The original author of this piece is, as noted Catherine Lowther. Lowther possesses her Doctorate in Conciousness Studies, her Masters in counseling psychology, and her Bachelor’s degree in Transpersonal. She does not possess a degree of any sort that relates directly to climotography, nor is she qualified to conduct any research in that area.

The author of Dreaming the Future, linked in the opening paragraph, is Kenny Ausubel, Founder and CEO of Bioneers, a firm that’s business model assumes global warming exists, is man-made, is reversible, and should be reversed, and should be done so in a manner hostile to the capitalist ideal. Mr. Ausubel is a journalist, and is also NOT in any way a scientist.

Future Scenarios is created and maintained by Holmgren. Holmgren is the only one of the three to have any credentials relevant. Mr. Holmgren is an ecologist, who is at least peripherally concerned with climate, though his expertise on climate change is questionable at best.

In other words, readers should be advised that this article IS not scientific in nature and should note that any claims made here may or may not be valid, but should not be taken on the basis of there appearance herein.