Sentences with phrase «in public confidence in science»

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John Beddington, the UK government's chief scientific adviser, says that climate scientists should be less hostile to doubters who question man - made global warming, and that public confidence in science depends on more openness to varied opinions.

The House of Lords science and technology committee said the government is doing too little to improve security on the internet and risks undermining public confidence in the service.

Commenting on the announcement by Ofqual around issues related to GCSE Computer Science, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT — The Teachers» Union, said: «The NASUWT recognises that Ofqual has a critical responsibility to establish and maintain public and professional confidence in the qualification system.

It gave me a certain level of confidence that the public is: A, underserved in science programming; and B, has an appetite that previously was never recognized.

The fellowship trains 15 mid-career scientists each year to lead high - impact science communication and engagement, increase confidence in their skills, develop relationships with policymakers and other audiences, and build capacity for more scientists to engage with public audiences.

The drive to curb carbon emissions has waned further in the wake of financial meltdowns, global instability, and slumping public confidence in the science of climate change.

Scientists argue a new approach is needed to reverse an eroding confidence in climate science among the general public

At the same time, research ethics and transparency in medicine are a pivotal element to restore and cement the public's confidence in science, says Jimmy Volmink, a member of the InterAcademy Medical Panel (IAMP) Executive Committee.

The Synthetic Biology Project was launched in 2008 to ensure that, as synthetic biology moves forward, public confidence in the science and applications remains high, policymakers are informed, and any risks are minimized.

Speaking at a seminar on public confidence in biomedical science at the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Prof Wilmut warned there was a danger in missing scientific opportunities because of public fears and misunderstandings.

These reactions later became part of a public - service announcement made by first - year participants in Project IT Girl, an after - school program that strives to boost female high school students» confidence and competence in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM).

We are concerned that the incorporation of unsubstantiated theories into what the public understands to be the «scientific consensus» on global warming is eroding public confidence in climate science.

The real Yamal deception is their attempt to damage public confidence in science by making speculative and scandalous claims about the actions and motivations of scientists while cloaking them in a pretense of advancing scientific knowledge.

While many of his colleagues are (appropriately) quick to point out hype from those aiming to undermine public confidence in climate science, Schmidt has been unafraid also to note that reality on important issues — from tipping points to extreme weather — is not always convenient for greenhouse campaigners.

Here's the news: A committee of experts recommended by the Royal Society has completed the second of three inquiries into the affair, which foes of restrictions on greenhouse gases tried vigorously to use to undermine public confidence in decades of science pointing to a human - heated climate.

Another nail in the coffin of the public's confidence in science, along with NOAA's temperature adjustments:

Rep. Ed Markey (D - MA) called the hearing in an effort to further restore public confidence in climate science, and to set the record straight that «Climategate» was not the scandal climate deniers and the right - wing media tried to portray in the wake of the theft of private emails from scientists at the Climatic Research Unit of the University of East Anglia.

These organizations, which include the Heartland Institute — a group that once compared those who believe in climate change with the Unabomber — have undermined public confidence in climate science so much that scientists have to defend even their most fundamental findings.

«Confidence in the authority of the science of climatology is currently eroding in the public consciousness,» says Roger Pielke Jr., an American social economist and expert on natural disasters.

I think you know, however, that scientific journals usually require 95 % confidence levels or other high levels of proof before publishing and assume in so doing that science is engaged in what I have called «research» science not public policy informing science.

It's only important because the existence of controversy serves deniers and threatens to undermine public confidence in science and in climate science, which is of course the whole goal.

Doing so, they believed, could minimize what they saw as a gradual undermining of public confidence in science to solve the nation's environmental problems.

The lack of reproducibility of scientific research undermines public confidence in science and leads to the misuse of resources when researchers attempt to replicate and extend fallacious research findings.

They are just shooting themselves in the foot, All this does is reduce or eliminate the public's confidence in the climate science community, because it gives the appearance that the scientists are trying to hide something.

Congress can act to help restore confidence in the integrity of science and to reduce threats to science and scientists working to advise policy makers and the public:

I believe that the public's confidence in climate science and climate scientists may increase if it is felt that the scientists can take a mostly disinterested view on climate policy.

That statement is an attack on science, it is a denial of scientific ethics, and its mere assertion undermines public confidence in science.

... Unless decision - makers and scientists change their behavior, some bad luck — a few more large blown forecasts — could crash the American public's confidence in science.

The overselling of AGW by «climate scientists» has already harmed public confidence in all science and in all scientists.

(d) hiring public relations firms to undermine the public's confidence in mainstream climate change science,

That shows clearly that the general public lost confidence in AGW — both science and policy — over the period 2008 — 2010.

King once remarked that «climate change poses a bigger threat than terrorism», that it is the «biggest challenge our civilisation has ever had», and that foreign spies and US energy interests were behind attempts to undermine public confidence in climate science and the attempt to build an international agreement at Copenhagen.

But, most of all, it has caused the general public to lose confidence and trust in the IPCC and in climate science, in general, a result which our host here has recognized and acknowledged with a certain sense of sadness.

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81) The UK's Met Office has been forced this year to re-examine 160 years of temperature data after admitting that public confidence in the science on man - made global warming has been shattered by revelations about the data.

If the science of the hockey stick is wrong, then the symbolism it represents in the public mind is also wrong, and that is a situation The Team can not allow to develop if they are to gain the public's confidence in pursuing their long - term agenda.

The Times of London had a blockbuster of an item in its reporting of ClimateGate: The Met Office plans to re-examine 160 years of temperature data after admitting that public confidence in the science on man - made global warming has been shattered by leaked e-mails.

Correction to previous post -» I keep urging our Australian conservatives, who continue giving climate science denial and obstructionism their imprimatur of respectability and legitimacy whilst simultaneously declaring their confidence in mainstream climate science to ditch that position; is this a taste of what we will get when we do get a conservative government; public declarations of commitment to international agreements that gloss over a complete lack of understanding of it's seriousness?»

«He said that public confidence in climate science would be improved if there were more openness about its uncertainties, even if that meant admitting that sceptics had been right on some hotly - disputed issues.»

I keep urging our Australian conservatives, who continue giving climate science denial and obstructionism their imprimatur of respectability and legitimacy whilst simultaneously declaring their confidence in mainstream climate science; is this a taste of what we will get when we do get a conservative government; public declarations of commitment to international agreements that gloss over a complete lack of understanding of it's seriousness?

This is the sort of jumbled reasoning that creates loss of public confidence in climate science; you don't need to have a PhD in a climate - related science to see that it is totally illogical and contrary to all common sense.

This will just muddy the waters even further and lose confidence in climate science by me and I suspect the public at large»

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The wider review of science made possible by the blogosphere can improve science and foster public confidence in its methods.

Fallout from a loss of public confidence in climate science is affecting other fields of research, a top US academic claimed.

By any measure, the CRU emails have damaged public confidence in the climatology science community.

PS: «By any measure, the CRU emails have damaged public confidence in the climatology science community.»

Hill & Knowlton have undermined public confidence in the science around asbestos, lead, cadmium, the ozone hole, you name it.

... the «Global Climate Science Team» formed by ExxonMobil at the American Petroleum Institute in 1998 which sought to undermine public understanding of and confidence in global warming science... This was the team executing the plan to «reposition global warming as theory not fact» according to leaked campaign strategyScience Team» formed by ExxonMobil at the American Petroleum Institute in 1998 which sought to undermine public understanding of and confidence in global warming science... This was the team executing the plan to «reposition global warming as theory not fact» according to leaked campaign strategyscience... This was the team executing the plan to «reposition global warming as theory not fact» according to leaked campaign strategy memos.

Likewise self pride and honesty in scientific method will determine if public confidence in Climate Science returns.