Oreskes's work does not mean that all climate scientists
agree about climate change — obviously, some do not (although they are very much a minority).
We don't need to
agree about climate change.
The «Global Imprint» analyses suffered from the same shortcomings uncovered in inflated claims that 97 % of the scientists
agree about climate change.
When people correctly perceive that scientists
agree about climate change, they're more likely to support climate action.
Not that we can't
agree about the climate, which was a trick question to begin with, a question almost everyone answers haplessly, but that we've come to believe in all seriousness that there's something * mentally wrong * with anyone who doesn't arrive at the same facile, primary - school non-answer we arrived at.
As with perceptions of scientific consensus on other topics, public perceptions that scientists tend to
agree about climate change tend to vary by education and age.
I agree about the climate camp being an important social movement, including for some of us slightly paler greenish non-vegans.
«Are you thankful that 97 percent of the scientific community
agrees about climate change?»
Not exact matches
Faced with a rapidly chilling
climate for funding, Hanrahan and Dua
agreed they needed to proceed on the assumption that this round would be the last available to them and to think
about how it could carry them through to profitability.
Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall did not
agree to the new
climate framework, and said the likely direction of U.S.
climate and energy policy under president - elect Donald Trump means we need to be very cautious
about adopting
climate policies in Canada.
Meanwhile, the former governor of the Bank of Canada raised a red flag
about the «carbon bubble,» Canada's premiers
agreed to develop a Canadian energy strategy that would address
climate change, and Elon Musk broke ground on his Gigafactory that will slash the costs of electric vehicle batteries and, by extension, the cars themselves.
Ms Rose
agreed the UK economy would have to be reformed if politicians are serious
about stemming global
climate change.
«I
agree with what he said
about the importance of
climate change» claimed Miliband, clearly disappointed to have got such an unconditional declaration of support from the prime minister.
While more than 95 percent of the world's
climate scientists attribute global warming to human causes, only
about half of U.S. adults
agree.
Whether or not farmers
agree about the causes or even existence of
climate change, researchers
agree that farmers still have to prepare their farms for the consequences of rising temperatures, increased atmospheric CO2 and more extreme weather events.
Such a double whammy of failure in international environment negotiations could effectively mark the end of an era of optimism
about environmental diplomacy that began at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, when the original
climate and biodiversity conventions were both
agreed.
A major test of the world's willingness to phase out greenhouse gases will arrive in December, when nations gather in Paris to try to
agree on what to do
about climate change.
Given the current competitive
climate for hiring and advancement, the panel
agreed that young scientists who are not deeply passionate
about their research need to reconsider their career choices.
«This is important, as it shows that Mexico is serious
about addressing
climate change even if there is a change in leadership,»
agreed Jake Schmidt, international
climate change policy director for the Natural Resources Defense Council.
Liberals who had already expressed concern
about climate change
agreed more with the Pope's message that
climate change will disproportionately affect the poor.»
Isaac Held, a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
climate scientist, said he
agreed with the researchers
about the «the importance of getting the ice - liquid ratio in mixed - phase clouds right,» but he doesn't
agree that global
climate models generally underestimate
climate sensitivity.
Many researchers
agree that shifts in
climate and environment shaped human evolution, but there has been little direct evidence
about exactly how.
Significantly, there is growing unease
about the link between
climate change and extreme weather, with 74 per cent of Americans now
agreeing that «global warming is affecting weather in the United States».
I don't care
about consensus, but for what it's worth: 10 out of 17 means a 59 % consensus that
climate sensitivity is likely to be 2C or lower and as such global warming is not dangerous according to UN politically
agreed criteria.
Due to the nature of their work,
climate scientists know more than the rest of us — but even they don't always
agree about the ways in which
climate change will affect weather in specific places.
All those concerned
about climate change
agree that China's emissions are a problem - including China itself.
Perceptions of where the scientific community stands on
climate change have fluctuated from a low of 44 % in 2010 who said that scientists
agree about human activity as the main cause of warming temperatures to a high of 57 % saying this today.19
In fact, there is broad agreement among
climate scientists not only that
climate change is real (a survey and a review of the scientific literature published say
about 97 percent
agree), but that we must respond to the dangers of a warming planet.
Vests don't make sense in my
climate, but I
agree with you
about the utility vest being a fall essential!
NBC News / Wall Street Journal polls found that
about one - quarter of respondents in 1999
agreed that «Global
climate change has been established as a serious problem, and immediate action is necessary.»
And when we have
agreed that, then we can start to think constructively
about what supports teacher professionalism, and we can then work to create a
climate where teaching becomes, once again, a joy and a delight.
I
agree with what you said
about the English pointer being more suited to the Spanish
climate.
lots of money is being spent everywhere but very little factsWe talk
about Global Warming and
Climate Change as if we were talking
about about defined absolutes that everybody
agrees on.
1) An overwhelming majority of international
climate experts
agree about much of the tenets of AGW and are honest.
But generally, I
agree that one's religious perspectives don't have much bearing on attitude to
climate change, since I have met plenty of devout from all religious who are concerned
about care of creation.
To stand the best chance of keeping the planetary warming below an internationally
agreed target of 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit above preindustrial levels and thus avoiding the most dangerous effects of
climate change, the panel found, only
about 1 trillion tons of carbon can be burned and the resulting gas spewed into the atmosphere.
I also
agree with Ken Caldeira, a
climate scientist at the Carnegie Institution and Stanford University, who said the basics were clear long ago and that the response to global warming is more
about ethics and economics than data:
Gavin implicitly
agrees about model uncertainty and states that
climate change is also proven by other lines of eivdence — like paleoclimatology.
So, I
agree with Al Gore (and most, if not all,
climate scientists) that the general debate
about AGW is over (tho some keep arguing on and on to the contrary like zombies), even though the scientists are still doing
climate science and ironing out «the details.»
She and I
agreed that, if anything, folks should be far more concerned
about the tropics in a warming
climate, given how many regions are close to physical limits for heat now and other factors, like fragmentation of rain forests and pollution impacts on reefs, are adding stress.
Modelling is generally shunned in attribution in favor of observation, but I do
agree that
climate science must turn to modelling when necessary, and that the statements in the 2010 post
about using a lab are quite accurate and insightful.
As you point out other studies
agree with the MBH study so I would have thought what amounts to a sudden global
climate shift would be of major interest to
climate scientists everywhere yet one sees relatively little written
about it.
«I don't want to get into the debate
about climate change, but I will simply point out that I think in academia we all
agree that the temperature on Mars is exactly as it is here.
I do
agree with Tierney, that besides the ethics involved, Gore and others need to be careful
about rushing to judgement and having incorrect statements being used to «disprove»
climate change.
[Response: I would
agree with much of this comment, though I'm far less sanguine
about our understanding of D - O events, and I'm far less convinced of their relevance to modern
climate.
I would tend to
agree with those concerned primarily
about CO2 that the long - term effects may be the most important for
climate.
I hope we can put to rest an unhelpful debate among those passionate
about confronting
climate change, or, at the very least, respectfully
agree to disagree.
I
agree that Pliocene
climate may be a better model for greenhouse warming, but I have not been able to find any detailed information
about it.
Some things should probably be
agreed upon beforehand, such as the general focus of the post (e.g. «what do we know and what don't we know
about climate science»), and no allowance of namecalling or broad - brush accusations, neither by the author of the post nor by the commenters.
In fact, there is broad agreement among
climate scientists not only that
climate change is real (a survey and a review of the scientific literature published say
about 97 percent
agree), but that we must respond to the dangers of a warming planet.