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Ian Enting

Physics Professor, IPCC Lead Author

Ian G. Enting leads the CSIRO Atmospheric Research team on greenhouse gas modelling. He trained in mathematical physics and joined CSIRO in 1980. His modelling interests include both predictive modelling (calculating future greenhouse gas concentrations), and interpretive modelling (understanding past and present patterns of emissions of greenhouse gases). His particular area of interest is in systematic assessment of the uncertainties involved in such calculations.
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Ian Enting's Opinions

Agree
I'm acting as a reviewer for the latest last little bit of the IPCC reports, and you actually do get to see this vast body of evidence in appallingly large detail (and massive amounts of trees have gone into it) and that's what you can't explain away. So it tends to be people who focus on one very tiny aspect and say there could be other causes, but when you look at the evidence as a whole or even a large part of it, then I don't think there's anything in these [skeptical] arguments at all.
14 Jul 2007    Source


Agree
One of the things is that the climate system is very complex. It's not as complex as Senator Minchin would make out, it's not the most complex system known to man-the human brain I would probably rate higher, the development of life and so on-because Arrhenius could predict four degrees warming back in 1896 from doubling CO2.
14 Jul 2007    Source


Comparisons with Other Experts and Influencers

The similarity between Ian Enting and each expert and influencer is calculated by looking at how the same questions were answered. These figures are used to calculate conforming, nonconforming, and projected opinions. The accuracy of the analysis depends on Ian Enting's coverage, which grows with the number of their opinions entered into TakeOnIt.

Agree
Michael Oppenheimer
Physics Professor, IPCC Lead Author
100% agreement / 1 opinions

Michael Shermer
Scientist, Skeptic, Author
100% agreement / 1 opinions

Amanda Marcotte
Blogger, Author, Feminist
100% agreement / 1 opinions

Wallace Broecker
Climate Scientist, Coined "Global Warming"
100% agreement / 1 opinions

RealClimate
Climatology Blog
100% agreement / 1 opinions

Barack Obama
United States President
100% agreement / 1 opinions

Mostly Agree
Steven Chu
US Energy Secretary, Nobel Laureate in Physics
75% agreement / 1 opinions

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
(IPCC) Scientific Body formed by U.N.
75% agreement / 1 opinions

In-Between
Roy Spencer
Meteorologist
50% agreement / 2 opinions

John Christy
Climatology Professor, Former IPCC Lead Author
50% agreement / 1 opinions

Mostly Disagree
Don Aitkin
Politics Professor
25% agreement / 1 opinions

Monte Hieb
Mining Engineer
25% agreement / 1 opinions

Khabibullo Abdusamatov
Astronomer
25% agreement / 1 opinions

S. Fred Singer
Head of NIPCC, Astrophysics Professor
25% agreement / 1 opinions

Jasper Kirkby
Particle Physicist
25% agreement / 1 opinions

Disagree
Sarah Palin
Former Governor of Alaska (Republican)
0% agreement / 1 opinions

Conservapedia
Christian Encyclopedia
0% agreement / 1 opinions

Michele Bachmann
US Politician, Republican
0% agreement / 1 opinions

David Kear
Geologist
0% agreement / 1 opinions

David Bellamy
Botanist, Documentarian
0% agreement / 1 opinions

Robert Carter
Marine Geophysical Professor
0% agreement / 1 opinions

Conforming Opinions

Ian Enting's conforming opinions are opinions that align with the group of experts and influencers Ian Enting typically agrees with.

Coverage Answer Question
High Agree Is global warming caused primarily by humans?

Projected Opinions

Ian Enting's projected opinions are opinions Ian Enting is expected to have if their opinions align with the experts and influencers that they typically agree with.

Coverage Answer Question
Medium Mostly Disagree Is Yucca mountain the best place to store nuclear waste?
Medium Mostly Agree Should the United States invade Iraq?
Medium Mostly Agree Should abortion be legal?
Medium Agree Is free trade generally beneficial for a country?
Medium Agree Should the US close Guantanamo Bay?
Medium Mostly Agree Should the United States have Universal health care?
Medium Agree Does Cap and Trade beat carbon tax for reducing emissions?
Low Neutral Would invading Iraq result in a quagmire?
Low Disagree Should marijuana be legal?
Low Mostly Agree Will genocide occur if the US pulls its combat troops out of Iraq?
Low Neutral Should gay and straight couples have the same legal benefits?
Low Disagree Should the federal government ban gay marriage?
Low Mostly Disagree Should research on stem cells from human embryos be banned?
Low Mostly Agree Is the death penalty acceptable?
Low Mostly Agree Is affirmative action fair?
Low Agree Did complex life evolve through the process of natural selection?
Low Disagree Should Intelligent Design be taught in science class?
Low Agree Should the US fence its border with Mexico?
Low Neutral Are gun control laws a serious breach of civil liberties?
Low Neutral Is abstinence-only sex education effective?
Low Neutral Does God exist?
Low Neutral Should the US president talk face to face with Iran's president?
Low Disagree Is Russia's invasion of Georgia justified?
Low Agree Is the IPCC objective?