Brian A Schmidt (brianschmidt)

Bets & Predictions that Schmidts' placed

No.	Bet	Duration	Stakes	Predictor	Challenger
196.	I predict that global warming denialists such as MIT professor Richard Lindzen will be shown to be wrong over the next 20 years as global warming continues. Specifically, I believe the scientific consensus that temperatures are likely to increase by .3 degrees Celsius over the next 20 is more accurate than the Lindzen/denialist position that temperatures are as likely to decrease as increase. Choosing a prediction that is halfway between the consensus and the denialist viewpoints, I predict that temperatures will increase by at least .15 degrees Celsius from 2005 to 2025. This bet is open to anyone who wants to accept it.	20 years 02005-02025	$4,000 $2,000	Brian A Schmidt	james w walter
208.	The International Panel on Climate Change's Fifth Assessment Report will conclude it is likely, or more than likely, that human-caused global warming has increased hurricane intensity in the 1995-2005 time period.	10 years 02005-02015		Brian A Schmidt

Predictions that Schmidt has challenged.

No.	Bet	Duration	Stakes	Predictor	Challenger
218.	I predict that we will be in a full fledged ice age by 2100. I predict that before that we will see volcanic activity that produces more CO2, irridium, and CH4 than mankind could imagine. We will have massive increases in snowfall and sea level first, followed by falling sea levels as the glaciers increase.	15 years 02005-02020		james w walter