Contact:
Steve Pierce
President, Oregon Chapter of the American Meteorological Society Oregon AMS web site:
http://www.ametsoc.org/chapters/oregon/
E-mail: stevejpierce@comcast.net
Phone: 503-504-2075
Oregon Chapter of the American Meteorological Society (AMS) to co-host Oregon
Climatologist Dr. Phil Mote in Counterpoint Meeting on Global Climate Change April 10th at
Portland State University
Portland, Oregon (March 28th 2012) – “The Oregon Chapter of the American Meteorological
Society (AMS) is proud to announce that it will co-host a two hour meeting at Portland
State University with Oregon Climatologist Dr. Phil Mote. This educational meeting will
explore humans role in global climate change and is being co-hosted with the Sigma Xi
Columbia-Willamette Chapter. This public meeting will take place on Tuesday, April 10th
from 7-9pm and is being billed as, “The Scientific Case for Human Influence on Global
Climate: What We Learn From Analyzing ALL The Evidence.” Joining Dr. Mote will be Andreas
Schmittner, Oregon State University Professor of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences and Dr.
Christina Hulbe, Professor of Geology at Portland State University.”
“The panel plans to give a single joint presentation that will educate attendees on the
influence humans have on climate, as backed by scientific evidence. The panel may also
raise counterpoints to data presented at a similar Oregon AMS meeting last January. In
that meeting, the Oregon Chapter of the American Meteorological Society (AMS) hosted a
panel of scientists that asked the question, “Is Human Caused Global Warming the Greatest
Scientific Myth of Our Generation?” A capacity audience of 500 attended the meeting, which
was the single largest in the chapters sixty-five year history. The Oregon AMS chapter is
committed to examining all the evidence with regards to climate change. To that end, our
mission statement reads, “The purpose of this society shall be to advance professional
ideals in the science of meteorology and to promote the development, exchange, and
application of meteorological knowledge.” By presenting all sides of this topic we hope
the public will become better educated regarding global climate change. There is still a
large divide amongst the general public on what is the primary driver behind climate
change. We hope our series of meetings this year will dispel some of the long standing
climate change myths, while confirming others with solid scientific evidence. No matter
what their personal view of climate change was, attendees of our first meeting in January
were cordial and an informational meeting ensued. We anticipate the same level of
professionalism from our April 10th meeting and encourage all those who are interested to
attend. This is the first presentation given by Dr. Mote to the Oregon AMS chapter since
the George Taylor / Phil Mote debate at OMSI in January of 2007. We are honored to host
Dr. Mote and his colleagues and look forward to a great evening. This meeting is free and
open to the general public. Please arrive early for best seating, as a large turnout is
expected. Regional media is encouraged to advance as well as cover this event and link
directly to our web site for the latest meeting updates.”
The Oregon Chapter of the American Meteorological Society is the single largest
non-collegiate based state AMS chapter in the country, with more than 180 total members.
Membership in this society is open to persons who are interested in the active support of
the advance professional ideals in the science of meteorology and the development,
exchange, and application of meteorological knowledge. Membership dues are just $7 per
year. If you would like to find out more information about the Oregon Chapter of the
American Meteorological Society please see: http://www.ametsoc.org/chapters/oregon. For
more information on the Sigma Xi Columbia-Willamette Chapter please see:
http://sx-cw.org
See meeting announcement attached, as well as pasted below.
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