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Ga. Tech Climatologist Chooses 'Career Suicide' to Keep Her 'Scientific Integrity'

2017-01-08

[PJ] A climatologist at Georgia Institute of Technology resigned from her post because she could no longer navigate the stifling political orthodoxy on climate change.

Former chair of the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at Georgia Tech Judith Curry announced her resignation in a blog post on Tuesday. While her resignation is technically "a retirement event," and she is "cashing out" to get her pension, Curry explained that "the deeper reasons have to do with my growing disenchantment with universities, the academic field of climate science and scientists."

Curry is known for her scientifically astute explanations of the uncertainties in climate science. Indeed, she has been attacked as "anti-science" by other researchers who repeat the rote "scientific consensus" that man-made global warming is a catastrophic threat to humanity. In a cruel sort of irony, the universities -- ostensibly the bastion of academic freedom -- have become unsafe for those who, using good scientific methods, are skeptical of the received wisdom on climate change.

Posted by:Besoeker

#6 If the science is settled why do we waste more time/money studying it?

Posted by: BrerRabbit 2017-01-08 12:35

#5 No industry IMO should be allowed to leave a mess for others to clean up. We have enough problems with contaminated mine and industrial sites as it is. Things may have been different in the past but today there is no excuse for that type of corporate behaivor. Personally I'd love to see world where we no longer used oil for transportation needs at least in terms of land or shipping. We are getting close in terms of electric veicles in terms of range and other factors. The Farraday if it lives up to its hype is going to be a possible game changer. But if we go largely electric just where is all the juice going to come from? Two good options IMO are large Solar Thermal operations that put their excess energy into high temerature heat sinks or Thorium Reactors. Thorium gets around a lot of the problems with light water reactors in terms of the waste issue (which is an issue we have to solve even if we don't build any more nuclear power plants). But the more radical Luddites, I mean environmentalits, will oppose any and all solutions. All options involve trade offs. As a society we should be making decisions based on the best options not just in the short term but 10, 20, 50 or even 100 years out. I don't want my grandchildern living in the cold and the dark or an environmental wasteland because we made nothing but short term decisions. Maybe its time to get off of the soap box

Posted by: Cheaderhead 2017-01-08 11:22

#4 The likely cause of the Sun being slightly more variable than we think never seems to get much credence

there's no boodle or mandated government control in that

Posted by: Frank G 2017-01-08 11:18

#3 Another victim of the Academic-Technology Complex fueled by federal dollars. People have got to protect their phoney baloney income streams.

Posted by: Procopius2k 2017-01-08 11:08

#2 The scientific commumityg still cat explain the Medieval Warm Period, the possible Roman Warm Period and the possible warm periodduring the Bronze Age. Or the Little Ice Age,the likely cold of the Dark Ages or the possible cold at the end of the Bronze Age. The likely cause of the Sun being slightly more varriable than we think never seems to get much credence. That said IMO the scientific community pushing the Human Global Warming agenda would of been better served if they had sought change in human energy production/usage based on efficency and reducing pollution. Something that the vast majority can agree is generally a good thing. Other issues such as the coal industry being made to clean up its own environmental messes is a whole different matter

Posted by: Cheaderhead 2017-01-08 10:56

#1 Trump may be persuaded to set up an honest version of the UN's hopelessly corrupted IPCC, and Dr Curry would be an ideal person to head it.

Posted by: phil_b 2017-01-08 01:42

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