Milloy statement on medical journal climate editorial
More than 200 medical journals, including the New England Medical Journal, have run a hysterical and false editorial on climate. Here is my statement.
The editorial claims that no increase in temperature is ‘safe.’ This is, of course, falsified by the reality that since industrialization, human population has boomed from about 1 billion to 7.8 billion. Global population has grown 75% since NASA’s James Hansen started fretting global warming in 1980. COVID aside, the global population is living longer, and leading healthier and wealthier lives.
Part of the reason for this bounty is ever increasing global crop production. The editorial falsely claims that “Global heating is also contributing to the decline in global yield potential for major crops.” Year-to-year variation aside, global crop production is at record levels and increasing thanks to fossil-fuel based technology as well as slight warming and increased CO2.
https://junkscience.com/2021/09/milloy-statement-on-medical-journal-climate-editorial/#more-105895
