In the first two paragraphs of this article, Mark Lawson says:
- "whole world has been screaming"
- "despite all the screaming "
- "sheer volume of screaming"

I stopped there of course, because who wants to read nonsense like this. The last OLO article from Mark Lawson was also a rant about scientists "screaming" and so on. (article 5559)

Well done Liam for obtaining the list of "prominent scientists." You are right to go looking into the backgrounds. Notice the number of "former directors" and "emeritus [retired] professors". We can add Robert Balling as a former director.(http://www.public.asu.edu/~aunjs/azscpeople.html). The list includes Tim Ball, who's academic credentials are a matter for the courts in Canada (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_F._Ball).

Of course, listed is John Christy who is a genuine scientist who accepts the obvious premise that recent global-warming is largely caused by human activity, but has been sceptical of some predictions. Scientific scepticism is an essential element of scientific inquiry.

Science is looking into every aspect of global warming. Our capacity to comprehend it and provide solutions improves continously. The IPCC summarises the science, and there is no evidence that any relevant scientific evidence is ignored.