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The Foundation of Climate Science Hearing THE FOUNDATION OF CLIMATE SCIENCE HEARING BEFORE THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ENERGY INDEPENDENCE AND GLOBAL WARMING HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED ELEVENTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION MAY 6, 2010 Serial No. 111–17 ( Printed for the use of the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming globalwarming.house.gov U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 62–590 WASHINGTON : 2010 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Internet: bookstore.gpo.gov Phone: toll free (866) 512–1800; DC area (202) 512–1800 Fax: (202) 512–2104 Mail: Stop IDCC, Washington, DC 20402–0001 VerDate Mar 15 2010 10:45 Dec 10, 2010 Jkt 062590 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 5011 Sfmt 5011 E:\HR\OC\A590.XXX A590 WReier-Aviles on DSKGBLS3C1PROD with HEARING SELECT COMMITTEE ON ENERGY INDEPENDENCE AND GLOBAL WARMING EDWARD J. MARKEY, Massachusetts, Chairman EARL BLUMENAUER, Oregon F. JAMES SENSENBRENNER, JR., JAY INSLEE, Washington Wisconsin, Ranking Member JOHN B. LARSON, Connecticut JOHN B. SHADEGG, Arizona HILDA L. SOLIS, California GREG WALDEN, Oregon STEPHANIE HERSETH SANDLIN, CANDICE S. MILLER, Michigan South Dakota JOHN SULLIVAN, Oklahoma EMANUEL CLEAVER, Missouri MARSHA BLACKBURN, Tennessee JOHN J. HALL, New York JERRY MCNERNEY, California PROFESSIONAL STAFF MICHAEL GOO, Staff Director SARAH BUTLER, Chief Clerk BART FORSYTH, Minority Staff Director (II) VerDate Mar 15 2010 10:45 Dec 10, 2010 Jkt 062590 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 E:\HR\OC\A590.XXX A590 WReier-Aviles on DSKGBLS3C1PROD with HEARING C O N T E N T S Pages Hon. Edward J. Markey, a Representative in Congress from the Common- wealth of Massachusetts, opening statement .................................................... 1 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 3 Hon. F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr., a Representative in Congress from the State of Wisconsin, opening statement .............................................................. 5 Hon. Jackie Speier, a Representative in Congress from the State of California, opening statement ................................................................................................ 6 Hon. John Sullivan, a Representative in Congress from the State of Cali- fornia, prepared statement .................................................................................. 8 WITNESSES Dr. James Hurrell, Senior Scientist, National Center for Atmospheric Re- search .................................................................................................................... 9 Prepared Statement ......................................................................................... 11 Answers to Submitted Questions .................................................................... 112 Dr. James McCarthy, Professor of Biological Oceanography, Harvard Univer- sity ......................................................................................................................... 31 Prepared Statement ......................................................................................... 34 Answers to Submitted Questions .................................................................... 126 Lord Christopher Monckton, Chief Policy Adviser, Science and Public Policy Institute ................................................................................................................ 56 Prepared Statement ......................................................................................... 58 Supplement to Testimony, PowerPoint Slides ............................................... 62 Answers to Submitted Questions .................................................................... 134 Dr. Chris Field, Director, Department of Global Ecology, Carnegie Institution of Washington ....................................................................................................... 66 Prepared Statement ......................................................................................... 68 Dr. Lisa Graumlich, Director, School of Natural Resources and the Environ- ment, University of Arizona ................................................................................ 78 Prepared Statement ......................................................................................... 80 SUBMITTED MATERIAL Hon. John Shadegg, a Representative in Congress from the State of Arizona, the email exchanges of the University of East Anglia climate scientists, entitled ‘‘Climategate Emails.’’ ............................................................................ 85 (III) VerDate Mar 15 2010 10:45 Dec 10, 2010 Jkt 062590 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 0486 E:\HR\OC\A590.XXX A590 WReier-Aviles on DSKGBLS3C1PROD with HEARING VerDate Mar 15 2010 10:45 Dec 10, 2010 Jkt 062590 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 0486 E:\HR\OC\A590.XXX A590 WReier-Aviles on DSKGBLS3C1PROD with HEARING THE FOUNDATION OF CLIMATE SCIENCE THURSDAY, MAY 6, 2010 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SELECT COMMITTEE ON ENERGY INDEPENDENCE AND GLOBAL WARMING, Washington, DC. The committee met, pursuant to call, at 9:40 a.m., in room 2237, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Edward J. Markey (chairman of the committee) presiding. Present: Representatives Markey, Blumenauer, Inslee, Cleaver, Speier, Sensenbrenner, Shadegg, and Sullivan. Staff present: Ana Unruh Cohen and Jonah Steinbuck The CHAIRMAN. Good morning. Welcome to the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming. All eyes are focused on the economic and environ- mental disaster unfolding in the Gulf of Mexico. The BP oil spill is causing an immediate human and ecological tragedy. The spill is yet another dramatic example of why we must find alternatives to oil. The American people are desperate for safe, clean energy alter- natives, solutions that add jobs, end our oil addiction and heed the warnings of climate scientists who have called for pollution reduc- tions. Eleven people tragically lost their lives in the BP rig explo- sion, and for the past week, an estimated 5,000 barrels of oil a day have been leaking into the ocean. As a result, the Gulf Coast fish- ing, seafood and tourism industries are bracing for the worst. Wild- life refuges and marine sanctuaries remain in harms way. Congress will keep a vigilant eye on BP’s efforts to stop the leak and clean up this environmental mess. However, the visible oil is not the only carbon pollution we have to worry about. Once gaso- line is burned in our cars and trucks, carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere. We can see the oil slick in the Gulf from space, but it is the buildup of invisible carbon dioxide in our atmos- phere that is preventing heat from escaping back into space. Even as carbon dioxide’s concentration in the atmosphere has been accumulating, so has our scientific understanding of its effects and impacts. Based on over 150 years of scientific research, a clear picture has emerged of rising temperatures, increased droughts, se- vere rain storms and an acidifying ocean. Those who deny global warming point to past uncertainties that have been refuted. They ignore the overwhelming observational evidence that the increased levels of heat-trapping pollution are al- ready warming the planet. Instead of trying to understand the science, they use stolen e-mails about analysis of tree rings in Sibe- (1) VerDate Mar 15 2010 10:45 Dec 10, 2010 Jkt 062590 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6633 Sfmt 6602 E:\HR\OC\A590.XXX A590 WReier-Aviles on DSKGBLS3C1PROD with HEARING 2 ria to turn an honest discussion into a Russian tree ring circus. Or they manufacture a cooling trend by cherry-picking a few years out of a longer record of warming temperatures. While the deniers hope to confuse the public, the real-world con- sequences of inaction mount. Over the weekend, killer storms blew through Tennessee, Mississippi and Kentucky. In Nashville, nearly 13 inches of rain fell in just over 2 day’s time, almost doubling the previous record that fell in the aftermath of a hurricane in 1979. These storms follow the wettest March on record in Boston. Two 50-year storms occurred within two weeks of each other. The Na- tional Guard was mobilized. Hundreds of people were evacuated from their homes. The region suffered millions of dollars in dam- ages. No single rain storm can be attributed to climate change, nor can a snowstorm disprove its existence. But the underlying science and the observed trends do point to more extreme weather events, espe- cially heavy precipitation events because a warmer atmosphere can hold more moisture. Extreme rainfall is just one of the con- sequences of the carbon pollution we are releasing into the air. Our witnesses today will explain how science has revealed this unseen pollution for what it is and discuss the very real con- sequences of its continuing accumulation in the atmosphere. As we approach summer, our clean energy debate needs to acknowledge what many would like to deny: Our dependence on oil carries with it national security, economic and environmental risks. As gas prices rise and the oil slick spreads, perhaps we will finally ac- knowledge that we cannot drill our way to energy independence. We have 2 percent of proven oil reserves in the world. Perhaps we can also acknowledge the basic facts that have been known for decades, increasing carbon pollution in the atmosphere is warming the planet, and that the only way to put a halt to such warming is to move to a clean energy solution. I would now like to turn and recognize the ranking
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