Statement from the UK science community
December 9, 2009
Hardly any of these 1700 scientists work on climate change. So how do they know? Their opinion is no better than yours or mine.
Of the ones who do work on climate change, how do we know they're more trustworthy than Phil Jones or Keith Briffa?
We, members of the UK science community, have the utmost confidence in the observational evidence for global warming and the scientific basis for concluding that it is due primarily to human activities. The evidence and the science are deep and extensive. They come from decades of painstaking and meticulous research, by many thousands of scientists across the world who adhere to the highest levels of professional integrity. That research has been subject to peer review and publication, providing traceability of the evidence and support for the scientific method. The science of climate change draws on fundamental research from an increasing number of disciplines, many of which are represented here. As professional scientists, from students to senior professors, we uphold the findings of the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report, which concludes that "Warming of the climate system is unequivocal" and that "Most of the observed increase in global average temperatures since the mid-20th century is very likely due to the observed increase in anthropogenic greenhouse gas concentrations".
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Somehow we think we have seen this sort of thing before, such as after the publication of Mr. Copernicus’s controversial work, On The Revolutions Of The Celestial Spheres:
Statement from the Polish science community
December 9, 1543
We, members of the Polish science community, have the utmost confidence in the observational evidence for the Ptolemaic system of the geocentric movement of the sun, moon and stars and the scientific basis for concluding that it is due primarily to the hand of God. The evidence and the science are deep and extensive. They come from decades of painstaking and meticulous research, by many thousands of scientists across the world who adhere to the highest levels of professional integrity. That research has been subject to peer review and publication, providing traceability of the evidence and support for the scientific method. The science of astronomy draws on fundamental research from an increasing number of disciplines, many of which are represented here. As professional scientists, from students to senior professors, we uphold the findings of the Vatican’s Fourth Assessment Report, which concludes that "the movement of the celestial bodies around the earth is unequivocal" and that "Most of the eccentric planetary orbits observed since the mid-2nd century are very likely due to the failings of mortals to comprehend our Heavenly Father’s grand scheme".
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