Apparently this is how PC-approved "settled science" becomes "settled" (UPDATED)

 A Heated Debate: Are Climate Scientists Being Forced to Toe the Line?

 

"After joining a controversial lobby group critical of climate change, meteorologist Lennart Bengtsson claims he was shunned by colleagues, leading him to quit. Some scientists complain pressure to conform to consensus opinion has become a serious hindrance in the field."

 

"The scientist said colleagues placed so much pressure on him after joining GWPF that he withdrew from the group out of fear for his own health. Bengtsson added that his treatment had been reminiscent of the persecution of suspected Communists in the United States during the era of McCarthyism in the 1950s."

 

I suggest to you that the term, "flat-earthers" should best be applied to the man-caused global warming advocates. That the earth was flat was "settled science" back in the day as was the theory that the sun moved around the earth. Only courageous scientists such as Dr. Bengtsson dare challenge the financially advantageous position that the global warmists live off of.

This is the price scientists such as Lennart Bengtsson have to pay:

But Bengtsson insists that even close colleagues shunned him. He says that one research partner, apparently fearing damage to his reputation, withdrew from a study they had been conducting together. Bengtsson added no further details other than to state that the incident had been hurtful.

http://ozziesaffa.blogspot.com/2013/12/how-stupid-do-they-think-we-are.html

UPDATE: Where Did ’97 Percent’ Global Warming Consensus Figure Come From?  “ 'It is astonishing that any journal could have published a paper claiming a 97% climate consensus when on the authors’ own analysis the true consensus was well below 1%,” said Dr. David Legates, a geology professor at the University of Delaware and the study’s lead author."
A politician who agrees with those PC flat-earthers pronounces the "proper" point of view:

 Kerry Says--Wrongly--Some Temps This Week Broke ‘Every Record That’s Ever Been Seen’

"Secretary of State John Kerry told an audience in Mexico on Wednesday that temperatures in Europe and in Vietnam were “unprecedented” and broke “every record that’s ever been seen.” However, although it was hot that day, he was off the mark."