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Climate scientists have long feared being called alarmist, and indeed - the preliminary evidence is that this may have led to over-conservative estimates of the

by gbrown 7y ago

Climate scientists have long feared being called alarmist, and indeed - the preliminary evidence is that this may have led to over-conservative estimates of the impacts and timescale of the climate disaster.

kaybe 7y ago
You don't want to know about the results discussed at conferences where there doesn't have to be consensus on how bad it is/could be.. the IPCC reports are quite optimistic.
- gbrown 7y ago
  I can guess.
- pier25 7y ago
  > the IPCC reports are quite optimistic Because they have been using outdated models and ignoring feedbacks. https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/04/new-climate-models-predict-warming-surge https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/04/new-climate-models-p...