{"id":3226,"date":"2012-02-01T18:26:07","date_gmt":"2012-02-01T23:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/?p=3226"},"modified":"2012-02-01T18:26:07","modified_gmt":"2012-02-01T23:26:07","slug":"revenge-of-the-climate-scientists-38-experts-set-the-wsj-straight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2012\/02\/01\/revenge-of-the-climate-scientists-38-experts-set-the-wsj-straight\/","title":{"rendered":"Revenge of the Climate Scientists: 38 Experts Set the WSJ Straight"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two days ago, I wrote about a flawed global warming analysis<\/a> in the Wall Street Journal<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The paper published an opinion piece, No Need to Panic About Global Warming<\/a>, written by a small group of scientists and engineers who are global warming skeptics.<\/p>\n

Today, the other side was heard from.<\/p>\n

The Wall Street Journal published a sharp rebuttal<\/a> from 38 experts —\u00a0all of them respected climatologists — who call the authors of the first piece:<\/p>\n

[T]he climate-science equivalent of dentists practicing cardiology.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Today’s piece points out that most of the authors of the first analysis have no expertise in climate science, although they are accomplished in their own respective fields.<\/p>\n

But, as the\u00a0large group of climate scientists writes today<\/a>:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

The National Academy of Sciences of the U.S. (set up by President Abraham Lincoln to advise on scientific issues), as well as major national academies of science around the world and every other authoritative body of scientists active in climate research have stated that the science is clear: The world is heating up and humans are primarily responsible \u2026 Research shows that more than 97% of scientists actively publishing in the field agree that climate change is real and human caused. It would be an act of recklessness for any political leader to disregard the weight of evidence and ignore the enormous risks that climate change clearly poses. <\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I couldn\u2019t agree more. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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