Climate Change and the Integrity of Science

citizens should understand some basic scientifi c facts. is always some uncertainty associated scientifi c conclusions; science never absolutely proves anything. When someone says that should wait until are certain society take action. For a problem as potentially catastrophic as climate change, taking no action poses a dangerous risk our planet. Scientifi c conclusions derive from an understanding of basic supported by laboratory experiments, observations of nature, and mathematical and computer modeling. Like all human beings, scientists make mistakes, but scientifi c process is designed to fi nd correct them. This ntists not only for supporting conventional wisdom, but even more so for demonstrating that the scientifi c consensus is wrong and that there is a better explanation. That’ s what Galileo, Pasteur, Darwin, and did. have been and ques