Climate Communication News
Read ‘Communicating the Science of Climate Change,’ published in the October 2011 issue of Physics Today, by Climate Communication’s Richard Somerville and Susan Hassol.
COMMON CLIMATE QUESTIONS
Is the Earth’s climate really warming?
Yes, it is an unequivocal fact that the Earth’s average temperature continues to rise, despite some natural year-to-year fluctuations. The hottest 10 years on record have all taken place in the
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If forecasts can’t get next week’s weather right, how can we trust predictions for decades or centuries from now?
Weather and climate are not the same. Weather is individual, day-to-day atmospheric events;
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How do we know recent climate change is caused by human factors rather than natural factors?
Climate changes observed over recent decades are inconsistent with trends caused by natural forces but are totally consistent with the increase in human-
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Do climate scientists agree that the world is warming and that humans are the cause?
Scientists with relevant expertise agree that the world is unequivocally warming. They also agree that human activity is the primary cause of warming
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How do we know the Sun is not the cause of recent warming?
Scientists have been measuring the amount of the Sun’s energy reaching the top of Earth’s atmosphere using sensors on satellites since 1978.
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