Topic: Roger Revelle

2 chapters across the catalog

Seven Proxies
Episode 600 2:56:16 - 3:01:00

600: Seven Proxies

Al Gore, Roger Revelle, Maurice Strong, UN IPCC Origins

The historical origins of the global warming movement are traced back to Roger Revelle's 1957 paper on CO2. Al Gore, a student of Revelle at Harvard, is credited with turning the research into a political campaign. Maurice Strong is identified as the UN bureaucrat who leveraged the movement to establish the IPCC in 1972, with the ultimate goal of global governance and carbon trading.

Seven Proxies
Episode 600 3:01:00 - 3:05:38

600: Seven Proxies

Scientific Consensus, Roger Revelle's Recantation, Cosmos Magazine

The concept of "scientific consensus" is challenged as a political rather than scientific tool. Roger Revelle's later-life recantation—where he co-authored an article with Fred Singer in Cosmos Magazine urging caution—is discussed. Al Gore reportedly dismissed his former mentor as "senile" to maintain the "debate is over" narrative.