Update: LSU Professor Warns Students Global Warming Will Cause 'Ugly Deaths

"What I was doing was very intentional. I was posing all sides of how to handle global warming, and I was challenging all sides of it, too," Schaefer told The Associated Press. He argued the clips misrepresent his point, which was to provoke discussion about climate change policy. Schaefer said that he gave equal criticism to students with other points of view. ...

Michael L. Cherry, chairman of the department of physics and astronomy, told The Chronicle of Higher Education that Schaefer "is an extremely exuberant and enthusiastic teacher who consistently gets very strong student evaluations." Still, he noted that the video didn't paint the professor in the best light.

"I will confess that while this film was heavily edited, it looks pretty embarrassing. I think it's probably fair to say he was not sufficiently sensitive and was overly enthusiastic."

The dean of LSU's College of Science, Kevin Carman, said no student has complained about the lecture and no action will be taken against Schaefer.

Meanwhile, Campus Reform -- a program of the conservative Leadership Institute -- is inviting people to make up their own minds by watching Dr. Schaefer's full unedited 40-min lecture, which can be found here.