Climate Science: My Own Mountain of Evidence

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Thursday April 01, 2010 · 10:13 AM PDT

2010/04/01 · 10:13

They should’ve been bound for the recycling bin years ago. So why do I keep dozens of outdated climate reports at my desk here at the National Wildlife Federation?

These climate change assessments -- published by the U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, various U.S. government agencies, the National Academy of Sciences, and others -- are each snapshots of our best understanding of climate change science at the time they were written. They are weighty: dense with text, graphs, tables, and thousands of citations. I keep them because they chronicle the journey that the climate science community has taken over the past generation.

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Sunday December 13, 2009 · 8:24 AM PST

2009/12/13 · 08:24

While the eyes of the world are focused on Copenhagen, I’m halfway around the globe, representing the National Wildlife Federation at the American Geophysical Union’s fall meeting in San Francisco. More than 16,000 geophysicists -- people who study all aspects of the Earth & solar system, including climate -- from around the world will be convening to continue advancing the science. It's often the place where major new discoveries are first announced – including the latest news on global warming.

It’s absolutely baffling to me that as I present & participate in sessions on the latest cutting-edge climate science, the international media has gone hook, line & sinker for a distraction about hacked emails pushed by polluters and science deniers. But it’s a sad reflection of the disconnect between the scientific debate here in San Francisco and the political debates happening in Washington and Copenhagen.

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