Khabibullo Abdussamatov
{{Short description|Russian astrophysicist (born 1940)}}
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|name = Habibullo Ismailovich Abdussamatov
|native_name = Хабибулло Исмаилович Абдусаматов
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|birth_place = Samarkand, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union
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|fields = Astrophysics
|workplaces = Pulkovo Observatory
|alma_mater = Samarkand State University
Leningrad State University
Pulkovo Observatory
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|known_for = Physics of the Sun
Global warming denial
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Habibullo Ismailovich Abdussamatov ({{langx|ru|Хабибулло Исмаилович Абдусаматов}}; occasionally spelled, Abdusamatov; with initials transliterated either H.I. or K.I; born October 27, 1940) is a Russian astrophysicist. He is the supervisor of the Astrometria{{cite web|url=http://www.gao.spb.ru/english/astrometr/index1_eng.html |title=Measure temporary variations of shape and diameter of the Sun, as well as fine structure and dynamics of the granulation on the Service module of the Russian segment of the International Space Station|publisher=Pulkovo Observatory of Russian Academy of Sciences |access-date=2013-06-07}} project of the Russian section of the International Space Station and the head of Space research laboratory at the Saint Petersburg-based Pulkovo Observatory[http://www.gao.spb.ru/english/ Pulkovo Observatory][http://www.encspb.ru/en/bigimage.php?kod=2803981268 photo] of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He believes that global warming is primarily caused by natural processes.{{citation needed|date=May 2023}}
Career
Abdussamatov has worked at the Pulkovo Observatory since 1964, as a researcher trainee, postgraduate, junior researcher, senior researcher, leading researcher, and then head of the Space Research Laboratory.{{Cite web|url=http://climateconferences.heartland.org/habibullo-abdussamatov/|title= HABIBULLO ABDUSSAMATOV|work=International Conference on Climate Change The Heartland Institute}} He became head of the Space Research Sector of the Pulkovo Observatory and head of the Selenometria project on the Russian segment of the International Space Station.
Climate views and predictions
= Solar variation =
Abdussamatov presented papers at the fourth and ninth International Conference on Climate Change,[http://climateconferences.heartland.org/habibullo-abdussamatov/ Habibullo Abdussamatov, ICCC Speakers] events sponsored by the Heartland Institute and, according to the organiser, bringing together "think tank cosponsors and [...] scientists who dispute the claim that the science is settled".{{cite web|title=Media Advisory: Heartland Institute to Host 6th International Conference on Climate Change in Washington|url=http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/4/prweb8357546.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110502134754/http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/4/prweb8357546.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 2, 2011|access-date=28 February 2015}} Abdussamatov claims that "global warming results not from the emission of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, but from an unusually high level of solar radiation and a lengthy—almost throughout the last century—growth in its intensity."{{citation needed|date=May 2023}} This view contradicts the scientific consensus on climate change.{{cite web|url=http://www.mpg.de/english/illustrationsDocumentation/documentation/pressReleases/2004/pressRelease20040802/ |title=Research | Research news | 2004 | How Strongly Does the Sun Influence the Global Climate? |publisher=Mpg.de |date=2004-08-02 |access-date=2013-06-07}}[http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/060926_solar_activity.html Sun's Activity Increased in Past Century, Study Confirms]{{Cite journal| doi = 10.1098/rspa.2007.0347| title = Recent oppositely directed trends in solar climate forcings and the global mean surface air temperature. II. Different reconstructions of the total solar irradiance variation and dependence on response time scale| year = 2008| last1 = Lockwood | first1 = M.| last2 = Fröhlich | first2 = C.| journal = Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences| volume = 464| issue = 2094| pages = 1367 |bibcode = 2008RSPSA.464.1367L | s2cid = 131159896}} He has asserted that "parallel global warmings—observed simultaneously on Mars and on Earth—can only be a straightline consequence of the effect of the one same factor: a long-time change in solar irradiance."{{cite web
|title=Look to Mars for the truth on global warming
|publisher=National Post
|url=http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=edae9952-3c3e-47ba-913f-7359a5c7f723&k=0
|access-date=2007-03-02
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070306233723/http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=edae9952-3c3e-47ba-913f-7359a5c7f723&k=0
|archive-date=2007-03-06
}}
This claim has not been accepted by the broader scientific community. Some other scientists have stated that "the idea just isn't supported by the theory or by the observations" and that it "doesn't make physical sense."{{cite web | url=http://www.livescience.com/environment/070312_solarsys_warming.html | title=Sun Blamed for Warming of Earth and Other Worlds | author=Ker Than | publisher=Live Science | date=12 March 2007 | access-date=2007-09-06}}
{{cite web
| title = Mars Melt Hints at Solar, Not Human, Cause for Warming, Scientist Says
| author = Kate Ravilious
| publisher = National Geographic Society
| url = http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/02/070228-mars-warming.html
| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180811063402/https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/02/070228-mars-warming.html
| archive-date=2018-08-11
| access-date=2018-08-25
| url-status=dead}}
Abdussamatov holds that Earth's atmosphere does not produce a greenhouse effect, stating "Ascribing 'greenhouse' effect properties to the Earth's atmosphere is not scientifically substantiated."{{cite web|url=http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=edae9952-3c3e-47ba-913f-7359a5c7f723&k=0 |title=Look to Mars for the truth on global warming |publisher=Canada.com |date=2007-02-02 |access-date=2013-06-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070306233723/http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=edae9952-3c3e-47ba-913f-7359a5c7f723&k=0 |archive-date=2007-03-06 }} He further states that "Heated greenhouse gases, which become lighter as a result of expansion, ascend to the atmosphere only to give the absorbed heat away."
= 21st Century Mini-Ice Age =
In early 2012, Abdussamatov predicted the onset of a new "mini-ice age" commencing 2014 and becoming most severe around 2055.{{cite web | url=http://russia-ic.com/news/show/13717#.T0YPI1HHPOG | title=New Ice Age to Begin in 2014 | publisher = Russia InfoCentre | access-date=2012-02-22}} His prediction gained traction in the press after the harsh 2013/2014 winter, despite the fact that winter was only harsh in eastern North America.{{cite news| url=http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/analysis/think-the-past-winter-was-bad-get-ready-for-mini-ice-age-254851541.html | title=Think the past winter was bad? Get ready for mini Ice Age | publisher = Winnipeg Free Press | date=2014-04-11 | access-date=2014-06-12}} In 2012 Abdussamatov quantified declining trend Total Solar Irradiance (TSI) and predicts further bicentennial based declining TSI.{{Cite journal
| doi=10.5539/apr.v4n1p178
| first=Habibullo I. | last=Abdussamatov
| author-link=Habibullo Ismailovich Abdussamatov
| title=Bicentennial Decrease of the Total Solar Irradiance Leads to Unbalanced Thermal Budget of the Earth and the Little Ice Age
| journal=Applied Physics Research
| volume=4 | issue=1 | pages=178–184 |date=February 2012
| issn=1916-9639
| doi-access=free}}
Selected publications
- {{Cite book
| first=H. I. | last=Abdussamatov
| editor-first=Ian F. | editor-last=Corbett
| author-link=Khabibullo Ismailovich Abdussamatov
| contribution=Space solar limbograph
| title=Multi-Wavelength Investigations of Solar Activity
| periodical=Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union
| volume=2004 | issue=AUS223 | pages=605–606 | date=2004
| publisher=Cambridge University Press
| contribution-url=http://www.journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=288646
| url=http://www.journals.cambridge.org/action/displayIssue?jid=IAU&volumeId=2004&issueId=IAUS223
| doi=10.1017/S1743921304006969
| s2cid=177411496
}}
- {{Cite journal
| doi=10.1364/JOT.73.000242
| first=H. I. | last=Abdussamatov
| author-link=Khabibullo Ismailovich Abdussamatov
| title=Space-based solar limbograph
| journal=Journal of Optical Technology
| volume=73 | issue=4 | pages=242–244 | date=2006
| bibcode=2006JOptT..73..242A }}
- {{Cite journal
| doi=10.5539/apr.v4n1p178
| first=Habibullo I. | last=Abdussamatov
| author-link=Khabibullo Ismailovich Abdussamatov
| title=Bicentennial Decrease of the Total Solar Irradiance Leads to Unbalanced Thermal Budget of the Earth and the Little Ice Age
| journal=Applied Physics Research
| volume=4 | issue=1 | pages=178–184 |date=February 2012
| issn=1916-9639
| doi-access=free}}
References
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External links
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- [http://www.gao.spb.ru/english/astrometr/index1_eng.html in English]
- [https://archive.today/20071028021344/http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Science/20060207-041447-2345r/ Feb. 2006 UPI wire story] covering his prediction of a 'mini-ice age' in the mid-21st century.
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20121024071620/http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=edae9952-3c3e-47ba-913f-7359a5c7f723&k=0%2F Feb. 2007 article about Abdusamatov] "Look to Mars for the truth on global warming", The Deniers (Part IX) by Lawrence Solomon.
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Category:Uzbekistani scientists
Category:People from Samarkand
Category:Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic people