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James Hansen is somewhat controversial, but this paper has been reviewed and accepted for publication in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, and it's very seriou
by crygin 11y ago
James Hansen is somewhat controversial, but this paper has been reviewed and accepted for publication in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, and it's very serious: https://app.box.com/s/i4u002tbpcvkamj9wq4n8t1u8wxsjhis https://app.box.com/s/i4u002tbpcvkamj9wq4n8t1u8wxsjhis
I'd summarize but anyone interested in the near-term (this century) effects of climate change and already on HN should be willing to read the actual paper.
- alatkins 11y agoI'm not familiar with Hansen, can you give an idea of how he's been controversial?
- crygin 11y agoSorry for the next-day response, went to bed shortly after posting that. Long story short, this paper received a lot of press attention when it was published to the ACPD last summer for discussion: http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/07/23/whiplash-warning-when-climate-science-is-publicized-before-peer-review-and-publication/?_r=0 http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/07/23/whiplash-warnin... Which led to a fair number of climate scientists upset about what they saw as the press reporting on preliminary results. It's linked in that article but the key point is that Hansen has spent the last ~10 years calling out what he sees as a reticent attitude among climate scientists towards (what he feels is justified) alarmism: http://iopscience.iop.org/1748-9326/2/2/024002/fulltext/ http://iopscience.iop.org/1748-9326/2/2/024002/fulltext/
- alatkins 11y agoThanks, good to be able to put this and the author in some context, though the science should stand for itself.