Frits Buningh trained in the 1970s at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) to become a mining engineer, specializing in ventilation. After working in a German coal mine in 1974, he worked in a Canadian copper mine in 1976-77—the Kid Creek Mine near Timmins, Ontario, one of the deepest underground mines in the world. Kid Creek’s #2 mine shaft was almost two miles deep (9800 feet = 1.85 Miles), and he experienced going down that deep when it was being developed. These experiences gave him a profound appreciation for geological time scales, something that seems lost amid the climate crisis hysteria of today.

Later in life Mr. Buningh embarked on a successful career in data management for various US publishers, including the Washington Times Corporation, United Communications Group (UCG) and the Military Times Publishing/Gannett Company. Along the way he graduated cum laude with a BS in computer science from the University of Maryland. At Military Times he spent two years overhauling a COBOL program written in the early 1990s for a complicated co-palletization scheme for the four military titles—Army Times, Air Force Times, Navy Times, and Marine Times—translating it into the then (2009) newer SQL-DTS language. This work gave him the experience in data modeling that is useful for his recent focus on analyzing the Antarctica temperature data presentations—or rather, misrepresentation by the Climate Change Institute of the University of Maine.

In the publishing industry, it is common to be subjected to rigorous audits for advertising purposes (conducted by the ABC or BPA audit bureaus) in order to justify ad rates, as well as postal audits to qualify for substantial discounts like second class postage or what is now called magazine rates. None of this auditing is present in the climate data claims realm. To provide accountability to their audiences, the data presented by the Climate Change Institute of the University of Maine, the NOAA Models (CFS and others), the UN IPCC, and the Copernicus Institute, ought to be subjected to a similar rigorous auditing procedure by an independent body. Mr. Buningh aims to make a contribution by helping to establish some accountability in this area, which is currently entirely lacking.

Mr. Buningh as of October 2023 became a signatory to the There is No Climate Emergency petition by the Dutch CLINTEL foundation; he is listed under the USA as #56. Frits Buningh, Data Research Specialist.