Tad S. Murty (or Murthy) was an Indian-Canadian[citation needed] oceanographer and expert on tsunamis.
He was an adjunct professor in the departments of Civil Engineering and Earth Sciences[2] at the University of Ottawa.
He was co-editor of the journal Natural Hazards[4] with Tom Beer of CSIRO and Vladimir Schenk of the Czech Republic.
"[2] Murty also stated that global warming is "the biggest scientific hoax being perpetrated on humanity.
"[5] Murty was among the sixty scientists from climate research and related disciplines who authored a 2006 open letter[6] to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper criticizing the Kyoto Protocol and the scientific basis of anthropogenic global warming.