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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Experts Most Alike:

Steven Chu US Energy Secretary, Nobel Laureate in Physics	75% Agreement / 1
Michael Oppenheimer Physics Professor, IPCC Lead Author	100% Agreement / 1

Experts Least Alike:

Roy Spencer Meteorologist	50% Agreement / 2
John Christy Climatology Professor, Former IPCC Lead Author	50% Agreement / 1

Ian Enting's Opinions

Global Warming

Is global warming caused primarily by humans?

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.

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Climatology

Is it possible to accurately predict climate?

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.

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Comparisons to Other Experts

Agree

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

Geoff Davies
Geophysicist
100% / 1 opinions

Barack Obama
United States President
100% / 1 opinions

Hillary Clinton
US Secretary of State 2009-, Democrat
100% / 1 opinions

Joseph Romm
Physicist, Environmentalist, Writer
100% / 1 opinions

John McCain
U.S. Senator, Republican
100% / 1 opinions

Mostly Agree

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

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

In-Between

Roy Spencer
Meteorologist
50% / 2 opinions

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

Mostly Disagree

Don Aitkin
Politics Professor
25% / 1 opinions

Monte Hieb
Mining Engineer
25% / 1 opinions

Khabibullo Abdusamatov
Astronomer
25% / 1 opinions

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

Jasper Kirkby
Particle Physicist
25% / 1 opinions

Disagree

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

Michele Bachmann
US Politician, Republican
0% / 1 opinions

David Kear
Geologist
0% / 1 opinions

David Bellamy
Botanist, Documentarian
0% / 1 opinions

Robert Carter
Marine Geophysical Professor
0% / 1 opinions

Global Warming Petition Project
Petition
0% / 1 opinions

Denis Rancourt
Physics Professor
0% / 1 opinions

B.P. Radhakrishna
Geologist, President of the Geological Society of India
0% / 1 opinions

Tom Segalstad
Geology Professor
0% / 1 opinions