Settled science: four questions on climate change
An essay by Garth Paltridge on settled science in the climate domain: whether it is true, and the implication of the idea that it is.
An essay by Garth Paltridge on settled science in the climate domain: whether it is true, and the implication of the idea that it is.
The author is an atmospheric physicist and was a chief research scientist with the CSIRO Division of Atmospheric Research before his appointment in 1990 to the University of Tasmania as Director of the Institute of Antarctic and Southern Ocean Studies and (in 1992) as CEO of the Antarctic Cooperative Research Centre. He is currently Emeritus Professor at the University of Tasmania and a Visiting Fellow at the Australian National University. He is best known internationally for his work on atmospheric radiation and the theoretical basis of climate. He is a fellow of the Australian Academy of Science and a member of the Academic Advisory Council of the GWPF