There is no country more in the global warming tank than the UK. Thus, it is notable that the government’s lead adviser on science issues admits that climate scientists have hyped global warming, and further, urges that they open the books and interact with skeptics. From the story:
The impact of global warming has been exaggerated by some scientists and there is an urgent need for more honest disclosure of the uncertainty of predictions about the rate of climate change, according to the Government’s chief scientific adviser. John Beddington was speaking to The Times in the wake of an admission by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) that it grossly overstated the rate at which Himalayan glaciers were receding.
Professor Beddington said that climate scientists should be less hostile to sceptics who questioned man-made global warming. He condemned scientists who refused to publish the data underpinning their reports. 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.
Apparently Professor Beddington has been reading Secondhand Smoke. : )
January 27th, 2010 | 10:39 am
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January 27th, 2010 | 11:23 am
Like many things in science, it’s hyped [cures, stem cells, cold fusion, gene therapy, catalytic antibodies (haha), etc].
But, is global warming reality? Yes. Do we need to start making adjustments now, so that it won’t disrupt our kids in 75 years – yes. Start with an energy project centered on research for utilizing electric energy – capable of not being derived from fossil fuels – new batteries and more efficient engines and, of course, new energy sources. Maybe we could sacrifice and upgrade and USE public transportation (now instead of paying attention to the road, you can pay attention to science on the way to work, or catch up on sleep).
The first step is to stop denying the reality of global warming and the reality that fossil fuel combustion releases massive amounts of unsequestered CO2 into the atmosphere or food-rich ocean where it serves as an IR absorbing greenhouse gas or acidifier, respectively.
The savvy know where reality stops and hype starts. The wise prepare 25 years in advance.
January 28th, 2010 | 4:10 am
[...] one comes courtesy our friend Wesley Smith writing at First Things. We’ll let his reporting tell the story, but as always, emphasis [...]
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