Finally, American Geophysical Union, the country's largest association of climate scientists, plans to announce that 700 climate scientists have agreed to speak out as experts on questions about global warming and the role of man-made air pollution. A "Climate Rapid Response Team" is being organized by John Abraham of St Thomas University in Minnesota, to defend the consensus on global warming in the scientific community.(Source, The Denver Post, "Climate Scientists go Public, Neela Nanerjee, Tribune Co, Washington Bureau)