IPCC says they are more confident than in their last report that humans are the primary cause of the climate warming generally underway since the end of the Little Ice Age and that has been on "hiatus" for the last 15 years contrary to their models' predictions, and which is now judged unlikely to have catastrophic impacts this century.
Got it.
Oh, and about that 95% confidence level? It isn't a statiscial measure of confidence, as you might think (and as they surely intend to imply to people who just read that number). Oh no, as they put in the footnotes, this is a qualitative polling of those involved, and not any type of statistical calculation.
But it's science, damn it! Kneel before it and obey!
Now go and emit no more.
About Me
- Brian J. Dunn
- I live and write in Ann Arbor, Michigan. University of Michigan AB and MA from Eastern Michigan University. One term in the Michigan Army National Guard. Former American history instructor and retired nonpartisan research analyst. I write on Blogger and Substack. Various military and private journals have published my occasional articles on military subjects. See "My Published Works" on the TDR web version or under the mobile version drop-down menu for citations and links.
