A very, very small number of
vocal climate scientists and a somewhat larger group of what I would call advocates and bureaucrats really determine what you hear in the media about AGW science.
You don't think that they aren't aware of climategate and the general anti-Koch attitude of the more politically
vocal climate scientists?
Not exact matches
Attracted to fringe
scientists like the small and
vocal group of
climate skeptics, Republicans appear to be alienated from a mainstream scientific community that by and large doesn't share their political beliefs.
[Andy Revkin — Above, Mr. McCain appears to be using references to observed changes in ice and
climate to fend off potential criticism from a small, but
vocal array of
climate scientists and conservative or anti-regulatory groups that disparage computer simulations showing the consequences of rising greenhouse - gas concentrations.]
The fact is, many
scientists on both sides of the debate are not
climate scientists, they are earth
scientists, astrophysicists, palaeontologists, economists, statisticians, and here in Australia, one of the most
vocal pro-AGW commentators is a professor of psychology.
In the ongoing battle between
climate scientists and skeptics there will be disproportionate carnage, because the
climate scientists have so much more to lose... for
climate science I fully expect things to get worse before they get better, simply because the most
vocal, politically active
climate scientists have shown no skill at operating in the political arena.»
ppt presentation on this topic to three colleagues, each of whom is a very respected senior
scientist and none of whom have been particularly
vocal advocates on the subject of
climate change (names are withheld to protect the guilty / innocent).
«The leaked emails from the University of East Angeles [sic]
Climate Research Unit in the November of 2009 revealed that the scientists most vocal about the effects humans were having on the climate... were not following accepted scientific practices.
Climate Research Unit in the November of 2009 revealed that the
scientists most
vocal about the effects humans were having on the
climate... were not following accepted scientific practices.
climate... were not following accepted scientific practices.»
It is also quite typical of a visionary
scientist who has become one of the clearest and most
vocal advocates against
climate change.
I can not understand how they do not realise how petty and how this makes them look and shows that RC is just a PR machine of a small group of (
vocal)
scientists, not reflecting
Climate Science as a whole.
Marine
scientists have become increasingly
vocal that oceanic biodiversity is imperiled by a combination of overfishing, nutrient pollution, ocean acidification and
climate change.
That may be the policy urged by many
scientists, particularly the most
vocal ones in the
climate - change debate, but it's not a consensus based on
climate research.
Attracted to fringe
scientists like the small and
vocal group of
climate skeptics, Republicans appear to be alienated from a mainstream scientific community that by and large doesn't share their political beliefs.
While the argument rumbles on for some, with Exxon now accepting the existance of man - made
climate change, and with the
climate skeptic's favorite
scientist actually being a
vocal climate action proponent, I'm ready to move on until someone shows me convincing evidence of this elaborate hoax I keep hearing about.
By then not only
climate scientists, but I would think a large part of the global population will be fully aware of the dangerous consequences of global warming and the urgency of public policies to reduce carbon emissions — thanks in a large part to Dr. Mann, James Hansen and many other
vocal figures in the
climate science community.
The real travesty here is that some
climate scientists really are being persecuted, yet you have not been terribly
vocal, if at all, in condemning the suggestions of Beck, Morano, Limbaugh, Cuccinelli and Inhofe.
One might argue that
climate scientists who are
vocal activists / advocates for fossil fuel emissions reductions are hypocritical for flying around so much.