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I have been an admirer of Richard Muller for some time, though I had no idea that he was among the climate change skeptics. One of the reasons I admire him is that he follows the evidence, and in doing so, he came to a conclusion opposite to what his funders had hoped for: “that the Berkeley (Earth Surface Temperature) project would conclude that global warming is a myth.” No myth. No myth-take!
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\nThat quote is from Paul Krugman’s column in today’s New York Times<\/A>.<\/p>\n

To see how I treat this issue for young readers, read the climate modeling chapter in Seven Wonders of Exploration Technology<\/em><\/A> (Twenty-First Century Books, 2010).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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