AAPG: shifting position on climate change?

This is quite an interesting sign of one particular group of scientists shifting into a more consensual position on climate change. The American Association of Petroleum Geologists have probably been the main scientific organisation that have been denouncing the science behind anthropogenic climate change.

The previous statement of the organisation was one that took a strong denier position by not accepting that current warming is beyond natural variation and proposing no action to reduce emissions. They simply denied an area of science few of them actually work in, quite possibly with little reference to the validity of the science, and a large slice of industry bias.

Old AAPG Policy Statement

Well, there seems to be a a shift in policy of this organisation under way. They have a draft statement being discussed that, whilst still opaque, is a move towards that of most scientific organisations.

Proposed AAPG Policy Statement

You can follow the web discussion they are having:

climate.aapg.org...

Welcome to the 21st century AAPG?

[edit on 12-5-2007 by melatonin]

Nice find, Melatonin! I think thepublic is very confused about Global Warming and many say that scientists are in dispute over it. Hmm, looks like the scientists who don't believe in GW are ones who aren't in the field of climatology, biology or any kind of science they're familiar with.

Nice post. But are we too late to change the climate. The West has no place to stop Chna and India developing their economies after having done the same for so long. America's use of energy per capita is apparently three times higher than China at present.

However the data seems irrefutable-all that matters is how to find a way to mitigate the effects of global warming. This is where Science funding bodies should now focus a relevant portion of their collective energies.

One thing for sure, we cannot stop the contribution of solar variations and volcanism as causative factors.