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25 October 2017, ABC News, Once were sceptics: What convinced these scientists that climate change is real? Up until a few years ago, Richard Muller was often quoted by sceptics as a credible, high-profile scientist who doubted the consensus on climate change. Today, he starts his lectures by stating a few things he believes to be facts. “Al Gore has grossly exaggerated global warming. And if you watch his movie you have more misinformation than information. In 2010, Professor Muller from Berkeley University was funded to carry out a comprehensive study by a group of individuals who doubted the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) data. They believed that urban heat islands, data-selection bias, and inaccurate climate models were being glossed over by scientists. ‘Don’t trust us’ approach key to convincing sceptics Professor Muller and his team — all of whom doubted climate change was happening or that carbon dioxide was its cause — were shocked to find a correlation between carbon dioxide emissions and warming. “That was the biggest surprise of all,” he said Read More here