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I always thought that when people used the word "settled" in connection to climate change they were referring to the question of whether humans have influenced
by lutorm 12y ago
I always thought that when people used the word "settled" in connection to climate change they were referring to the question of whether humans have influenced climate. Even though this article dismisses that question as "yeah there's little doubt about that", this is precisely what plenty of people have been arguing is not the case. So this article seems a lot like moving the goal posts to me.
Obviously climate science as a whole isn't "settled", any more than any other science is "settled".
- hencq 12y agoYeah I agree. The article was actually good and calls out very reasonable criticisms against current climate science. However the headline makes it seem the debate on whether humans influence the climate isn't settled.
- lotsofmangos 12y agoThat is most likely intentional. The headline was probably come up with from on high before any experts were even solicited to write the piece.
- ende 12y agoOne thing that the author points out is that the impact by humans is relatively small (compared to natural sourcing), and that natural variation is both vast and frequent.