi-728x534-1.jpeg?w=728&amp;ssl=1 728w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/00FmzNAweWAAE3aDi-728x534-1.jpeg?resize=300%2C220&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here is an image showing the distribution of temperature stations as of 2022:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"263593\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=263593\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0FmzNEnwWYAAy6Fs-728x546-1.jpeg?fit=728%2C546&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"728,546\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0FmzNEnwWYAAy6Fs-728&amp;#215;546-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0FmzNEnwWYAAy6Fs-728x546-1.jpeg?fit=723%2C542&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0FmzNEnwWYAAy6Fs-728x546-1.jpeg?resize=723%2C543&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-263593\" width=\"723\" height=\"543\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0FmzNEnwWYAAy6Fs-728x546-1.jpeg?w=728&amp;ssl=1 728w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0FmzNEnwWYAAy6Fs-728x546-1.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0FmzNEnwWYAAy6Fs-728x546-1.jpeg?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0FmzNEnwWYAAy6Fs-728x546-1.jpeg?resize=200%2C150&amp;ssl=1 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So even today, quite a bit of global temperature variability is missed by Hansen\u2019s \u201cinstrumental measurements.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/junkscience.com\/2016\/01\/only-7-9-of-noaa-temperature-stations-are-accurate-to-less-than-1c\/\">less than 8% of NOAA temperature stations reliably measure temperature to within 1\u00b0C<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"263594\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=263594\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0C0VYLKdXEAAv2gg.jpeg?fit=600%2C327&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"600,327\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0C0VYLKdXEAAv2gg\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0C0VYLKdXEAAv2gg.jpeg?fit=600%2C327&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0C0VYLKdXEAAv2gg.jpeg?resize=723%2C394&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-263594\" width=\"723\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0C0VYLKdXEAAv2gg.jpeg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0C0VYLKdXEAAv2gg.jpeg?resize=300%2C164&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hansen Testimony<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Number two, the global warming is now large enough that we can ascribe with a high degree of confidence a cause and effect relationship to the greenhouse effect.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Wrong again, Jim<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hansen claimed that emissions were enhancing the greenhouse effect and warming the planet. But since Hansen\u2019s 1988 testimony, it has become clear that El Ninos, not emissions have been driving warming. El Ninos put more water vapor (the dominant greenhouse gas) into the atmosphere, causing warming. There really is no evidence that manmade carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions have caused any warming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"263596\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=263596\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/00Figure-I-46-MEI-v2-vs-UAH-Temp-and-Volcanoes-728x409-1.jpg?fit=728%2C409&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"728,409\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"00Figure-I-46-MEI-v2-vs-UAH-Temp-and-Volcanoes-728&amp;#215;409-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/00Figure-I-46-MEI-v2-vs-UAH-Temp-and-Volcanoes-728x409-1.jpg?fit=723%2C406&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/00Figure-I-46-MEI-v2-vs-UAH-Temp-and-Volcanoes-728x409-1.jpg?resize=723%2C406&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-263596\" width=\"723\" height=\"406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/00Figure-I-46-MEI-v2-vs-UAH-Temp-and-Volcanoes-728x409-1.jpg?w=728&amp;ssl=1 728w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/00Figure-I-46-MEI-v2-vs-UAH-Temp-and-Volcanoes-728x409-1.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hansen Testimony<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>And number three, our computer climate simulations indicate that the greenhouse effect is already large enough to begin to effect the probability of extreme events such as summer heat waves.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Wrong again, Jim<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Emissions do not at all correlate with more or more intense heat waves, per the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/science2017.globalchange.gov\/chapter\/6\/#fig-6-3%22\">National Climate Assessment<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"263597\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=263597\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0FzOyRghaIAQ3pUn-728x467-1.jpeg?fit=728%2C467&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"728,467\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0FzOyRghaIAQ3pUn-728&amp;#215;467-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0FzOyRghaIAQ3pUn-728x467-1.jpeg?fit=723%2C464&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0FzOyRghaIAQ3pUn-728x467-1.jpeg?resize=723%2C464&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-263597\" width=\"723\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0FzOyRghaIAQ3pUn-728x467-1.jpeg?w=728&amp;ssl=1 728w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0FzOyRghaIAQ3pUn-728x467-1.jpeg?resize=300%2C192&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hansen Testimony<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>My first viewgraph shows the global temperature over the period of instrumental records which is about 100 years. The present temperature is the highest in the period of record. The rate of warming in the past 25 years, as you can see on the right, is the highest on record. The four warmest years, as the Senator mentioned, have all been in the 1980s. And 1988 so far is so much warmer than 1987, that barring a remarkable and improbable cooling, 1988 will the warmest year on the record.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Wrong again, Jim<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As pointed out by the late Pat Michaels in February 5, 1989 (less than 8 months after Hansen\u2019s testimony), Hansen\u2019s prediction that 1988 would be the warmest year on record, didn\u2019t survive the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"263599\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=263599\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0Screen-Shot-2023-06-22-at-11.54.08-AM-728x505-1.png?fit=728%2C505&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"728,505\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0Screen-Shot-2023-06-22-at-11.54.08-AM-728&amp;#215;505-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0Screen-Shot-2023-06-22-at-11.54.08-AM-728x505-1.png?fit=723%2C502&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0Screen-Shot-2023-06-22-at-11.54.08-AM-728x505-1.png?resize=723%2C502&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-263599\" width=\"723\" height=\"502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0Screen-Shot-2023-06-22-at-11.54.08-AM-728x505-1.png?w=728&amp;ssl=1 728w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0Screen-Shot-2023-06-22-at-11.54.08-AM-728x505-1.png?resize=300%2C208&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hansen Testimony<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Now let me turn to my second point which is causal association of the greenhouse effect and the global warming. Causal association requires first that the warming be larger than natural climate variability and, second that the magnitude and nature of the warming be consistent with the greenhouse mechanism. These points are both addressed in my second viewgraph. The observed warming during the past 30 years, which is the period when we have accurate measurements of atmospheric composition, is shown by the heavy black line in this graph. The warming is almost 0.4 degrees Centigrade by 1987 relative to climatology, which is defined as the 30-year mean, 1950 to 1980 and, in fact, the warming is more than 0.4 degrees Centigrade in 1988. The probability of a chance warming of that magnitude is about 1 percent. So with 99 percent confidence we can state that the warming during this time period is a real warming trend.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Wrong again, Jim<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hansens\u2019s claim of a warmer world were made in a period of El Ni\u00f1o warming. It was warming. But the cause was El Ni\u00f1o, not emissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"263601\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=263601\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/00Screen-Shot-2023-06-22-at-12.09.25-PM-728x214-1.png?fit=728%2C214&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"728,214\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"00Screen-Shot-2023-06-22-at-12.09.25-PM-728&amp;#215;214-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/00Screen-Shot-2023-06-22-at-12.09.25-PM-728x214-1.png?fit=723%2C213&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/00Screen-Shot-2023-06-22-at-12.09.25-PM-728x214-1.png?resize=723%2C212&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-263601\" width=\"723\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/00Screen-Shot-2023-06-22-at-12.09.25-PM-728x214-1.png?w=728&amp;ssl=1 728w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/00Screen-Shot-2023-06-22-at-12.09.25-PM-728x214-1.png?resize=300%2C88&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hansen Testimony<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The other curves in this figure are the results of global climate model calculations for three scenarios of atmospheric trace gas growth. We have considered several scenarios because there are uncertainties in the exact trace gas growth in the past and especially in the future. We have considered cases ranging from business as usual, which is scenario A, to draconian emission cuts, scenario C, which would totally eliminate net trace gas growth by the year 2000. The main point to be made here is that the expected global warming is of the same magnitude as the observed warming. Since there is only a 1 percent chance of an accidental warming of this magnitude, the agreement with the expected greenhouse effect is of considerable significance.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Wrong again, Jim<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/clintel.org\/new-presentation-by-john-christy-models-for-ar6-still-fail-to-reproduce-trends-in-tropical-troposphere\/\">Climate models have massively over-predicted warming<\/a>&nbsp;(red line vs. green line, below).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"263602\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=263602\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/00Screen-Shot-2023-06-22-at-12.26.36-PM-728x528-1.png?fit=728%2C528&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"728,528\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"00Screen-Shot-2023-06-22-at-12.26.36-PM-728&amp;#215;528-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/00Screen-Shot-2023-06-22-at-12.26.36-PM-728x528-1.png?fit=723%2C524&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/00Screen-Shot-2023-06-22-at-12.26.36-PM-728x528-1.png?resize=723%2C525&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-263602\" width=\"723\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/00Screen-Shot-2023-06-22-at-12.26.36-PM-728x528-1.png?w=728&amp;ssl=1 728w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/00Screen-Shot-2023-06-22-at-12.26.36-PM-728x528-1.png?resize=300%2C218&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hansen Testimony<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Moreover, if you look at the next level of detail in the global temperature change, there are clear signs of the greenhouse gas effect. Observational data suggests a cooling in the stratosphere while the ground is warming. The data suggest somewhat more warming over land and sea ice regions than over open ocean, more warming at high latitudes than at low latitudes, and more warming in the winter than in the summer. In all of these cases, the signal is at best just beginning to emerge, and we need more data. Some of these details, such as the northern hemisphere high latitude temperature trends, do not look exactly like the greenhouse effect, but that is expected. There are certainly other climate factors involved in addition to the greenhouse effect.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Wrong again, Jim<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wattsupwiththat.com\/2014\/08\/04\/what-stratospheric-hotspot\/\">Stratospheric cooling is not necesarily a sign of greenhouse gas warming<\/a>, per meteorologist Anthony Watts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"263604\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=263604\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/00Screen-Shot-2023-06-22-at-12.57.42-PM-728x199-1.png?fit=728%2C199&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"728,199\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"00Screen-Shot-2023-06-22-at-12.57.42-PM-728&amp;#215;199-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/00Screen-Shot-2023-06-22-at-12.57.42-PM-728x199-1.png?fit=723%2C198&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/00Screen-Shot-2023-06-22-at-12.57.42-PM-728x199-1.png?resize=723%2C197&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-263604\" width=\"723\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/00Screen-Shot-2023-06-22-at-12.57.42-PM-728x199-1.png?w=728&amp;ssl=1 728w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/00Screen-Shot-2023-06-22-at-12.57.42-PM-728x199-1.png?resize=300%2C82&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In any event, when Hansen talks about the \u201cgreenhouse has effect\u201d, that would include the effect of water vapor, the dominant greenhouse gas. El Ni\u00f1o warming would increase atmospheric water vapor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hansen Testimony<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Altogether the evidence that the earth is warming by an amount which is too large to be a chance fluctuation and the similarity of the warming to that expected from the greenhouse effect represents a very strong case. In my opinion, that the greenhouse effect has been detected, and it is changing our climate now.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Wrong again, Jim<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To this day \u2014 and 35 years after Hansen\u2019s testimony \u2014 it cannot be scientifically demonstrated that CO2 emissions have had any discernible effect on global climate. Moreover, if there has been any recent \u201cclimate change\u201d, one would be hard pressed to find someone who can explain exactly what the change has been. We live in the same climate today as in 1988 and before. The weather is always different, but that by itself does not constitute \u201cclimate change.\u201d As Hansen readily admits, his claims are all merely his opinion \u2014 not scientifically provable facts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hansen Testimony<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Then my third point. Finally, I would like to address the question of whether the greenhouse effect is already large enough to affect the probability of extreme events, such as summer heat waves. As shown in my next viewgraph, we have used the temperature changes computed in our global climate model to estimate the impact of the greenhouse effect on the frequency of hot summers in Washington, D.C. and Omaha, Nebraska. A hot summer is defined as the hottest one-third of the summers in the 1950 to 1980 period, which is the period the Weather Bureau uses for defining climatology. So, in that period the probability of having a hot summer was 33 percent, but by the 1990s, you can see that the greenhouse effect has increased the probability of a hot summer to somewhere between 55 percent and 70 percent in Washington according to our climate model simulations. In the late 1980s, the probability of a hot summer would be somewhat less than that. You can interpolate to a value of something like 40 to 60 percent.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I believe that this change in the frequency of hot summers is large enough to be noticeable to the average person. So, we have already reached a point that the greenhouse effect is important. It may also have important implications other than for creature comforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>My last viewgraph shows global maps of temperature anomalies for a particular month, July, for several different years between 1986 and 2029, as computed with our global climate model for the intermediate trace gas scenario B. As shown by the graphs on the left where yellow and red colors represent areas that are warmer than climatology and blue areas represent areas that are colder than climatology, at the present time in the 1980s the greenhouse warming is smaller than the natural variability of the local temperature. So, in any given month, there is almost as much area that is cooler than normal as there is warmer than normal. A few decades in the future, as shown on the right, it is warm almost everywhere.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Wrong again, Jim<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So here\u2019s a monthly map to consider. This is the US temperature map for June 1988 followed by the temperature map for June 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"263606\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=263606\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/01988-728x598-1.png?fit=728%2C598&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"728,598\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"01988-728&amp;#215;598-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/01988-728x598-1.png?fit=723%2C594&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/01988-728x598-1.png?resize=723%2C593&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-263606\" width=\"723\" height=\"593\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/01988-728x598-1.png?w=728&amp;ssl=1 728w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/01988-728x598-1.png?resize=300%2C246&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"263607\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=263607\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/002023-728x598-1.png?fit=728%2C598&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"728,598\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"002023-728&amp;#215;598-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/002023-728x598-1.png?fit=723%2C594&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/002023-728x598-1.png?resize=723%2C594&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-263607\" width=\"723\" height=\"594\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/002023-728x598-1.png?w=728&amp;ssl=1 728w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/002023-728x598-1.png?resize=300%2C246&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite all the CO2 emissions since June 1988, June 2023 is so far almost 1\u00b0F cooler than June 1988.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So \u201ca few decades in the future\u201d, it is NOT \u201cwarm almost everywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hansen Testimony<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>However, the point that I would like to make is that in the late 1980s and in the 1990s we notice a clear tendency in our model for greater than average warming in the southeast United States and the Midwest. In our model this result seems to arise because the Atlantic Ocean of the coast of the United States warms more slowly than the land. This leads to high pressure along the east coast and circulation of warm air north into the Midwest or southeast. There is only a tendency for this phenomenon. It is certainly not going to happen every, and climate models are certainly an imperfect tool at this time. However, we conclude that there is evidence that the greenhouse effect increases the likelihood of heat wave drought situations in the southeast and Midwest United States even though we cannot blame a specific drought on the greenhouse effect.<\/em><em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Therefore, I believe that it is not a good idea to use the period 1950 to 1980 for which climatology is normally defined as an indication of how frequently droughts will occur in the future. If our model is approximately correct, such situations may be more common in the next 10 to 15 years than they were in the period 1950 to 1980.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Wrong again, Jim<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Below is a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/junkscience.com\/2019\/10\/americas-cooling-and-the-fakenews-media-that-refuses-to-report-it\/#more-101372\">temperature map<\/a>\u00a0put together by the climate alarmist Washington Post. There is not really any warming occurring in the southeast US.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"263609\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=263609\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/00Picture1-8-728x460-1.png?fit=728%2C460&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"728,460\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"00Picture1-8-728&amp;#215;460-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/00Picture1-8-728x460-1.png?fit=723%2C457&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/00Picture1-8-728x460-1.png?resize=723%2C457&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-263609\" width=\"723\" height=\"457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/00Picture1-8-728x460-1.png?w=728&amp;ssl=1 728w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/00Picture1-8-728x460-1.png?resize=300%2C190&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hansen Testimony<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Finally, I would like to stress that there is a need for improving these global climate models, and there is a need for global observations if we\u2019re going to obtain a full understanding of these phenomena.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Right for once, Jim<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">35 years later, that is the only sentence that Hansen got correct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hansen Testimony<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>That concludes my statement, and I\u2019d be glad to answer questions if you\u2019d like.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">###<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you haven\u2019t had your fill of missed predictions by James Hansen, here are some more from&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/realclimatescience.com\/\">RealClimateScience.com<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/realclimatescience.com\/2016\/09\/more-massive-sea-level-fraud-from-james-hansen\/\">More Massive Sea Level Fraud From James Hansen<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/realclimatescience.com\/2016\/09\/james-hansen-celebrating-30-years-of-total-incompetence\/\">James Hansen \u2013 Celebrating 30 Years Of Total Incompetence<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/realclimatescience.com\/2016\/12\/nasa-climate-prophet-james-hansen-says-the-arctic-is-ice-free\/\">NASA Climate Prophet James Hansen Says The Arctic Is Ice-Free<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/realclimatescience.com\/2017\/06\/james-hansen-worst-scientist-whoever-lived\/\">James Hansen \u2013 Worst Scientist Who Ever Lived?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/realclimatescience.com\/2018\/04\/thirty-years-of-the-james-hansen-clown-show\/\">Thirty Years Of The James Hansen Clown Show<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/another%20massively%20failed%20forecast%20by%20james%20hansen\/\">Another Massively Failed Forecast By James Hansen<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/realclimatescience.com\/2022\/04\/james-hansen-2008-this-is-the-last-chance\/\">James Hansen 2008 : \u201cThis is the last chance.\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More in the&nbsp;<em>Wrong Again&nbsp;<\/em>series:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/junkscience.com\/2019\/09\/wrong-again-50-years-of-failed-eco-pocalyptic-predictions\/\">Wrong Again: 50 Years of Failed Eco-pocalyptic Predictions<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/junkscience.com\/2020\/12\/wrong-again-2020s-failed-climate-doomsaying\/\">Wrong Again: 2020\u2019s Failed Climate Doomsaying<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/junkscience.com\/wrong-again-al-gore-nobel-lecture-edition\/\">Wrong Again: Al Gore Nobel Lecture Edition<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASA scientist James Hansen launched climate idiocy on June 23, 1988 with his famous Senate testimony. This review of it 35 years later indicates that Hansen\u2019s testimony was largely just hot air, which no doubt contributed to the legendary stuffiness of the Senate hearing room that day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":263612,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691818056,691818090,691818076,691820300,691818296,691820453,691818491],"class_list":{"0":"post-263587","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-climate-change","9":"tag-climate-warning","10":"tag-co2","11":"tag-el-ninos","12":"tag-greenhouse-effect","13":"tag-james-hansen","14":"tag-nasa","16":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0014014819_0.jpg?fit=1200%2C630&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-16zp","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":266959,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=266959","url_meta":{"origin":263587,"position":0},"title":"Climate Fact-Check June 2023 Edition","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"07\/12\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"We\u2019ll close out by returning to James Hansen\u2019s June 1988 testimony. As it turns out, June 2023 was 1.53\u00b0F\u00a0cooler\u00a0in the U.S. than June 1988.","rel":"","context":"In \"Climate change\"","block_context":{"text":"Climate change","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=climate-change"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-350.png?fit=1024%2C1024&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-350.png?fit=1024%2C1024&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-350.png?fit=1024%2C1024&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-350.png?fit=1024%2C1024&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":205286,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=205286","url_meta":{"origin":263587,"position":1},"title":"Toasted Climate","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"06\/21\/2022","format":false,"excerpt":"\u201cWe\u2019re toast if we don\u2019t get on a very different path,\u201d Hansen, director of the Goddard Institute of Space Sciences who is sometimes called the godfather of global warming science, told The Associated Press. \u201cThis is the last chance.\u201d\u2013 JUNE 24, 2008 NASA Climate Scientist Says \u201cWe\u2019re Toast\u201d \u2013 CBS\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/0Image-3605.png?fit=938%2C619&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/0Image-3605.png?fit=938%2C619&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/0Image-3605.png?fit=938%2C619&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/0Image-3605.png?fit=938%2C619&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":263622,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=263622","url_meta":{"origin":263587,"position":2},"title":"In Search of the \u201cGreenhouse Signal\u201d in the 1990s (and when did they know?)","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"06\/24\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"When did the \u201cgreenhouse signal\u201d become recognized and \u201csettled science\u201d? 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Particularly important is the estimated anthropogenic warming and sea level rise: 3-9 degrees F and 1-4 feet between 2025 and 2050. Today, 35 years later, the recorded\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"Climate change\"","block_context":{"text":"Climate change","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=climate-change"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/01355266.webp?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/01355266.webp?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/01355266.webp?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/01355266.webp?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/01355266.webp?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":400895,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=400895","url_meta":{"origin":263587,"position":5},"title":"New York Times on Climate: Now (2025) and Then (1988)","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"09\/08\/2025","format":false,"excerpt":"The\u00a0New York Times\u00a0is the newspaper of record on climate alarm. 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