Scientific uncertainties feed scepticism on climate change
| Autor: | M Miodrag Mesarovic |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
| Předmět: |
Renewable Energy
Sustainability and the Environment Political economy of climate change IPCC media_common.quotation_subject lcsh:Mechanical engineering and machinery Climate change Environmental ethics Ignorance scepticism climate change interdisciplinarity Phenomenon Economics Natural (music) Criticism Climate model lcsh:TJ1-1570 uncertainty media_common Skepticism risk |
| Zdroj: | Thermal Science, Vol 19, Iss suppl. 2, Pp 259-278 (2015) |
| ISSN: | 2334-7163 0354-9836 |
| Popis: | Climate change is a complex and multi-facetted phenomenon, interpreted by an extensive body of interdisciplinary science. Although a great deal is known about the climate system, an enormous amount of uncertainty remains. Since uncertainty is usually equated with ignorance, this fact feeds scepticism on man-induced impacts on the global climate and links climate change wth natural causes only. A broader concept of climate change science is presented by focusing on both early and modern scientific foundations of climate models and specific types of uncertainty usually encountered when formulating quantitative assessments of risks due to climate change. Major controversial issues of such risks and their origin is addressed with paticular attention paid to the widespread criticism for inconsistency of the reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), based on the assumptions found not always justified by the real scientific methods. Major inconsistencies and misleading arguments on the climate change are also discussed. |
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