Re:Trees Could Change the Climate More Than Scientists Thought
by marcus_holmes on Sunday October 14, 2018 @11:37PM
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To be fair, the IPCC reports were (I haven't read the latest one yet) broken into the Science and Political parts.
The Science part was full of error bars and "probably" and "estimated". Generally good science being done by people trying to discover the truth, though there was a noticeable hesitance about publishing any implication that the models might be wrong.
The Political part was full of certainty and unambiguous calls to action in the face of overwhelming evidence that the world was going to hell in a decade.
The media only ever reported on the Political part. The Science part was worth reading to get some perspective.
The Science part was full of error bars and "probably" and "estimated". Generally good science being done by people trying to discover the truth, though there was a noticeable hesitance about publishing any implication that the models might be wrong.
The Political part was full of certainty and unambiguous calls to action in the face of overwhelming evidence that the world was going to hell in a decade.
The media only ever reported on the Political part. The Science part was worth reading to get some perspective.