Diuretic
Permanently confused
If there was a gold medal in "jumping to conclusions" then there would be a real tussle to get it.
The inquiry into what actually happened, not what everyone thinks happened, isn't over. When it is we'll have a better idea of how, if at all, the science on this issue has been damaged.
RealClimate: Unsettled Science
The inquiry into what actually happened, not what everyone thinks happened, isn't over. When it is we'll have a better idea of how, if at all, the science on this issue has been damaged.
Dealing with the future always involves dealing with uncertainty – and this is as true with climate as it is with the economy. Science has led to a great deal of well-supported concern that increasing emissions of CO2 (in particular) are posing a substantial risk to human society. Playing rhetorical games in the face of this, while momentarily satisfying for blog commenters, is no answer at all to the real issues we face.
RealClimate: Unsettled Science