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Reid Bryson (born 1920) is known as the "father of scientific climatology," but is an outspoken doubter and critic of anthropogenic global warming theories.^[1]

Reid Bryson has significantly advanced the understanding of climate as part of his teaching and research obligations at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he has been on the faculty since 1946. He has penned more than five books and 200 articles on climatology-related topics, including meteorology, archeology, geography, geology and limnology. He received his B.A. degree in geology at Denison University (1941) and a doctorate in meteorology at the University of Chicago (1948). In 1963, Bryson founded the Center for Climatic Research, where he continued to serve in 2007 as a Senior Scientist.

As of 2007, Reid Bryson is an Emeritus Professor of the Department of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, which helped originally found. He has been identified by the British Institute of Geographers as:

the most frequently cited climatologist
the 5th most cited physical geographer
the 11th in list of all geographers.

Military Service

While in the military, where Reid Bryson rose to the rank of major in the Air Weather Service of the U.S. Army Air Corps, he helped prepare the aviation weather forecast that predicted discovery of the jet stream by a group of B-29s flying to and from Tokyo. His prediction was proved to be correct despite disapproval by his superior. Bryson himself flew into typhoons in 1944, and prepared the forecast for the homeward flight of the Enola Gay.

Accomplishments

Bryson often focused on how climate relates to human ecology, particularly in Asia. His work led to the introduction of pen-feeding of goats in Rajasthan, now widespread. Bryson has also contributed to the understanding of:

the Indian monsoon
airstream analysis
quantitative, objective methods of reconstructing past climates.

Bryson has been innovative in developing computer models of climate. He is also a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and of the American Meteorological Society. He is also a charter member of the World Council for the Biosphere.

Publications

Bryson, Reid, A; Hopkins, Edward J.; Moran, Joseph M. (2002). Wisconsin's Weather and Climate. University of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 0-2991-7184-1.
Bryson, Reid, A; Murray, Thomas J (1979). Climates of Hunger: Mankind and the World's Changing Weather, New Ed edition. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 0-2990-7374-9.
Bryson, Reid, A; Hare, F. Kenneth (1974). Climates of North America (World Survey of Climatology, V. 11). Amsterdam, New York: Elsevier Scientific Pub. Co. ISBN 0-4444-1062-7.
Bryson, Reid, A; Kolkenow, Robert J. (1974). Physical Geography Today; : a Portrait of a Planet. ISBN 0-8766-5172-4.
Bryson, Reid, A; Kutzbach, John E. (1968). Air pollution. Washington: Association of American Geographers. ASIN B0006BWL46.
Bryson, Reid, A (1966). Airmasses, streamlines, and the boreal forest. Madison, University of Wisconsin, Dept. of Meteorology.

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-'''Final Fantasy VII''' is a best selling RPG for the Sony Playstation. Despite being a best seller the game is filled with highly offensive material. For one it features a hockey team named the AVALANCHE who are also a terrorist group. They blow up a coal power plant but justify it by saying they are helping the environment. The game is also filled with profanity especially from Cid and Barrett (who bears a strong resemblence to Mr. T). The game was also critcized harshly because of the sexual liasons of the main character Cloud Strife. He has relations with three girls in the course of the game including a 16 year old Japenese girl named Yuffie.
+[[Image:Reid Bryson.jpg|right|thumb|200px]]
-==Characters==
+'''Reid Bryson''' (born 1920) is known as the "father of scientific [[climatology]]," but is an outspoken doubter and critic of [[anthropogenic global warming]] theories.<ref>[http://www.madison.com/tct/mad/topstories/197613 Local scientist calls global warming theory hooey]</ref>
-===Cloud===
-The main protagonist of the game. Once a member of the US marines, now heads an eco-terrorist group called Avalanche
+Reid Bryson has significantly advanced the understanding of [[climate]] as part of his teaching and research obligations at the [[University of Wisconsin-Madison]], where he has been on the faculty since 1946.  He has penned more than five books and 200 articles on climatology-related topics, including [[meteorology]], [[archeology]], [[geography]], [[geology]] and [[limnology]].  He received his B.A. degree in geology at [[Denison University]] (1941) and a doctorate in meteorology at the [[University of Chicago]] (1948). In 1963, Bryson founded the Center for Climatic Research, where he continued to serve in 2007 as a Senior Scientist.
-===Barrett (aka Mr. T)===
-An African-American man who is second in command in Avalanche to Cloud. Has an adopted white daughter named Marlene. Shows love and affection to her, one of the few redeeming qualities of this highly offensive game.
+As of 2007, Reid Bryson is an Emeritus Professor of the Department of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, which helped originally found.  He has been identified by the British Institute of Geographers as:
-===Tifa===
+*the most frequently cited climatologist
-Cloud's gf from his childhood. Flashbacks show Tifa and Cloud engaging in sexual acts as early as age 12. This part of the game as been highly criticized
+*the 5th most cited physical geographer
-===Aeris===
+*the 11th in list of all geographers.
-Another one of Cloud's love interests. Cloud steals Aeris' virginity. To be fair though, Cloud does show genuine affection towards her and becomes extremely upset when she is brutally murdered by Sephiroth.
-===Cid Jefferson===
+==Military Service==
-Owner of the Jefferson Airplane, an aircraft you can use to fly all over the world. Joins your group after he is offered a night with Yuffie and a 12 pack of Blue.
+While in the military, where Reid Bryson rose to the rank of major in the Air Weather Service of the U.S. Army Air Corps, he helped prepare the aviation weather forecast that predicted discovery of the [[jet stream]] by a group of B-29s flying to and from Tokyo. His prediction was proved to be correct despite disapproval by his superior.  Bryson himself flew into typhoons in 1944, and prepared the forecast for the homeward flight of the [[Enola Gay]].
-===Vince the Pince===
-A mysterious man who has been locked in the Shinra mansion in Nibelheim for 30 years. He has been crygenically frozen so he still resembes a 27 year old man. Shoots people with his Colt 45.
+==Accomplishments==
-===Cait Sith===
+Bryson often focused on how climate relates to human ecology, particularly in Asia. His work led to the introduction of pen-feeding of goats in Rajasthan, now widespread. Bryson has also contributed to the understanding of:
-A puppett controlled by a 40 year old virgin who works in an office in Midgar. Turns out to be a mole for Shinra but later joins the cause of AVALANCHE
+*the Indian monsoon
-===Yuffie Kisagari===
+*airstream analysis
-An attractive Japenese teenager. She has a passionate affair with Cloud Strife and also has relations with Cid (she only slept with Cid so the crew would get access to the Jefferson Airplane). She was kidnapped and molested by Don Corleone in Tokyo but was rescued before Corleone could have intercourse with her.]
+*quantitative, objective methods of reconstructing past climates.
-===Red CXIX===
-Cloud's pet dog. A loyal companion with a gentle temperment, Red is probably the most moral individual in the game (sad to say because he is not even human). He shows affection to all he meets especially children.
+Bryson has been innovative in developing computer models of climate. He is also a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and of the American Meteorological Society.  He is also a charter member of the World Council for the Biosphere.
-===Sephiroth===
-A highly dangerous psychopath with superhuman strength. He is also a leader of a dangerous cult known as Jenova's Witnesses. He is the main antagonist of the game and brutally murders Aeris in the Canadian Rockies.
+==Publications==
-==Criticisms==
+*Bryson, Reid, A; Hopkins, Edward J.;  Moran, Joseph M. (2002). Wisconsin's Weather and Climate. University of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 0-2991-7184-1.
-Although from a commercial standpoint Final Fantasy VII was highly successful, it has been criticized by a variety of both liberal and conservative groups including Christian groups, women's groups, and minority groups.
+*Bryson, Reid, A; Murray, Thomas J (1979). Climates of Hunger: Mankind and the World's Changing Weather, New Ed edition. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press.  ISBN 0-2990-7374-9.
-===Christian Criticisms===
+*Bryson, Reid, A; Hare, F. Kenneth (1974). Climates of North America (World Survey of Climatology, V. 11). Amsterdam, New York: Elsevier Scientific Pub. Co. ISBN 0-4444-1062-7.
-Although the game does not mock Christianity or make any references to God or Jesus, the game does violate Christian values. On one hand, Cloud does show genuine affection to his friends and lovers and Barrett is shown to have a good relationship to his daughter but the game is fraught with moral relativism. The protagonists of the game are eco-terrorists who although their cause may be noble, their methods are brutal and repugnant and their actions kill innocent civilians. Although their renounce terror later in the game, this does not excuse their actions. Also sex is trivalized in the game. Instead of being the ultimate act of intimacy between a man and his wife; Cloud has relations with three unmarried young women, one of whom is still a teenager. Although the acts were depicted as consensual, this does not send a good message to young impressionable children and teens.
+*Bryson, Reid, A; Kolkenow, Robert J. (1974). Physical Geography Today; : a Portrait of a Planet. ISBN 0-8766-5172-4.
-===Women's Rights Group Criticisms===
+*Bryson, Reid, A; Kutzbach, John E. (1968). ''Air pollution''. Washington: Association of American Geographers. ASIN B0006BWL46.
-Ironically, many women's rights groups share some of the same complaints as Christian groups. Despite often being at odds with each other, feminists and Christians find some common ground in their opposition to this game. Women's groups find the way sex is trivalized to be highly offensive as well as the fact that the girls in the game are sometimes treated as sex objects by the other characters. The fact that a 16 year old is depicted in sexual acts with an older man (Cloud is 21 years old) has also been harshly criticized.
+*Bryson, Reid, A (1966). ''Airmasses, streamlines, and the boreal forest''. Madison, University of Wisconsin, Dept. of Meteorology.
-===Minority Rights Group Criticisms===
-Both Japanese and African-American groups have been highly outraged by the stereotypical portrayal of Japenase and African American characters. Barrett is depicted as loud, hot-headed and prone to violence, reinforcing the stereotype of black gang members. Yuffie is portrayed as a nymphomaniac which perpetuates the stereotype that Japanese women are merely the playthings of Western men.
+==Sources==
+*[http://www.alumnifriends.mines.edu/photo_gallery/2003/hon_degree_medal_200305/bryson.htm Honorary Degree and Distinguished Achievement Medallists, Colorado School of Mines, May 2003]
+*[http://www.wecnmagazine.com/2007issues/may/may07.html The Faithful Heretic, Wisconsin Energy Cooperative News, May 2007]
+*[http://ccr.meteor.wisc.edu/bryson/bryson.html Center for Climatic Research, University of Wisconsin-Madison, May 2007]
+*[http://ccr.aos.wisc.edu/news/bryson_tribute.pdf 1st Annual Bryson Colloquium, University of Wisconsin-Madison, October 2006]
+*[http://whyfiles.org/247sci_politics/index.php?g=4.txt Why Files talks with Reid Bryson, University of Wisconsin-Madison, October 2006]
+*[http://www.sitewave.net/news/s49p1837.htm Global Warming? Some common sense thoughts, Sitewave.net, March 2004]
+*[http://ccrweb.aos.wisc.edu/cpep_web/CPEP_overview.html The Bryson Interdisciplinary Climate, People, and the Environment Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, accessed June 2007]
+*[http://www.bpnews.net/BPFirstPerson.asp?ID=25633 A global flashback, Baptist Press, May 2007]
+*[http://www.canadafreepress.com/2007/global-warming051607.htm Climate Momentum Shifting: Prominent Scientists Reverse Belief in Man-made Global Warming - Now Skeptics], [[Canada Free Press]], May 2007
+*[http://www.paleoresearch.com/about.html Let Us tell you about PRI, PaleoResearch Institute, accessed June 2007]
+*[http://www.motherearthnews.com/Livestock-and-Farming/1976-03-01/The-Plowboy-Interview-Dr-Reid-Bryson.aspx The Plowboy Interview, Mother Earth News, March/April 1976]
+==References==
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