Report helps scientists communicate how global warming is worsening natural disasters

Fire fighters monitor a back burn near Mount
 Victoria in the Blue Mountains on October 21,
2013. The intense Australian summer heat
 was made five times more likely by
human-caused global warming.

Climate scientists have done a great job winning the scientific arguments about climate change. To be clear about what I mean, we have done a very good job investigating whether or not the Earth’s climate is changing (it is), what is causing the change (humans), how much will it change in the future, and what will be the impacts.

There are no longer any reputable scientists who disagree with the principle view of that human emissions will cause climate change that will lead to societal and human losses (they already are). So, I use the term “win” here not to indicate it was a battle of “us” versus “them”. Rather, I mean “win” in that we have faithfully followed the scientific method, explored alternative hypotheses, checked and rechecked our work, and have come to a truth that is unassailable. We’ve done our job.

In the past, that is where our job ended. I mean maybe we would help with a press release on a breaking study, do an interview. But only rarely.

Read John Abraham’s story on The Guardian - “Report helps scientists communicate how global warming is worsening natural disasters.”