There must be many youngsters fired up at school about climate, and keen to study something linked to it at university. It is such a broad area, and now such a prosperous one, that many different subjects and even some 'disciplines' offer courses. But some will be unsatisfactory. Some will be unscientific. Some will be biased and politicised beyond the pale.
A Professor Abraham of St Thomas University in the States published a snide, superficial, supercilious, and super-silly online presentation that presumably reflected his teaching style, his integrity, and his grasp of climate science.
The C3 site describes him as the 'Bozo of St Thomas':
http://www.c3headlines.com/2010/07/the-bozo-of-st-thomas-university-professor-ignominiously-confirms-the-lying-of-global-warming-alarmi.html
Viscount Monckton, whose earlier presentation was the target of Abraham's, has replied at length. After first giving Abraham a month to explain himself and respond to Monckton's concerns. Answer was there none.
You can reach the offending presentation (83 minutes, with soundtrack and slides) and get Monckton's detailed response in a pdf file via here:
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2010/07/12/a-detailed-rebuttal-to-abraham-from-monckton/
Or you can get the rebuttal directly from the SPPI site here: http://scienceandpublicpolicy.org/reprint/response_to_john_abraham.html
Monckton's response would be a good gift for a senior school pupil looking for a suitable university and a suitable degree. It will encourage them to be very careful where they go, as well as show them how a civilised man debates.
Who knows how many Abraham-clones there are in the UK alone?
