House Science Cmte. To Hold Climate Hearing From Which We'll Learn Nothing
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But the House Science Committee has invited a set of witnesses, some of whom have an ugly history of insulting and demonizing one another, to trade jabs on a range of niche issues. The exchanges have the potential to become dramatic but will simply be a distraction. The conflict may give off the unfortunate appearance that scientists don’t agree on anything and that climate change science is “not settled,” despite the fact certain fundamentals are undisputed.
Much more productive congressional discussions would focus on what the most important risks of climate change are, and what are the best options for managing and overcoming them. But instead, this is what I think you’re going to get — it’s entirely predictable:
Curry, the first witness — invited by the Republican majority, professor emeritus from Georgia Tech — won’t deny some human-induced climate change is occurring. But she’ll say we can’t pinpoint exactly how large the human role is. She’ll talk a lot about uncertainty and how scientists may be underestimating it — especially in climate model predictions. She’ll probably also point out that her research indicates that, in the coming decades, climate warming will be on the low side of projections. She may talk about “tribalism” among climate scientists, which she will allege blocks out dissenting views.
John Christy, the second witness — invited by the Republican majority, professor at the University of Alabama at Huntsville — will also not deny a human role in climate warming. But he’ll make much of the fact that his analysis of satellite temperature data suggest warming is proceeding on the low side of projections. He probably won’t mention analyses of other temperature data sets that show recent warming matches climate model predictions very well:
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