A strawman with which you «contrarians» use to cast
doubt on the consensus.
Consequently, those who oppose policy to mitigate climate change have sought to cast
doubt on the consensus for over two decades.
If there is a consilience of evidence and overwhelming agreement among climate scientists, how does one cast
doubt on the consensus?
For over two decades, fossil fuel interests and right - wing ideologues have sought to cast
doubt on the consensus:
In a co-authored response, Stephan Lewandowsky and I argued that this was a counterproductive argument, given that those wishing to delay climate policy have focused on casting
doubt on the consensus (Lewandowsky and Cook 2014).
Positing that those periods cast
doubt on the consensus science.
Not exact matches
As predictable and pat as the Esquire piece may be, there's little
doubt that the new
consensus on family — «straight people blew up marriage a long time ago» — has powerful adherents quite a bit further up in the clouds than the average Esquire reader, or writer.
There is little
doubt that major party and procedural developments — for example, the rise of partisan polarization in the House and Senate will significantly determine whether the two parties, the two chambers, and Congress and the White House can achieve
consensus on common objectives.
Earlier in the evening, shadow defence secretary Alison Seabeck dismayed trade unionists and other Labourites
on the same subject, with some similar
consensus - courting: «There is no
doubt that now the government has picked up the gauntlet and are doing what they can for this deal.»
Highly motivated people openly cast
doubt on well - established evidence — the theory of evolution, the human effects
on climate change, the value of vaccines and other findings that have achieved an overwhelming
consensus in the scientific community.
The
consensus on glucosepane as the overwhelming majority of relevant cross-links in the process of aging is not airtight - there are growing
doubts.
* By denying the impacts of AGW
on polar bears, bloggers aim to cast
doubt on other established ecological consequences of AGW, aggravating the
consensus gap.
By Kenneth Richard «
Consensus» Science Takes A Hit In 2017 During 2017, 485 scientific papers have been published that cast
doubt on the position that anthropogenic CO2 emissions function as the climate's fundamental control knob... or that otherwise question the efficacy of climate models or the related «
consensus» positions commonly endorsed by policymakers and mainstream media.
As you've no
doubt already heard from the general
consensus, Lylat Wars / Star Fox 64
on the Nintendo 64 was a fantastic and addictive little scrolling shooter.
But a key commission member still has
doubts about the Administration's commitment, and commissioners failed to come to an immediate
consensus on what the panel's priorities should be.
Without a
doubt, Xbox Enthusiast will be providing coverage of the game at launch, with our official
consensus on the beat em up.
What I also said was that there is little to no
consensus on what the cause is for those planets having changes occurring, but that my original question and original assumption was very much in
doubt that it was solar influenced.
In any case, that comment creates
doubt where in fact there is not a lot of controversy in the
consensus view based
on the best science available.
While many Americans will claim that they do not «believe in» evolution, the scientific
consensus on evolution and how it operates (DNA) is respected enough to condemn a man to death beyond any reasonable
doubt.
So I seriously
doubt the
consensus is correct and would not be willing to adopt changes to tax, energy and regulatory policy based
on the claims of the CAGW proponents.
A null for point 3 would be trickier, and I
doubt the
consensus and skeptical communities would ever agree
on a time period.
How does it in any way throw
doubt on the integrity of the many other, independent scientific bodies who support the AGW
consensus?
Of course, there's no
doubt any more, plate tectonics is accepted by virtually everyone and I wouldn't quibble with anybody saying that the scientific
consensus on plate tectonics approaches 100 %.
These organizations claim the emails prove a «conspiracy» of scientists and casts
doubt on the scientific
consensus regarding climate change.
Here's a story we all now know well: A small number of groups backed by the fossil fuel industry have for decades shed
doubt on the science of climate change, even as the actual scientific community
consensus on the issue — that greenhouse gas pollution posed a significant threat to our climate — remained strong and continued to grow stronger.
It documents how a small group of scientists with links to industry were able to sow
doubt about the scientific
consensus and delay effective policy
on DDT, tobacco, acid rain and, now, global warming.
«
Consensus» Science Takes A Hit In 2017 During 2017, 485 scientific papers have been published that cast
doubt on the position that anthropogenic CO2 emissions function as the climate's fundamental control knob... or that otherwise question the efficacy of climate models or the related «
consensus» positions commonly endorsed by policymakers and mainstream media.
I also explained I don't have any real beefs with ice core data but if you want to state something specific I'm sure I can find something to cast
doubt upon it as very little in this debate is writ in granite, confirmation bias is rampant, overconfidence abounds, the race to publish by inexperienced youngsters
on the tenure track is heated, and pal review let's just about anything that supports the
consensus view get published while simultaneously quashing anything contrary.
That reduction ignores that several of the papers
on Duarte's list were classified as 4, and therefore did not contribute to the
consensus value; and that no
doubt there were opposite errors were papers supporting the
consensus were excluded or classified as 4 (both of which are known to have been the case).
And in this episode of the nation's climate history, once again, the same industry that foresaw the ultimate end of coal as a main fuel for power generation later supported actions to cast
doubt on the science and to stave off policies to address the problem, funding groups that deny the scientific
consensus and joining the main industry group that opposed participation in the first climate treaty.
According to Kelly Sims of Ozone Action, «Efforts by Fred Singer and others to cast
doubt on the most thorough, sophisticated and internationally - based
consensus on climate change is part of a well - coordinated plan to mislead the public and policymakers.»
The faux pause has nonetheless been used by political partisans like Senator Cruz to cast
doubt on the overwhelming scientific
consensus that humans are causing rapid global warming, simply because they find the political implications of that scientific reality inconvenient â $» to their ideological views and the views of the special interests who fund their campaigns.
I don't have much
doubt that there has been some mild warming due to AGW, but I think that there are many claims of * possible * catastrophic outcomes (based
on sketchy models) that pose as * probable * outcomes and
consensus science.
With the IPCC increasingly in the spotlight, the denialists can trivialize the entire environmental crisis simply by casting
doubt on the scientific
consensus on global warming.
However, I
doubt that the
consensus endorsing the proposition that 2 deg C is «dangerous» is as unanimous as the
consensus endorsing the propositions that temperatures are currently warmer than the 19th century and that CO2 has a direct impact
on temperature â $ «a proposition uncontested by Lindzen, Christy or Spencer.
The study cites Spencer and Bast along with other «manufacturers of
doubt,» whose work to undermine the public understanding of this
consensus has been stunningly successful — only 12 percent of Americans, their previous work found, know that more than 90 percent of scientists agree
on this — and has resulted in «cascading effects
on public understanding that climate change is happening, human caused, a serious threat, and in turn, support for climate change mitigation and adaptation policies.»
In a statement, Mr. Boehlert, who is retiring at the end of the year, expressed satisfaction with the results, saying, «There is nothing in this report that should raise any
doubts about the broad scientific
consensus on global climate change — which doesn't rest primarily
on these temperature issues, in any event — or any
doubts about whether any paper
on the temperature records was legitimate scientific work.»
These sort of questions can be safely ignored coming from someone like me, but when a bona fide climate scientist such as Judith - who has always been firmly
on the
consensus side - suddenly starts expressing
doubt then such dissent must be squashed as it can't be ignored..
Climate skeptics say this «hiatus» casts
doubt on the scientific
consensus on climate change, even though the past decade was the warmest
on record.
Bender, there are no
doubt many sharp minds that participate at RC and they do provide a view of where the
consensus climate science comes down
on important issues and explanations for it.
Given that the majority view here
on WUWT appears to be that the scientific
consensus is simply wrong (or non-existent)-- as opposed to mendacious — I should have said ``... if anthropogenic climate change is a false alarm you — and your whole team — will without
doubt deserve Nobel Prizes»
This emerging
consensus casts
doubt on dreamy visions of efficiency — like the one put forth in Reinventing Fire — that dismiss the importance of rebound.
DEBORAH AMOS: Throughout his administration, the president has been at odds with the scientific
consensus on global warming, at times raising
doubts about its cause.
Cruz's comments are the latest episode in a decades - long campaign to cast
doubt on the scientific
consensus on climate change.
Why do so many U.S business leaders and members of Congress
doubt the scientific
consensus on global warming?
And don't forget the many other surveys that have been done in parallel with STATS, all of which show an overwhelming
consensus (STATS is the low outlier, but when I asked for the list of questions three years ago, they were not available, something I think casts
doubt on the conclusions as published
on the web).
Harvey and his co-authors concluded that some climate -
doubting bloggers, including many who cite Crockford, seek to cast
doubt on all of climate science by discrediting the scientific
consensus on whether polar bears are endangered.
But this is just the latest chapter in over two decades of manufactured
doubt on the scientific
consensus about climate change.
Those wishing to delay climate action will continue to cast
doubt on the scientific
consensus.
A Growing Volume Of Evidence Undercuts «
Consensus» Science During the first 6 months of 2017, 285 scientific papers have already been published that cast
doubt on the position that anthropogenic CO2 emissions function as the climate's fundamental control knob... or that otherwise question the efficacy of climate models or the related «
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