Climate change warning signs started in the 1800s. Here's what humanity knew and when.
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Climate change concern has recently skyrocketed, but scientists began warning humanity in the 1800s.

I am increasingly convinced that climate scientists withhold information vital to understanding how dire Earth’s climate situation really is.

  • @nockoEnglish
    2•1 year ago

    There’s also the error bars.

    Scientists will determine that the temperature will rise by between 1°C and 6°C. That’s a big range. Climate change is complicated and it’s impossible to account for all of the variables.

    To the scientist (and their colleagues) they’ll know that 3°C is most likely, and this type of paper reads like a dire warning… but when the news breaks, it goes. One of two ways:

    1. “1-6°C is a huge range, scientists must not know what’s going on. What does this even mean?”

    2. “Scientists report that temperature will rise by at least 1°C, the UN Council on Blah Blah says that we should keep under 1.5°C…”

    It’s maddening, really. Most of the scientists I know are doomers.