{"id":287831,"date":"2023-11-13T18:46:06","date_gmt":"2023-11-13T17:46:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=287831"},"modified":"2023-11-13T18:46:28","modified_gmt":"2023-11-13T17:46:28","slug":"why-ipcc-scientists-wont-look-at-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=287831","title":{"rendered":"Why IPCC \u201cScientists\u201d Won\u2019t Look at the\u00a0Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"452\" data-attachment-id=\"287849\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=287849\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/075062-space-Earth-Sun-stars.jpg?fit=1920%2C1200&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1920,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;http:\/\/wallup.net&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;wallup.net&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;http:\/\/wallup.net&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;wallup.net&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"wallup.net\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;wallup.net&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/075062-space-Earth-Sun-stars.jpg?fit=723%2C452&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/075062-space-Earth-Sun-stars.jpg?resize=723%2C452&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-287849\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/075062-space-Earth-Sun-stars.jpg?resize=1024%2C640&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/075062-space-Earth-Sun-stars.jpg?resize=300%2C188&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/075062-space-Earth-Sun-stars.jpg?resize=768%2C480&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/075062-space-Earth-Sun-stars.jpg?resize=1536%2C960&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/075062-space-Earth-Sun-stars.jpg?resize=1200%2C750&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/075062-space-Earth-Sun-stars.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/075062-space-Earth-Sun-stars.jpg?w=1446&amp;ssl=1 1446w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/rclutz.com\/\">Science Matters<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/rclutz.com\/author\/ronaldrc\/\">Ron Clutz<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"723\" height=\"407\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BlPb4EWqRz0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The science about climate change is settled, right?<strong>\u00a0We\u2019re reassured by the media<\/strong>\u00a0again and again that there is almost complete unanimity when it comes to the question of whether\u00a0<strong>changes in the climate are caused by humans.<\/strong>\u00a0And\u00a0<strong>we\u2019re also told<\/strong>\u00a0there\u2019s so much consensus that\u00a0<strong>anyone who says otherwise isn\u2019t a real scientist, but a \u201cclimate change skeptic\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0just trying to muddy the pristine waters of settled science.\u00a0<strong>In this episode<\/strong>\u00a0of America Uncovered,\u00a0<strong>we look at the sun\u2019s role in global warming<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>why<\/strong>\u00a0so many human-caused-climate-change<strong>\u00a0proponents don\u2019t want to look at this data<\/strong>, and\u00a0<strong>how they\u2019re trying to discredit climate scientists<\/strong>\u00a0who are looking at factors that question the human-caused climate-change narrative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"362\" data-attachment-id=\"287834\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=287834\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-376.png?fit=1000%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1000,500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-376\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-376.png?fit=723%2C362&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-376.png?resize=723%2C362&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-287834\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-376.png?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-376.png?resize=300%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-376.png?resize=768%2C384&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Transcript&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For those who prefer to read, the Transcript is below in italics with my bolds and added images.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The UN and prominent scientific organizations say the science is settled. No one can dispute that climate change is mainly caused by humans.\u00a0<strong>Those who question<\/strong>\u00a0it are insulted and shunned. Which is exactly\u00a0<strong>the way the scientific method is supposed to work.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"302\" height=\"302\" data-attachment-id=\"287835\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=287835\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-377.png?fit=302%2C302&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"302,302\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-377\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-377.png?fit=302%2C302&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-377.png?resize=302%2C302&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-287835\" style=\"width:354px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-377.png?w=302&amp;ssl=1 302w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-377.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-377.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-377.png?resize=200%2C200&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-377.png?resize=60%2C60&amp;ssl=1 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 302px) 100vw, 302px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Welcome to America Uncovered. I\u2019m Chris Chappell. Everywhere you look these days, it seems there\u2019s&nbsp;<strong>someone pushing \u201cthe narrative.\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;America is irredeemably racist . Christopher Columbus was evil. Pineapple on pizza is gross . Wrong! Its sweet tanginess is a great counterbalance to the salt and acidity of the sauce. Refine your palates, you swine.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Journalists push narratives all the time, but so do scientists.<\/strong>\u00a0Now, there\u2019s this<strong>\u00a0naive notion<\/strong>\u00a0that\u00a0<strong>scientists are above pushing narratives,<\/strong>\u00a0because all they do is look at provable facts. But that couldn\u2019t be further from the truth, especially for complex topics where the facts aren\u2019t always so clear cut.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"462\" height=\"350\" data-attachment-id=\"287836\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=287836\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-378.png?fit=462%2C350&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"462,350\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-378\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-378.png?fit=462%2C350&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-378.png?resize=462%2C350&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-287836\" style=\"width:439px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-378.png?w=462&amp;ssl=1 462w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-378.png?resize=300%2C227&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Look no further than the climate change debate. The most influential scientific organizations make it&nbsp;<strong>sound like<\/strong>&nbsp;it is a fact supported almost&nbsp;<strong>unanimously<\/strong>&nbsp;by the scientific community that&nbsp;<strong>climate change is mostly man-made.<\/strong>&nbsp;Which should immediately make you start questioning things, since<strong>&nbsp;no community unanimously believes anything.<\/strong>&nbsp;If they did, then 10 out of 10 dentists would recommend Crest toothpaste .<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Just look at how the UN presents the topic. According to the UN\u2019s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change<strong>\u00a0(IPCC) 2023 report,<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cHuman activities are responsible for global warming\u201d by increasing greenhouse gasses.\u00a0<strong>\u201cIt is unequivocal that human influence has warmed the atmosphere, ocean and land.\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0In other words, don\u2019t question it!\u00a0<strong>You *have* to accept<\/strong>\u00a0that humans are the driving factor for climate change. There\u2019s not supposed to be debate in science. That\u2019s why we still believe the Earth is the center of the universe and everything revolves around it. That science was settled centuries ago!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"404\" data-attachment-id=\"287838\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=287838\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-379.png?fit=540%2C404&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"540,404\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-379\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-379.png?fit=540%2C404&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-379.png?resize=540%2C404&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-287838\" style=\"width:533px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-379.png?w=540&amp;ssl=1 540w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-379.png?resize=300%2C224&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-379.png?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-379.png?resize=200%2C150&amp;ssl=1 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>This type of messaging has had a<strong>&nbsp;profound impact on public policy<\/strong>&nbsp;all over the world. Billions of dollars have gone into addressing climate change and studying its effects. The narrative about man-made climate change is so loud and pervasive that&nbsp;<strong>CNN can ask, \u201cwhy are we still debating climate change?\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;and reasonably expect readers to say, \u201cyeah!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>In reality, though, it\u2019s a lot more complicated than that.<strong>\u00a0I\u2019ve debunked the \u201c97% of scientists agree on man-made climate change\u201d narrative in a previous episode.<\/strong>\u00a0The reality is, there\u2019s no consensus on how large of a role human activity plays in climate change or even how climate is changing.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"506\" height=\"398\" data-attachment-id=\"287839\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=287839\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-380.png?fit=506%2C398&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"506,398\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-380\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-380.png?fit=506%2C398&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-380.png?resize=506%2C398&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-287839\" style=\"width:501px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-380.png?w=506&amp;ssl=1 506w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-380.png?resize=300%2C236&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 506px) 100vw, 506px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><strong>How they invented the \u201c97% of scientists agree\u201d meme.<\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Now, I\u2019ve said this before, and I\u2019ll say it again\u2014I\u2019m not a conspiracy theorist, and I\u2019m not taking sides on the climate change debate either. I\u2019m not necessarily dismissing the idea that mankind is driving climate change, but<strong>\u00a0I\u2019m not going to say that everything\u2019s settled, because it\u2019s not.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"543\" data-attachment-id=\"287841\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=287841\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-381.png?fit=749%2C563&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"749,563\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-381\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-381.png?fit=723%2C543&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-381.png?resize=723%2C543&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-287841\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-381.png?w=749&amp;ssl=1 749w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-381.png?resize=300%2C226&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-381.png?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-381.png?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-381.png?resize=200%2C150&amp;ssl=1 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Uh oh, I just said something nuanced. You know what that means: Goodbye, YouTube ad revenue.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/em><em>And that is exactly the problem!<strong>&nbsp;It\u2019s not very popular to question the climate change narrative,&nbsp;<\/strong><\/em><em><strong>especially when billions of dollars are on the line.<\/strong>&nbsp;But there are&nbsp;<strong>some scientists who question the&nbsp;<\/strong><\/em><em><strong>narrative anyway<\/strong>. One of the most prominent voices is Wei-Hock\u2014or&nbsp;<strong>Willie\u2014Soon , a Malaysian&nbsp;<\/strong><\/em><em><strong>Astrophysicist and aerospace engineer<\/strong>&nbsp;who used to work at the Harvard\u2013Smithsonian Center for&nbsp;<\/em><em>Astrophysics.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Soon is known for promoting the hypothesis that the sun may have more to do with current climate change than human activity.<\/strong>&nbsp;He\u2019s not necessarily saying that there\u2019s no such thing as man-made climate change, but he is very&nbsp;<strong>vocal about<\/strong>&nbsp;how the&nbsp;<strong>UN<\/strong>&nbsp;reportedly&nbsp;<strong>suppresses the sun\u2019s role in climate change<\/strong>. I should have known the sun was diabolical. After all, it kills me every time I play Super Mario 3.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Over the years, Soon\u2019s research has been attacked by other scientists and the mainstream media.&nbsp;<\/em><em>Carbon Brief released an explainer pushing back against the idea that the sun is responsible for recent&nbsp;<\/em><em>climate change.<strong>&nbsp;Slate said that \u201c[Soon\u2019s] science has been refuted.\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;Because \u201cThe science is in, it\u2019s&nbsp;<\/em><em>extremely clear, and the consensus among climate scientists is solid.\u201d 10 out of 10 scientists agree!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The Union of Concerned Scientists, the Imperial College London, the World Meteorological Organization, and a whole bunch more organizations all say the same thing.<strong>\u00a0NASA is especially adamant about shutting down the sun theory.<\/strong>\u00a0In its explainer, NASA says, \u201cThe Sun can influence Earth\u2019s climate, but it isn\u2019t responsible for the warming trend we\u2019ve seen over recent decades.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"300\" data-attachment-id=\"287843\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=287843\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-382.png?fit=1317%2C547&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1317,547\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-382\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-382.png?fit=723%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-382.png?resize=723%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-287843\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-382.png?resize=1024%2C425&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-382.png?resize=300%2C125&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-382.png?resize=768%2C319&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-382.png?resize=1200%2C498&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-382.png?w=1317&amp;ssl=1 1317w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Okay, but what about when it chases you through the desert levels? Explain that, science! NASA and other scientific organizations argue that there isn\u2019t any increase in solar energy reaching the planet. \u201cSo, there is a line, and the scientific community is well in agreement.&nbsp;<strong>According to NASA, scientists agree that the solar cycle is not driving the changes in Earth\u2019s climate<\/strong>&nbsp;that we\u2019re currently seeing. If we saw solar radiation increasing for a long period of time, we could see those effects on our climate, but the changes between solar cycles are pretty small and not able to drive the drastic changes we\u2019ve seen over the last few decades.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Plus, if there were so many solar rays, then how come we don\u2019t have a real life Fantastic Four, hm? Science. Settled. Keep an eye on NASA. There\u2019s a reason why NASA in particular is vocal in debunking the sun theory, which I\u2019ll get into later in this episode.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Now, that\u2019s how science works. One scientist puts out research, and other scientists challenge the results.&nbsp;<strong>But apparently, refuting Soon\u2019s science wasn\u2019t enough.<\/strong>&nbsp;The scientific community and the mainstream media went after Soon personally, and not always in the most honest of ways.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Scientists and the mainstream media have attacked Soon\u2019s research on the sun\u2019s role in climate change, but<strong>&nbsp;they\u2019ve also attacked Soon,<\/strong>&nbsp;and it can be a bit disingenuous.&nbsp; For example, since 2011, the environmentalist nonprofit&nbsp;<strong>Greenpeace has pushed the idea that Soon\u2019s research was funded by the fossil-fuel industry<\/strong>&nbsp;and suggested that Soon improperly concealed his funding sources in one of his publications.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>But that\u2019s misleading. According to The Heartland Institute, \u201cAs a working scientist\u2026 Soon had no authority to sign a research contract to receive a grant, let alone to decide and dictate the terms of such contracts.\u201d Who did have the authority? Soon\u2019s employer.<strong>&nbsp;\u201cDr. Soon and other working scientists like him are paid by the Smithsonian, not by the external funder, to carry out those duties.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong>Simply put, Dr. Soon is employed by the Smithsonian to conduct research paid for by external grants&nbsp; obtained by the Smithsonian.\u201d So,&nbsp;<strong>if true, it would have been the Smithsonian that accepted money&nbsp;<\/strong><\/em><em><strong>from the fossil-fuel industry.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Meanwhile, The Union of Concerned Scientists suggests that Soon\u2019s work was part of a broader pattern of deception by fossil fuel companies. And as for the mainstream media? Well, they have disdainfully called Soon a climate skeptic. The problem is,<strong>&nbsp;Soon isn\u2019t the only scientist asking questions.<\/strong>&nbsp;In 2021, Soon, along with almost 2 dozen other scientists from all over the world, published a study on the Institute of Physics Publishing asking,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@ceres-science\/how-much-has-the-sun-influenced-northern-hemisphere-temperature-trends-an-ongoing-debate-121c5b1f2825\"><strong>\u201cHow much has the Sun influenced Northern Hemisphere temperature trends?\u201d<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;They called it \u201can ongoing debate.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>It\u2019s a pretty dense read. But to summarize, the study points to&nbsp;<strong>solar radiation<\/strong>&nbsp;on the Earth\u2019s atmosphere as the driver of global warming and cites dozens of other studies that point to the sun\u2014<strong>not human activity\u2014as the primary driver of climate change.<\/strong>&nbsp;The study also argues that the way the UN\u2019s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change concluded that climate change was man-made was flawed. It ignored data, such as NASA\u2019s sun-monitoring satellite data, which the authors argued would\u2019ve countered the man-made climate change narrative.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>According to the lead study author, Ronan Connolly , \u201cDepending on which published data and studies you use, you can show that all of the warming is caused by the sun, but the IPCC uses a different data set to come up with the opposite conclusion.\u201d Climate is seriously complex, and there\u2019s a lot of data to consider, so this could just be a mistake, but Connolly doesn\u2019t seem to think so. \u201cIn their insistence on forcing a so-called scientific consensus, the&nbsp;<strong>IPCC seems to have decided to consider only those data sets and studies that support their chosen narrative.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>This didn\u2019t sit well with most climate change scientists. One 2022 study tried to debunk the sun theory as \u201cerroneous\u201d. Those authors pretty much argued it was a waste of time that could be better used on areas of \u201clegitimate scientific uncertainty\u201d. However, Soon and various other scientists came out with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/judithcurry.com\/2023\/09\/10\/controversy-surrounding-the-suns-role-in-climate-change\/\"><strong>three new studies earlier this year<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;that say otherwise.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>This&nbsp;<strong>one looked at datasets that the UN didn\u2019t look into<\/strong>&nbsp;to conclude that the UN underestimated the sun\u2019s role in global warming. This included data from NASA\u2019s satellites. Which is a pretty big flex, using data from an organization that doesn\u2019t agree with you to prove your point. Their study also argues that the&nbsp;<strong>UN underestimated how weather stations are impacted by urbanization, which generates heat from human activity.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>It\u2019s similar to the conclusions made by this study, which specifically addressed the 2022 study that criticized the sun theory. This other study specifically&nbsp;<strong>compared Japan and the US<\/strong>&nbsp;to show the impact that urbanization has on weather station data collection. So they\u2019re essentially saying that the way they collect data was flawed, and so were their conclusions.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Now, the studies aren\u2019t completely dismissing the idea that climate change is man-made. They\u2019re simply saying that there<strong>\u00a0isn\u2019t enough data to determine whether global warming is mostly man-made,<\/strong>\u00a0mostly natural, or a combination of both. Which is why Willie Soon is one of thousands of scientists who have signed the World Climate Declaration, which says that there is no climate emergency\u2026and that \u201cnatural as well as anthropogenic factors cause warming.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"716\" height=\"487\" data-attachment-id=\"287844\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=287844\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-383.png?fit=716%2C487&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"716,487\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-383\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-383.png?fit=716%2C487&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-383.png?resize=716%2C487&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-287844\" style=\"width:760px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-383.png?w=716&amp;ssl=1 716w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-383.png?resize=300%2C204&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 716px) 100vw, 716px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>One of the scientists involved in the research said the analysis<strong>&nbsp;\u201copens the door to a proper scientific investigation into the causes of climate change.\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;But it turns out certain scientists are absolutely livid about these studies. They want to slam that door shut , barricade it, and put up a \u201cget off my lawn\u201d sign.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Some scientists are angry about the multiple studies<\/strong>&nbsp;done by Soon and his colleagues regarding the sun\u2019s role in climate change, and they\u2019re making their displeasure known. But the way these scientists speak to other scientists makes them sound&nbsp;<strong>like fourth-grade bullies rather than professional researchers.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>For example, Atmospheric science professor&nbsp;<strong>Michael Mann<\/strong>&nbsp;of Pennsylvania State University \u2014The guy famous for what\u2019s called the hockey stick graph\u2014Referred to the authors of one of the studies as \u201ca group of climate denier [clowns]\u201d. Which is ridiculous, because clowns aren\u2019t climate deniers. They\u2019re better than anyone at reducing emissions by carpooling with 30 of them in a single vehicle .<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Mann also apparently sees anyone whom he classifies as a climate denier of being \u201ctruly awful human beings\u201d. I don\u2019t remember the part of the scientific method where you call names on anyone who questions you. Oh wait, there it is.&nbsp;<strong>Many climate scientists are quick to dismiss studies that don\u2019t align with the climate change narrative.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>For example,&nbsp;<strong>Gareth Jones of the UK\u2019s Meteorologist Office<\/strong>&nbsp;called a review that disagreed with him \u201cnonsense.\u201d Jones also seems to enjoy smearing people like the editor of the journal Climate, saying that he \u201chas a bit of a reputation, so much so that other climate contrarians distance themselves from him\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Then there\u2019s<strong>&nbsp;Gavin Schmidt,<\/strong>&nbsp;the director of the<strong>&nbsp;NASA Goddard Institute<\/strong>&nbsp;for Space Studies. He mocked one of the authors, calling his work \u201cBS\u201d . Schmidt also said, \u201cThe only point of this paper (which every climate denier and their dog has jumped onto), is to launder dirty \u2018science\u2019 into a clean made-for-Fox meme.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Dirty science? Is that like Weird Science if it was rated R instead of PG-13? Schmidt is even using a&nbsp;<strong>Freedom of Information Act request to demand one of the editor\u2019s emails with relevant scientists.<\/strong>&nbsp;This seems a lot like intimidation to try to coerce uniformity in the scientific community, rather than allowing for disagreement to try to get to the facts.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Climatologist Judith Curry<\/strong>&nbsp;at Georgia Institute of Technology told The Epoch Times that \u201cThe response by Schmidt, Mann, and others, particularly with regard to the FOIA request regarding editorial discussions on this paper, reflects<strong>&nbsp;their ongoing attempts to control the scientific as well as public dialogue on climate change\u201d.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"has-inline-color\">If you ask me, this also reflects just how arrogant<br>people in the scientific community have become.<\/mark><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"263\" height=\"298\" data-attachment-id=\"287846\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=287846\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-384.png?fit=263%2C298&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"263,298\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-384\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-384.png?fit=263%2C298&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-384.png?resize=263%2C298&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-287846\" style=\"width:327px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>For example, the&nbsp;<strong>UN\u2019s under-secretary-general<\/strong>&nbsp;for global communications last year had the audacity to&nbsp;<strong>say that the UN \u201cowns\u201d the science.<\/strong>&nbsp;She even admitted that the UN was working with Google to manipulate search results! \u201cWe partnered with Google for example.<strong>&nbsp;If you Google climate change, at the top of your search, you will get all kinds of UN resources.<\/strong>&nbsp;We started this partnership when we were shocked to see that when we googled climate change we were getting incredibly distorted information right at the top. So we\u2019re becoming much more proactive, you know. We own the science, and we think that the world, you know, should know it.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cOwn the science\u201d?<strong>&nbsp;How arrogant do you have to be to believe that you \u201cown\u201d science?<\/strong>&nbsp;What, are they gonna have a garage sale and try to get people to buy the theory of gravity from them, since they \u201cown\u201d it? It\u2019s this kind of \u201cownership\u201d that allows for organizations like the UN to pre-emptively silence dissent with very little regard for both free speech or even science itself.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>You\u2019d be very, very mistaken if you believe that scientists are above politics and bias or that they should not be questioned.<\/strong>&nbsp;Let\u2019s not forget that politicians and scientists said that there was zero evidence Covid came from a lab leaks\u2026and that lockdowns were the best way to deal with the pandemic, despite warnings to the contrary.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The people pushing those narratives thought that they couldn\u2019t possibly be wrong, but in hindsight, they look pretty foolish.&nbsp;<strong>Trying to coerce people to a consensus of what you think is the science, isn\u2019t real science.<\/strong>&nbsp;Real science would acknowledge that scientists don\u2019t always have all the data and examine different approaches with professionalism.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Of course there are going to be people who believe in disinformation. But\u00a0<strong>what\u2019s to stop organizations as powerful as the UN from spreading their own disinformation?<\/strong>\u00a0If we have scientists who are trying to spin facts that favor corporate interests in fossil fuels, tobacco, and fast food, then don\u2019t you think the same could happen for the interests of climate change activists?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>People will spread disinformation about anything. Even things that are obviously false, like Pineapple on pizza being anything less than amazing. Like climate change scientists,&nbsp;<strong>YouTube loves restricting debate and discussions about things it finds too controversial, such as climate change.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"279\" data-attachment-id=\"287847\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=287847\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-385.png?fit=550%2C279&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"550,279\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-385\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-385.png?fit=550%2C279&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-385.png?resize=550%2C279&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-287847\" style=\"width:636px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-385.png?w=550&amp;ssl=1 550w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-385.png?resize=300%2C152&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/rclutz.files.wordpress.com\/2023\/05\/fos-sun-urban-billboard-pic.png\"><\/a><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/rclutz.files.wordpress.com\/2019\/12\/jimbob7-e1576507602419.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Science Matters By\u00a0Ron Clutz The science about climate change is settled, right?\u00a0We\u2019re reassured by the media\u00a0again and again that there is almost complete unanimity when it comes to the question of whether\u00a0changes in the climate are caused by humans.\u00a0And\u00a0we\u2019re also told\u00a0there\u2019s so much consensus that\u00a0anyone who says otherwise isn\u2019t a real scientist, but a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":287849,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"People will spread disinformation about anything. 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