Understanding 99% Certainty Among Climate Scientists

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There is something fascinating about science.  One gets such wholesale returns of conjecture out of such a trifling investment of fact.

• Mark Twain

Thirty years ago, NASA’s top climate expert said he was 99% certain that the 1988 US drought was caused by the greenhouse effect.

10 Jul 1988, 29 – The Daily Spectrum

Droughts have become less common in the US over time, and there nothing particularly unusual about the 1988 drought.

Climate at a Glance | National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)

Hansen later contradicted himself, but that is what 99% certain settled science is all about.

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May 23, 2017 at 02:34AM