He sent questionaires to 843 lead authors and review editors of reports for the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and 380 of world’s best climate scientists responded. When writing IPCC reports, individual scientists are constrained by a strict code of scientific objectivity and the requirement for group consensus in studies. Unleashed IPCC scientists deliver dire, emotionally anguished news. These predictions of extreme temperature increases explain the fear, despair, and anger running through scientists’ replies. In the past, Democrats and Republicans would unite over climate chaos as a crisis; they would simply have healthy disagreements over solutions.

Source: The Guardian June 08, 2024 19:53 UTC