Sentences with phrase «area of uncertainty in climate science»

The findings have generated vigorous international debate about an issue that remains a key area of uncertainty in climate science.

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Climate scientists» work is based on scientific knowledge and relationships, which must be respected, but we must take account, as in any area of science, the uncertainties in scientific data.

Steven E. Koonin, once the Obama administration's undersecretary of energy for science and chief scientist at BP, stirred up a swirl of turbulence in global warming discourse this week after The Wall Street Journal published «Climate Science is Not Settled,» his essay calling for more frankness about areas of deep uncertainty in climate science, more research to narrow error ranges and more acknowledgement that society's decisions on energy and climate policy are based on values as much ascience and chief scientist at BP, stirred up a swirl of turbulence in global warming discourse this week after The Wall Street Journal published «Climate Science is Not Settled,» his essay calling for more frankness about areas of deep uncertainty in climate science, more research to narrow error ranges and more acknowledgement that society's decisions on energy and climate policy are based on values as much aClimate Science is Not Settled,» his essay calling for more frankness about areas of deep uncertainty in climate science, more research to narrow error ranges and more acknowledgement that society's decisions on energy and climate policy are based on values as much aScience is Not Settled,» his essay calling for more frankness about areas of deep uncertainty in climate science, more research to narrow error ranges and more acknowledgement that society's decisions on energy and climate policy are based on values as much aclimate science, more research to narrow error ranges and more acknowledgement that society's decisions on energy and climate policy are based on values as much ascience, more research to narrow error ranges and more acknowledgement that society's decisions on energy and climate policy are based on values as much aclimate policy are based on values as much as data.

I think part of this comes from scientists, both those working in that specific area of climate science and particularly those from outside that area, speaking not as scientists with their inherent tendency not to claim something conclusive without a good deal of statistically tested certainty, but speaking as someone who has been imposed upon or volunteered to give a scientific best guess without bothering the public with the details of uncertainties.

Some of that 97 per cent are genuinely grappling with the uncertainties of climate science, usually in very focused, specific areas.

The politicization of climate science (due in part to having Gore as the public face for so long) is one of the primary reasons why there is so great public doubt even over the basics (leaving out areas like sensitivity where there are large and real scientific uncertainties).

N.B. Even if Schmidt is right in his characterisation of the skeptics, that does not imply that the science must be settled, simply because there are areas of real uncertainty in climate science, but they may not be the issues on which he percieves skeptics generally attack.

Are you frustrated by climate sceptics using uncertainty — inherent in any area of complex science — as a justification for delaying policy responses?