Benny Peiser

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Benny Josef Peiser (* 1957 in Haifa , Israel ) is a cultural scientist .

education

Peiser studied political science , English and sports science at the University of Frankfurt . In 1993 he did his doctorate there with an investigation of the historical, archaeological and natural history problems of the Greek Axial Age using the example of the ancient Olympic Games .

job

Until July 2010 Peiser taught at the Faculty of Sports and Exercise Science at Liverpool John Moores University .

Peiser is engaged in a. with the topic of catastrophism and apocalyptic worldviews in the history of the earth and humanity . He is a member of the Royal Astronomical Society and the British Spaceguard Association and dealt with the possible consequences of impacts by meteorites and other near-earth objects and the planning of countermeasures . He was also the moderator of the Cambridge Conference Network (CCNet), a network of scientists and politicians interested in the topics of catastrophism in general and near-Earth objects in particular. Because of his merits, a minor planet ( Minor Planet (7107) Peiser ) was named after him by the International Astronomical Union . He was co-editor of Energy and Environment magazine and advisor to the UK Lifeboat Foundation from 2011 to 2016 .

Peiser writes for Spiked , Novo and the weblog The Axis of the Good .

Peiser is seen as an actor in organized climate denial , who, according to his own statements, sees a serious difference between the political rhetoric on climate change, which he perceives as hysterical and apocalyptic, and the facts and measures. Peiser fears that exaggerated statements about the negative consequences of climate change could encourage a new form of terrorism. The global warming is more advantageous from a British perspective.

In 2004, he criticized in Science article published Beyond the Ivory Tower: The Scientific Consensus on Climate Change by Naomi Oreskes in which they the abstracts of 928 scientific publications, the keyword "global climate change" contained and a peer review had successfully completed , evaluated and found a scientific consensus on anthropogenic global warming. Peiser said during his own research he found 34 papers in which human activities were questioned or rejected as the main cause of climate change, asked Science in two letters to withdraw Oreskes' article, and publicly protested when Science refused to publish his To print the opinion. In 2006 he withdrew the main points of his criticism of Oreskes and was only able to name one climate-skeptical scientific paper that he thought was relevant.

Since 2009 Peiser has been the director of the Global Warming Policy Foundation , a think tank that denies human-made global warming. In connection with the hacking incident at the University of East Anglia's climate research center , he was heard on March 1, 2010 by the Science Committee of the House of Commons .

Peiser appeared twice as a speaker at the Heartland Institute's climate change conference . Critics accuse him of his lack of qualifications in the field of climatology .

Publications

  • Post-Mycenaean Greek History Begins in the 6th Century BCE. In: Milton Zysman & Clark Whelton (Eds.): Catastrophism 2000: A sourcebook for the conference Reconsidering Velikovsky. Aug 17-19, 1990, University of Toronto. Heretic Press, Toronto 1990, ISBN 1895416000 , p. 265 ff.
  • The dark age of Olympia. Critical investigation of the historical, archaeological and natural history problems of the Greek Axial Age using the example of the ancient Olympic Games. Lang, Frankfurt [a. a.] 1993, ISBN 3-631-46522-X
  • with Trevor Palmer & Mark E. Bailey (Eds.): Natural Catastrophes During Bronze Age Civilizations. Archaeological, Geological and Astronomical Perspectives. Archaeopress, 1998, ISBN 0-86054-916-X
  • Climate Change and Civilization Collapse. In: Kendra Okonski (Ed.): Adapt or Die: The science, politics and economics of climate change. Profile Books, London 2003, ISBN 1861977956 , pp. 191–201 ( PDF; 56 KB )
  • with Michael Paine: The frequency and consequences of cosmic impacts since the demise of the dinosaurs. In: Ray P. Norris & Frank H. Stootman (Eds.): Bioastronomy 2002: Life among the Stars. Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Sydney 2004, ISBN 1583811710 , pp. 214–226 ( PDF; 243 KB )
  • with Thomas Reilly: Environmental factors in the summer Olympics in historical perspective. In: Journal of Sports Science. 22, 10, 2004, pp. 981-1002 doi : 10.1080 / 02640410400000298
  • From Genocide to Ecocide: The Rape of Rapa Nui. In: Energy & Environment. Vol. 16, No. 3 & 4, 2005, pp. 513-539 ( PDF )
  • Cultural aspects of neo-catastrophism: Implications for archaeoastronomy. In: John W. Fountain & Rolf M. Sinclair (Eds.): Current Studies in Archaeoastronomy. The Carolina Academic Press Press, Durham 2005, ISBN 0890897719 , pp. 25-37
  • with Thomas Reilly: Seasonal variations in health-related human physical activity. In: Sports Medicine. Vol 36, Issue 6, 2006, doi: 10.2165 / 00007256-200636060-00002 , pp. 473-485
  • with Andrew J. Ball & Simon P. Kelley: Near Earth Objects and the Impact Hazard. Open University, Milton Keynes 2006, ISBN 0749214341
  • with Thomas Reilly, Greg Atkinson, Barry Drust & Jim Waterhouse: Seasonal changes and physiological responses: Their impact on activity, health, exercise and athletic performance. In: International SportMed Journal. Vol. 7, No. 1, 2006, pp. 16-32
  • with Barry W. Brook, David MJS Bowman, David A. Burney, Timothy F. Flannery, Michael K. Gagan, Richard Gillespie, Christopher N. Johnson, Peter Kershaw, John W. Magee, Paul S. Martin, Gifford H. Miller , & Richard G. Roberts: Would the Australian megafauna have become extinct if humans had never colonized the continent? Comments on “A review of the evidence for a human role in the extinction of Australian megafauna and an alternative explanation” by S. Wroe and J. Field. In: Quaternary Science Reviews. Vol. 26, Issues 1–2, doi: 10.1016 / j.quascirev.2006.10.008 , 2007, pp. 560-564
  • IPCC: The only game in town? In: Energy & Environment. Vol. 18, No. 7 & 8, December 2007, doi: 10.1260 / 095830507782616850 , p. I-iv
  • Seasonal Affective Disorder and Exercise Treatment. A review. In: Biological Rhythm Research. Vol. 40, Issue 1, 2009, doi: 10.1080 / 09291010802067171 , pp. 85-97

Web links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Liverpool John Moores University: Dr Benny Peiser ( Memento of May 13, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) ( Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ a b Damian Carrington: Chris Huhne blasts Lord Lawson's climate skeptic think tank . In: The Guardian . November 22, 2011
  3. ↑ Cambridge Conference Network website (1997–2003)
  4. ↑ Mat Hope: Climate Science Deniers' Favorite Journal Just got 'Overhauled' - And it Could Lead to a Skeptic Shutout. In: DeSmogUK. February 23, 2018, accessed February 24, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Lifeboat Foundation: Bio: Dr. Benny J. Peiser
  6. ↑ Author profile and list of articles by Dr. Benny Peiser on the axis of good
  7. ↑ See James Lawrence Powell: The Inquisition of Climate Science . New York 2012, p. 26.
  8. ^ Andrew Forster: Can we go on building roads and runways and save the planet? In: Local Transport Today. Issue 457, November 30, 2006 ( PDF; 361 KB ( Memento of July 3, 2007 in the Internet Archive ))
  9. ^ Benny Peiser, for the Proposition ( Memento July 3, 2007 in the Internet Archive ). In: Oxford Union Debate. May 19, 2005 ( Internet Archive )
  10. ^ Naomi Oreskes : The Scientific Consensus on Climate Change. In: Science . Vol. 306, December 4, corrected on January 21, 2005 ( PDF; 75 KB )
  11. ↑ Benny Peiser: RE: "The scientific consensus on climate change" ( Memento from April 30, 2011 in the Internet Archive ). January 4, 2005 ( Internet Archive )
  12. ↑ Benny Peiser: e-letter to Science Magazine (PDF; 16 kB). February 23, 2005
  13. ^ Robert Matthews: Leading scientific journals "are censoring debate on global warming" . In: The Daily Telegraph . May 1, 2005
  14. ^ Bolt's Minority View . In: Media Watch ( ABC TV ). October 30, 2006
  15. ^ Global Warming Policy Foundation: Dr Benny Peiser
  16. ^ House of Commons - Science and Technology Committee: Memorandum submitted by Dr Benny Peiser (CRU 38) . February 2010
  17. ^ House of Commons - Science and Technology Committee: The disclosure of climate data from the Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Anglia. Eighth Report of Session 2009-10. Volume 2. The Stationery Office Limited, London 2010, pp. 6–12 ( PDF; 2.402 MB )
  18. ^ DeSmogBlog: Benny Peiser
  19. ↑ Carbon Brief: Benny Peiser ( Memento of the original from May 2, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . 2011  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.carbonbrief.org
personal data
SURNAME Peiser, Benny
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Peiser, Benny Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English cultural scientist
DATE OF BIRTH 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Haifa