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William Briggs has an article on Tennessee Votes to Teach Uncertainty in Science. In the meantime, it sure is nice to see these prominent scientists standing up for the integrity of their field, even if it means sticking their necks out and risking criticism from a few overly enthusiastic scientists and reporters. Over the long term I have every confidence that scientific questions will be resolved using the tools of science. Pielke Jr discusses their recent statements in this post entitled Pushing Back on Extreme Nonsense. Pielke Jr closes with this statement, with which I concur: In recent weeks, two of their faculty members have been speaking out publicly: Mike Wallace and Cliff Mass. However, if you follow mainly the public debate on climate change, you might not have heard of any of their faculty members. The Department of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Washington is one of the premier atmospheric science programs in the world. Twelve years is a reasonable time… it (the temperature) has stayed almost constant, whereas it should have been rising - carbon dioxide is rising, no question about that,” he added. “The world has not warmed up very much since the millennium. We were supposed to be halfway toward a frying world now,” he said.
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There’s nothing much really happening yet. That led to some alarmist books – mine included – because it looked clear-cut, but it hasn’t happened,” Lovelock said. “The problem is we don’t know what the climate is doing. The blogosphere is abuzz with the interview with Gaia scientist James Lovelock.
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A few things that caught my eye this past week