tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1296891473658257515.post2336683361224143005..comments2024-01-21T18:11:39.783+00:00Comments on Ecology & Policy: Scientists Warn Radical Solutions Needed to Tackle Climate ChangeCerihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10464850070627755264noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1296891473658257515.post-13811990644146175992008-09-01T21:21:00.000+00:002008-09-01T21:21:00.000+00:00Much of this will eventually prove to be a very em...Much of this will eventually prove to be a very embarrassing mistake for many scientists around the world.<BR/><BR/>In the plant sciences community, specifically among those involved in biotechnology, many projects have gone forward with the notion that the resulting discoveries, translated into technology, will help prevent global warming.<BR/><BR/>The US$billions spent on global warming research, and the 'cachet' of tying research projects to global warming, has had the beneficial effect of funding research which otherwise would have languished. <BR/><BR/>At the same time, these research projects have indirectly contributed to hysteria regarding a global trend in temperatures which has yet to emerge. <BR/><BR/>Thus, good research done in the name of global warming is threatened with the taint of a branch of climatology consistently plagued by misinformation, and often, fraud.<BR/><BR/>While scientists today may be eager to gain grants by claiming their work involves global warming, they may wish to consider what is now nearly a certainty: that 'global warming' will in future be regarded as a very expensive hoax, and that the value of their research might be measured by the shabby data and inexcusable hype generated around it by eager politicians and activist groups.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com