Not exact matches
The fact that Christy and Pielke Sr. are
scientists allows their skeptical positions on rapid GHG driven
global warming to be even harder to
deal with when I attempt to inform people that rapid GHG driven
global warming is happening and that humans need to act quickly to reduce GHG emissions in order to delay and to reduce the catastrophe that lies ahead due to
global warming.
Scientists already feel that the second part of the IPCC report, which addresses the consequences of
global warming, is not as sound as the first part, which
deals with the underlying physical factors contributing to climate change.
But
scientists and officials involved in the intensifying international debate on how to
deal with global warming say it has taken the United States far too long to put the issue front and center, particularly because this country is the biggest source of heat - trapping gases, and because the spread of American - style consumerism to developing nations is likely to create the biggest source of the gases in the next century.
... the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which includes more than 3,000
scientists from around the world, agrees that climate change is caused by a number of factors, including excess carbon dioxide... The Government of Alberta accepts the findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and recognizes the need to reduce emissions and take immediate action to
deal with the impacts of
global warming.
The book's editor, respected polar
scientist Paul Berkman, sees the need to re-summon the political will shown back then, so as to
deal with the ultimate cross-border threat -
global warming.
The main reason is that it includes not climate
scientists who research how to
deal with «man made
global warming» assuming that it is a fact, exactly like the IPCC does.
After all, the 1988 document was circulated just as NASA
scientist James Hansen testified in Congress that
global warming had already arrived and had to be
dealt with urgently.
Two
scientists who believe we are on the wrong track argue in the current issue of the journal Nature Climate Change that
global warming is inevitable and it's time to switch our focus from trying to stop it to figuring out how we are going to
deal with its consequences..»
I would note that because the issue of politics is a large one on the topic, a great
deal of
scientists (addressed
with the drama effect discussion a little) might studiously avoid quantification, or even mentioning «
global warming» or «
global climate change» so as not to get dragged into defending their paper on a political, rather than scientific basis.
I have no doubt that climatology is a challenging field in and of itself, but climate
scientists — particularly those focused on
global warming — also have to
deal with consistent attempts to undermine their credibility.
So, even while the
scientists argue about what's causing
global warming, I think its worthwhile that we as a nation figure out how to
deal with global warming.
Even if most climate
scientists agree on the anthropogenic causes of
global warming, that doesn't imply that the best way to
deal with the problem is through drastic cuts in greenhouse emissions.
I actually make a good
deal of money off this
global warming scam yet side
with the dissident
scientist who receive no funding from government grants.