Hurricane Expert May Be Out of Job Over Global Warming Views
A pioneering expert on hurricane forecasting may be out of a job due to the debate over global warming, according to a report in the Houston Chronicle on Tuesday.*
Dr. William Gray, who once said global warming scientists are "brainwashing our children," claims that Colorado State University will no longer promote his yearly hurricane forecasts due to his controversial views, the Chronicle reports.
Gray complained in a memo to the head of Colorado State’s Department of Atmospheric Sciences that "this is obviously a flimsy excuse and seems to me to be a cover for the Department’s capitulation to the desires of some (in their own interest) who want to reign (sic) in my global warming and global warming-hurricane criticisms," the Chronicle reports.
School officials denied that Gray’s stand on global warming was an issue, and said that they are cutting back on media support for his forecasts due to the strain it places on the schools lone media staffer, according to the Chronicle.
Some experts say that Dr. Gray’s views highlight the politically-charged atmosphere that surrounds global warming research in the United States.
"Bill Gray has come under a lot of fire for his views," former director of the National Hurricane Center Neil Frank told the Chronicle. "If, indeed, this is happening, it would be really sad that Colorado State is trying to rein in Bill Gray."
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Dr. William Gray, who once said global warming scientists are "brainwashing our children," claims that Colorado State University will no longer promote his yearly hurricane forecasts due to his controversial views, the Chronicle reports.
Gray complained in a memo to the head of Colorado State’s Department of Atmospheric Sciences that "this is obviously a flimsy excuse and seems to me to be a cover for the Department’s capitulation to the desires of some (in their own interest) who want to reign (sic) in my global warming and global warming-hurricane criticisms," the Chronicle reports.
School officials denied that Gray’s stand on global warming was an issue, and said that they are cutting back on media support for his forecasts due to the strain it places on the schools lone media staffer, according to the Chronicle.
Some experts say that Dr. Gray’s views highlight the politically-charged atmosphere that surrounds global warming research in the United States.
"Bill Gray has come under a lot of fire for his views," former director of the National Hurricane Center Neil Frank told the Chronicle. "If, indeed, this is happening, it would be really sad that Colorado State is trying to rein in Bill Gray."
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