The basics of global
warming science remain robust — more greenhouse gases will continue to heat the planet, erode ice, raise seas and present challenges to many human and ecological communities.
Not exact matches
And the question of how
science on the fringe should be dealt with
remains open: some observers say that Meldrum, who has been lambasted by colleagues and passed over for promotion twice, should just be left alone to do his thing; others counter that in this era of creationism, global
warming denial, and widespread antiscience sentiment and scientific illiteracy, it is particularly imperative that bad
science be soundly scrutinized and exposed.
Our
science is a little more solid today, but researchers still aren't 100 % sure how and why the virus spreads, and they
remain stumped about why some parts of the world have such a pronounced winter flu season with almost no flu activity in
warmer months.
Re # 10 The USGS was walked up to the wall back in the mid 90's and told in no uncertain terms that if they kept addressing environmental
science and failed to sing the oil industry line (on
remaining petroleum reserves as well as on the issue of global
warming), then they would be dissolved, flushed, kaput — the Congressional funding would be cut off.
Unfortunately for policymakers and the public, while the basic
science pointing to a rising human influence on climate is clear, many of the most important questions will
remain surrounded by deep complexity and uncertainty for a long time to come: the pace at which seas will rise, the extent of
warming from a certain buildup of greenhouse gases (climate sensitivity), the impact on hurricanes, the particular effects in particular places (what global
warming means for Addis Ababa or Atlanta).
A revealing look at RC's «real
science:» When SecularAnimist posts a dubious claim (# 87) about the cause and effects of global
warming, it
remains here.
[Added Dec. 31, 9:00 a.m. In mid November, he made a prediction, posted on the National
Science Foundation website, that the period from December through February would see unusual cold in the east, as the west
remains warm given the power of this ElNiño.]
The
science remains utterly equivocal on how global
warming might boost the longstanding peril from tornadoes in the storm belt.
This is not meant to imply that scientist can not inform society of the scientifically supported consequence if a particular course of action (e.g., global
warming) but if this is to
remain in the sphere of
science and not advocacy, then the hypotheses must
remain falsifiable.
To me, it conveys how environmental campaigners, in trying to engage a public for which global
warming has little salience, may be helping sustain the still - common view that greenhouse - driven
warming remains uncertain
science.
Advocates of global
warming remain must explain their
science in the form of a paper that is accepted, quantitative, confirmed by observation and that gives a useful mathematical relation between air temperatures and the concentrations of GHG in them.
One of climate
science's main focuses is the capacity of land and sea to absorb CO2; if «carbon sinks» lose the ability to sequester carbon, more CO2 will
remain in the atmosphere, likely escalating
warming.
quote: «Despite the 97 % expert consensus on human - caused global
warming supported by peer - reviewed research, expert opinion, the IPCC reports, and National Academies of
Science and other scientific organizations from around the world, a large segment of the population
remains unconvinced on the issue.»
154 Australian scientists demand climate policy that matches the
science «While the Paris Agreement
remains unbinding and global
warming has received minimal attention in the recent elections, governments worldwide are presiding over a large - scale demise of the planetary ecosystems, which threatens to leave large parts of Earth uninhabitable.
The multiple harms that global
warming is causing, especially to human access to adequate food supplies, will only increase if the
science deniers continue to provide politicians with excuses to do nothing about the problem, while the media
remains nearly silent.
Unless, this graph is brought uptodate and inline with climate
science convention, there will
remain a suspicion, that the old baseline is being used, to show BIGGER anomalies, as evidence of man made global
warming..
The report states that the IPCC is «95 percent certain that humans are the main cause of current global
warming» and
remains one of the most robust works in climate
science.
Global
warming science facts from new research indicates that ENSO will not become a permanent feature as speculated by the IPCC's resident AGW alarmists - the massive climate phenomenon will
remain variable
As can be seen, there has been a cooling trend - granted, a very tiny -0.04 °C / century, but it
remains far removed from the IPCC's unicorn
science of «amplified» and dangerous polar
warming.
The truth is that the impact of global
warming on tornadoes
remains uncertain, because the underlying
science is nuanced and there are competing factors that come into play.
Mr. Bush opposes mandatory restrictions on smokestack and tailpipe gases, which many climate scientists link to global
warming, saying the
science pointing to the risks
remains uncertain.
Now, if a
warming trend of some kind resumes before AR6, the IPCC and the climate
science community will consider themselves off the hook, even if the
warming trend predicted by AR4 models, shifted to the right in time,
remains below the lower boundary of the AR4 model ensemble.
The report, titled «The Economics of Climate Change,» claims that there are «positive aspects to global
warming» and describes how «the
science of human - induced
warming remains uncertain.»
He says that, in terms of climate
science research, scientists still need to address the
remaining uncertainties in the carbon cycle: where and how fast the carbon released into the atmosphere goes, how much stays in the atmosphere, whether there are limits to some natural sinks for carbon and whether there are important new sources of carbon emissions that may be triggered by
warming.
IPCC global
warming science claims human CO2 emissions
remain in the atmosphere for hundreds to thousands of years (not likely, but we'll assume it for this analysis).
12 November, 2001 «In short, as
science becomes more advanced it seems that the one thing is clear: While ice caps may be growing, and coral reefs are
remaining resilient, the one thing that is dwindling for sure is the case for global
warming.»
Even with ongoing questions about the proxy data, the IPCC's key statement — that most of the
warming since the mid-twentieth century is «very likely» to be due to human - caused increases in greenhouse - gas concentration —
remains solid because it rests on multiple lines of evidence from different teams examining many aspects of the climate system, says Susan Solomon, the former co-chair of the IPCC team that produced the 2007 physical
science report and a climate researcher with the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Boulder, Colorado.
Tim Pawlenty said in an interview this week that the
science of global
warming remains unclear and that Earth's shifting climate is more likely due to natural causes.
«that there is overwhelming agreement in the climate
science community that CO2 is a greenhouse gas and that increasing the percentage of atmospheric CO2 will ultimately result in
warmer temperatures if all other factors
remain constant»
This is tantamount to proof that what the
warmers incorrectly refer to as the
science of global
warming, is really a political movement, controlled by politicians, who prefer to
remain in the shadows but are not afraid to step into the daylight if things get out of control and take over.
Trump administration officials focused on climate
remain in close touch with groups challenging global
warming science and determined to undo climate polices adopted by President Barack Obama.
But of more significance was that although he was willing to admit some of the more obvious unresolved questions concerning the AGW / warmist position (such as whether the 1975 - 98
warming is unprecedented, whether global temperatures have been declining recently, and whether the Medieval
Warm Period was
warmer), he
remains unwilling to take a broader and more objective view of climate
science despite having had ample time to contemplate all that has transpired.
Arguing that the
science of global
warming remains uncertain, President Bush in 2001 disavowed the Kyoto treaty that sets mandatory targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and he has pursued policies calling for more research and voluntary efforts to limit emissions.