Link [english]: Thoughts on the Public Discourse over Climate Change [Klimawandel]

Link [english]:

Thoughts on the Public Discourse over Climate Change

[Klimawandel]

MIT atmospheric science professor Richard Lindzen suggests that many claims regarding climate change are exaggerated and unnecessarily alarmist.

For over 30 years, I have been giving talks on the science of climate change. When, however, I speak to a non-expert audience, and attempt to explain such matters as climate sensitivity, the relation of global mean temperature anomaly to extreme weather, that warming has decreased profoundly for the past 18 years, etc., it is obvious that the audience’s eyes are glazing over. Although I have presented evidence as to why the issue is not a catastrophe and may likely be beneficial, the response is puzzlement. (…)

Link: Thoughts on the Public Discourse over Climate Change