The cause of “climate-realism” lost one of its heroes over the weekend.
Dr. Patrick Michaels, a former President of the American Association of Climatologists and professor at the University of Virginia, passed away unexpectedly. He leaves behind him an incredible legacy of accomplishments and will be sorely missed.For anyone who knew Pat, he was always full of, as the saying goes, vim and vigor. He had an enquiring mind and powerful presence, and he somehow packed all that into his presentations that were always entertaining to watch. He could hold an audience like few could.
I first met Pat in the early 1990’s when he was just starting to make a name for himself in the climate change issue. I remember watching him on stage engaging a crowd that was at first somewhat skeptical of his realist message concerning global warming, but then applauding him as he continued to build his case. I realized right then he’d make a great speaker at university campuses. When I asked him if he would be interested in speaking to students in our Collegians program, naturally, he was – and so Pat did speak to our CFACT students on several occasions.
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