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Ball has published a number of peer-reviewed papers in the field of [[historical climatology]], most of which pertain to reconstructing temperatures in Canada during the past several centuries.<ref>These papers include:
Ball has published a number of peer-reviewed papers in the field of [[historical climatology]], most of which pertain to reconstructing temperatures in Canada during the past several centuries.<ref>These papers include:
*{{cite doi|10.1007/BF00141667}}
*{{cite doi|10.1007/BF00141667}}
*{{cite doi|10.1007/BF00139750}}
*{{cite doi|10.1007/BF00139750}}</ref> In 2003, Ball co-authored a book entitled "Eighteenth-Century Naturalists of Hudson Bay," which was reviewed in the [[American Indian Quarterly]] by Theodore Binnema of the [[University of Northern British Columbia]] two years later.<ref>{{cite journal | url=http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/american_indian_quarterly/v029/29.3binnema.pdf | title=Eighteenth-Century Naturalists of Hudson Bay (review) | author=Binnema, Theodore | journal=[[American Indian Quarterly]] | year=2005 | month=Summer/Fall | volume=29 | issue=3 & 4 | pages=732-733 | doi=10.1353/aiq.2005.0078}}</ref> In 2007, Ball, along with [[Willie Soon]], [[David Legates]], and [[Sallie Baliunas]], was a co-author on a paper which contented that "spring air temperatures around the Hudson Bay basin for the past 70 years (1932–2002) show no significant warming trend," and that, as a result, "the extrapolation of polar bear disappearance is highly premature."<ref>{{cite doi|10.1016/j.ecocom.2007.03.002}}</ref>
*{{cite doi|10.1007/BF00144682}}</ref> In 2003, Ball co-authored a book entitled "Eighteenth-Century Naturalists of Hudson Bay," which was reviewed in the [[American Indian Quarterly]] by Theodore Binnema of the [[University of Northern British Columbia]] two years later.<ref>{{cite journal | url=http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/american_indian_quarterly/v029/29.3binnema.pdf | title=Eighteenth-Century Naturalists of Hudson Bay (review) | author=Binnema, Theodore | journal=[[American Indian Quarterly]] | year=2005 | month=Summer/Fall | volume=29 | issue=3 & 4 | pages=732-733 | doi=10.1353/aiq.2005.0078}}</ref> In 2007, Ball, along with [[Willie Soon]], [[David Legates]], and [[Sallie Baliunas]], was a co-author on a paper which contented that "spring air temperatures around the Hudson Bay basin for the past 70 years (1932–2002) show no significant warming trend," and that, as a result, "the extrapolation of polar bear disappearance is highly premature."<ref>{{cite doi|10.1016/j.ecocom.2007.03.002}}</ref>


==Credentials and controversy==
==Credentials and controversy==
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==Skepticism of the consensus position on global warming==
==Skepticism of the consensus position on global warming==
Ball's position on global warming opposes that of the mainstream scientific community, as he has stated that while global warming is occurring, that human production of [[carbon dioxide]] is not the cause thereof.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=4cc39711-79fc-43ad-a2c0-73a1b4fe88a2&k=70079 | title=Climate of controversy | work=[[Ottawa Citizen]] | date=18 May 2006 | accessdate=27 January 2014}}</ref>
Ball's position on global warming opposes that of the mainstream scientific community, as he has stated that while global warming is occurring, that human production of [[carbon dioxide]] is not the cause thereof,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=4cc39711-79fc-43ad-a2c0-73a1b4fe88a2&k=70079 | title=Climate of controversy | work=[[Ottawa Citizen]] | date=18 May 2006 | accessdate=27 January 2014}}</ref> and that the existence of a consensus on humans being the cause of global warming is not necessarily indicative of this actually being a scientific fact.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.spiked-online.com/articles/0000000CA9D7.htm | title=If you could teach the world just one thing... | work=[[Spiked (magazine)|Spiked]] | date=2005 | accessdate=27 January 2014 | author=Ball, Timothy F.}}</ref> Ball has also said that since he became a vocal opponent of the consensus position on global warming, he has received five death threats.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1545134/Scientists-threatened-for-climate-denial.html | title=Scientists threatened for 'climate denial' | work=[[The Telegraph]] | date=11 March 2007 | accessdate=27 January 2014 | author=Harper, Tom}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

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Vorlage:Userspace draft Vorlage:Infobox scientist Timothy Francis Ball (born November 5, 1938) is a former professor in the department of geography at the University of Winnipeg, where he worked from 1988 until his retirement 8 years later.[1] He is an outspoken climate change skeptic,[2] and claims that he and other skeptics have made regarding his credentials and academic career have been the focus of considerable controversy.[3]

Education

Ball received a bachelor's degree with honors from the University of Manitoba in 1970, followed by an M.A. from the University of Manitoba in 1971 and a PhD from Queen Mary University of London in England in 1983.[1]

Research and books

Ball has published a number of peer-reviewed papers in the field of historical climatology, most of which pertain to reconstructing temperatures in Canada during the past several centuries.[4] In 2003, Ball co-authored a book entitled "Eighteenth-Century Naturalists of Hudson Bay," which was reviewed in the American Indian Quarterly by Theodore Binnema of the University of Northern British Columbia two years later.[5] In 2007, Ball, along with Willie Soon, David Legates, and Sallie Baliunas, was a co-author on a paper which contented that "spring air temperatures around the Hudson Bay basin for the past 70 years (1932–2002) show no significant warming trend," and that, as a result, "the extrapolation of polar bear disappearance is highly premature."[6]

Credentials and controversy

In 2007, Ball appeared in the Great Global Warming Swindle, where he was identified onscreen as a professor in the department of climatology at the University of Winnipeg,[7] and he is also identified as such on the Heartland Institute's website.[8] However, critics have observed that, in fact, Ball was a professor of geography there, has been retired since 1996, and that, in fact, the University of Winnipeg does not have, nor has it ever had, a climatology department.[9] Ball has also claimed, in an article written for the Calgary Herald, to be the first person to receive a PhD in climatology in Canada, and that he had been a professor for 28 years,[10] claims he also made in a letter to the then-prime minister of Canada, Paul Martin.[11] However, on April 23, 2006, Dan Johnson, a professor of environmental science at the University of Lethbridge, wrote a letter to the Herald in which he stated that at the time Ball received his PhD in 1983, "Canada already had PhDs in climatology," and that Ball had only been a professor for eight years, rather than 28 as he had claimed.[12]

Skepticism of the consensus position on global warming

Ball's position on global warming opposes that of the mainstream scientific community, as he has stated that while global warming is occurring, that human production of carbon dioxide is not the cause thereof,[13] and that the existence of a consensus on humans being the cause of global warming is not necessarily indicative of this actually being a scientific fact.[14] Ball has also said that since he became a vocal opponent of the consensus position on global warming, he has received five death threats.[15]

References

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  1. ↑ a b Curriculum Vitae. In: Drtimball.com. Abgerufen am 27. Januar 2014.
  2. ↑ Climate guru puts 'global warming' on ice. In: WorldNetDaily. 6. Oktober 2013, abgerufen am 27. Januar 2014.
  3. ↑ Littlemore, Richard: Dr. Tim Ball: The Lie that Just Won't Die. In: DeSmogBlog. 5. Februar 2007, abgerufen am 27. Januar 2014.
  4. ↑ These papers include:
  5. ↑ Binnema, Theodore: Eighteenth-Century Naturalists of Hudson Bay (review). In: American Indian Quarterly. 29. Jahrgang, Nr. 3 & 4, S. 732–733, doi:10.1353/aiq.2005.0078 (jhu.edu [PDF]).
  6. ↑ Vorlage:Cite doi
  7. ↑ Vorlage:Cite AV media
  8. ↑ Timothy Ball. In: Heartland Institute website. Abgerufen am 27. Januar 2014: „Dr. Timothy Ball is a renowned environmental consultant and former climatology professor at the University of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.“
  9. ↑ Complaint to Ofcom Regarding “The Great Global Warming Swindle”. In: Ofcomswindlecomplaint.net. 11. Juni 2007, S. 134, abgerufen am 27. Januar 2014.
  10. ↑ Ball, Tim: Aussies' Suzuki heavier on rhetoric than on science. In: The Calgary Herald. 19. April 2006, abgerufen am 27. Januar 2014.
  11. ↑ Hoggan, James: Climate Cover-Up. Greystone Books, 2009, S. 142–143 (google.com).
  12. ↑ Timothy F. Ball. In: DeSmogBlog. Abgerufen am 27. Januar 2014.
  13. ↑ Climate of controversy. In: Ottawa Citizen. 18. Mai 2006, abgerufen am 27. Januar 2014.
  14. ↑ Ball, Timothy F.: If you could teach the world just one thing... In: Spiked. 2005, abgerufen am 27. Januar 2014.
  15. ↑ Harper, Tom: Scientists threatened for 'climate denial'. In: The Telegraph. 11. März 2007, abgerufen am 27. Januar 2014.
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