Posted on 05/22/2018 12:29:29 PM PDT by ETL
In a NASA town hall yesterday (May 17), NASA's new administrator, Jim Bridenstine, said that he knows Earth's climate is changing, and that humans contribute to it "in a major way," also supporting NASA's research into that important area. The statement is significant because Bridenstine has expressed doubt about human-caused climate change in the past, causing some to question his suitability to lead a fact-focused NASA.
In 2013, as an Oklahoma congressman, Bridenstine claimed there was no current trend toward global warming. More recently, such as in his NASA administrator confirmation hearings last November, he has acknowledged that human activity contributes to climate change. But he had stopped short of saying that humans are the phenomenon's primary cause.
At the NASA employee town hall, Bridenstine described how his thinking had "evolved" on the topic and laid out his current beliefs.
"I don't deny the consensus that the climate is changing; in fact, I fully believe and know that the climate is changing," he said. "I also know that we, human beings, are contributing to it in a major way. Carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas. We're putting it into the atmosphere in volumes that we haven't seen, and that greenhouse gas is warming the planet.
"That is absolutely happening, and we are responsible for it," he added. "NASA is the one agency on the face of the planet that has the most credibility to do the science necessary so that we can understand it better than ever before."
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Did he then proceed to explain that objective measures of temperature have shown no reliable increase in 20 years and that, in fact, the two most recent years are indicative of a cooling trend?
Didn’t think so.
Clearly another deep-state supporter has raised it's ugly head...Cut it off...
Clearly another deep-state supporter has raised it's ugly head...Cut it off...
Climate is always changing. That’s a fact.
Proving, yet again that the Alphabet Agencies are corrupt, and worthless.
The worst part of this administration is the hiring process. It really is amazing how inept some of these bureaucrats are.
That’s good, right?
Climate change existed long before humans. The earth’s climate isn’t static. It’s supposed to change. If not, what temperature should it stay at?
At what time period/s in the planet’s history has the climate been static, Mr. Bridenstine?
For bonus points; what percentage of earth’s history have humans existed?
Even the ones like Sessions and Bridenstene that seemed solid at the time.
Time to fire him. A reasonably bright high school student with decent math/physics skills would be a better replacement.
I agree. Sessions is in way over his head.
I wish Trump would thoroughly vet the people he appoints to these high positions. rather than relying on his stealth Deep State advisers.
By believing, we make it real...
Other than Senator Doug Jones, what did Sessions produce in 2017? He may be one whose reputation exceeds his grasp.
Almost 40 years of good data showing an increase: http://images.remss.com/msu/msu_time_series.html
But warming is caused by CO2 and solar. There was high solar through the early 2000's. Then a leveling off. Solar was very low for a few years (2007-2010) but went to normal again. The latest spike was El Nino. By any reasonable analysis, with upcoming low solar we will level off and perhaps cool a bit for the next 10-20 years. Warming is a net benefit regardless.
I think if it were me, I would regard this as his resignation speech.
Sheila Jackson Lee (Democrat!)
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
From Texas's 18th district
On a visit to the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory in 2005, Jackson Lee made embarrassing news by asking if the Mars Pathfinder had taken an image of the flag planted there in 1969 by Neil Armstrong.[2]
Prior to the 110th Congress, Jackson Lee served on the House Science Committee and on the Subcommittee that oversees space policy and NASA.
http://web.archive.org/web/20100409095818/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheila_Jackson_Lee
Link takes you to article on firefly s. Did search for Nasa and the listed author and came back negative. You sure this is on FOX.
Their mission should not involve climate science in anyway. There is a fake investigative branch of government already for that called NOAA.
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