Sentences with phrase «validity of climate»

Hank (216), No, I'm simply saying that the argument that the supporters of AGW are just like the good guys from the tobacco studies, or that the skeptics are just like the folks that didn't buy off on the tobacco studies is not a compelling argument for or against, though for some reason it is viewed by some as a absolute proof of the validity of climate change studies.

Inglis's reflection on the GOP's tendency to reject the findings of climate scientists isn't just about the party's image, it's also indicative a trend that's likely to find its way into the highest levels of legislative leadership, as the top chairman picks for House committees on Energy and Commerce, as well as Science, all have expressed doubts about the validity of climate change.

However, Laden noted the study doesn't actually «say that one or another scenario is likely or less likely» and «says nothing about the validity of climate models.»

But the hundreds of pages of scientific evidence quoted for accuracy by the media and scientists alike, remain inscrutable to the general public who may still question the validity of climate change.

But, from a scientific view I do not condone or support Texas» argument regarding the validity of climate science in general, the IPCC, etc..

His proposal of a $ 10,000 bet was intended to draw attention to the need to assess the predictive validity of climate forecasts in an objective manner.

We found that cultural polarization over the validity of climate change science is offset by making citizens aware of the potential contribution of geoengineering as a supplement to restriction of CO2 emissions.

Green, Kesten C and Armstrong, J. Scott and Soon, Willie (2009): Validity of Climate Change Forecasting for Public Policy Decision Making.

I try to explain to all Global Warming detractors of your ilk... that it's fine to argue over scientific points and ask questions about the validity of Climate Models...... But the second you start chucking out comments like yours....»

Green, K.C., J.S. Armstrong, and W. Soon, 2009: Validity of climate change forecasting for public policy decision making, International Journal of Forecasting 25: 826 — 832.

This brings the second issue: how do you check the validity of a climate model?

In addition, more extensive and more accurate scientific measurements are needed to test the validity of climate models to increase confidence in their projections.

He became known for aggressively questioning the validity of climate science in his previous tenure as the committee's chair between 2003 and 2007.

You found that the group that read the geo - engineering article was less polarized over the validity of the climate change study.

In addition, cultural polarization over the validity of the climate - change study was lower for both U.S. and English subjects in the geoengineering condition than in the anti-pollution condition, where polarization was actually larger for U.S. subjects than it was in the control.

With Obama and Premier Wen Jiabao's visits, the recent e-mail scandal casting doubt on the scientific validity of climate data known as «Climategate,» over 200 world leaders and 25,000 participants in attendance, this year's COP - 15 will surely be one for the ages... stay tuned.

A growing number also express doubts about the validity of climate science or reject outright the notion that carbon dioxide and other warming emissions represent a significant environmental threat.

But he added that a disagreement over a single paper had little to do with the overall validity of climate science.

This discrepancy had previously been used to challenge the validity of climate models used to detect and attribute the causes of observed climate change.

They do, however, raise serious questions about the validity of climate models (which are, of course, used to predict future warming and are used to set public policy and sway public opinion) and how much we are actually warming.

Not exact matches

Left - leaning blogs and sites like ThinkProgress and Huffington Post jumped on Rubio's comments, with the Zack Beauchamp from ThingProgress writing, «To suggest we can't know how old the Earth is, then, is to deny the validity of these scientific methods altogether — a maneuver familiar to Rubio, who also denies the reality of anthropogenic climate change.»

One need only consider the response of the critical community to E. D. Hirsch's Validity in Interpretation (1967), a much (and often unjustly) attacked book that dared to defend objectivity in interpretation in the climate of 1960s radicalism.

You can't simply take one curve, look at it «by eye», and start to make claims about the validity of the idea that human influence on climate is significant

«One demanding test of the validity of the computer simulations of the climate of the earth is based on temperature records from the Arctic... When tested against the Arctic temperature record, therefore, the computer forecasts are seen to exaggerate the projected warming by a large amount.»

In Part 1 of this article the nature and validity of emergent constraints [1] on equilibrium climate sensitivity (ECS) in GCMs were discussed, drawing mainly on the analysis and assessment of 19 such constraints in Caldwell et al. (2018), [2] who concluded that only four of them were credible.

In Part 1 of this article the nature and validity of emergent constraints [i] on equilibrium climate sensitivity (ECS) in GCMs were discussed, drawing mainly on the analysis and assessment of 19 such constraints in Caldwell et al (2018; henceforth Caldwell), [ii] who concluded that only four of them were credible.

Likewise, users can learn about the process of assessing school climate (including the 12 relevant dimensions of climate that need to be tapped), but a school or district would need a few thousand in funding in order to administer the Comprehensive School Climate Inventory (CSCI), the Center's proprietary instrument that has demonstrated reliability and vaclimate (including the 12 relevant dimensions of climate that need to be tapped), but a school or district would need a few thousand in funding in order to administer the Comprehensive School Climate Inventory (CSCI), the Center's proprietary instrument that has demonstrated reliability and vaclimate that need to be tapped), but a school or district would need a few thousand in funding in order to administer the Comprehensive School Climate Inventory (CSCI), the Center's proprietary instrument that has demonstrated reliability and vaClimate Inventory (CSCI), the Center's proprietary instrument that has demonstrated reliability and validity.

Using a predictive validity study to examine the survey results as they relate to student achievement on standardized assessments, McREL researchers found that school climate was the greatest predictor of Grade 5 achievement in literacy.

A large scale study of the assessment of the social environment of middle and secondary schools: the validity and utility of teachers» ratings of school climate, cultural pluralism, and safety problems for understanding school effects and school improvement.

One of the key concerns readers have had at both Amazon and Goodreads, and will undoubtedly continue to cause concern under the new partnership, is the validity of book reviews in a climate where accusations have been hurled about paid reviews, trolls, and worse.

I wince when climate scientists rally for nuclear power, for example, or make statements about the validity of claims about «clean coal» and «fossil carbon capture» when they've never published or worked in those areas.

Rather than saying that Judith is wrong, it would be more accurate to say that you disagree with Judith and for that matter Nic Lewis on the scientific validity of AOGCM's for predicting climate patterns or for that matter climate sensitivity.

The abstract certainly says so by concluding «The validity of the anthropogenic nature of global warming and climate change and that of the effectiveness of proposed measures for climate action may therefore be questioned solely on this basis.»

* Average citizens «understand» (recognize) uncertainties in climate science; recognition of uncertainties becomes part of the «conventional wisdom» * Media «understands» (recognizes) uncertainties in climate science * Media coverage reflects balance on climate science and recognition of the validity of viewpoints that challenge the current «conventional wisdom» * Industry senior leadership understands uncertainties in climate science, making them stronger ambassadors to those who shape climate policy * Those promoting the Kyoto treaty on the basis of extent science appears to be out of touch with reality.

Look at it this way, there is an entire constituency within the public that firmly believes that there is a grand division among the scientific community on the validity of anthropogenic climate change.

I'm simply questioning the validity of the hypothesis offered by so many climate scientists that CO2 emissions from fossil fuels are a significant factor in global warming, to the extent that they must be drastically reduced.

Victor (243): I'm simply questioning the validity of the hypothesis offered by so many climate scientists that CO2 emissions from fossil fuels are a significant factor in global warming, to the extent that they must be drastically reduced.

You also have to know what there is to know about climate, hence the truth of Gavin's point earlier on this thread about the codes and the validity of Ray's remarks.

As far as i was aware the climate sensitivity issue still remains, as too do the questions over the validity of the temperature records (raising the distinct possibility that the change you are trying to detect is smaller than the error limits themselves) and the modelling parameters.

U.S. cities suing energy companies over climate change may have mischaracterized their own evidence, casting more doubt on the validity of the litigation and putting an additional spotlight on the environmental activists who are steering the broader campaign.

As I said in my reply to Wegman, ordinarily I would agree with him that science shouldn't be conducted through blogs, but in the case of climate science an opinion about global warming in general, or the validity of multiproxy reconstructions or climate models in particular seems to constitute for some a political viewpoint that must be either trumpeted from the rooftops or suppressed by any means possible regardless of its scientific merit.

Kahan: We examined whether people, in judging the validity of evidence on climate change, would be more or less open - minded based on whether they had just previously been exposed to information either about geo - engineering or carbon limits.

Bryan: There's a lot of money riding on the UN's interpretation of climate change and people are beginning to worry about the validity of some of the science.

Our inquiry did not include any assessment of the validity and reliability of NOAA's or any other entity's climate science research.

This has led to doubts about the validity of IPCC conclusions, and to serious difficulty in making national and international policy regarding climate change.

I see no need for those checking the validity of its methods to be climate scientists, so the background of those discussing here seems irrelevant to this point of whether the sugject is climate science.

Media coverage reflects balance on climate science and recognition of the validity of viewpoints that challenge the current «conventional wisdom»

No scientist would ever be so intellectually lazy as to reason that since the climate consensus «sort - of looks like» the Darwinian consensus, that their underlying scientific validities should also match.

Those numbers were based on crude climate models whose validity had never been tested by observations — and even today, there remains no validation for the climate models that are at the heart of most claims of climate catastrophe.

In the question and answer session, he disputed the validity of Doran 2009 because relatively few climate science experts had participated (77 of 79 answered that human activity is a significant contributing factor to global warming).