Link to full article with comments: http://climatechangenationalforum.org/history-ofclimate-science-1836-1969-according-to-pulitzer-prize-winning-author-daniel-yerginfor-general-commentary-by-the-ccnf-scientist-community/ Climate Change National Forum website: http://climatechangenationalforum.org/ is a new journalistic initiative and objective platform for scientists to educate the american public on the science of climate change and for citizens and leaders to discuss and debate what can and should be done as a nation. Designed by a journalist and later developed into a nonprofit by two scientists and a law professor, the project has hosted a Socratic examination of the science and is now facilitating a bipartisan dialogue on its policy implications that is based on shared values and a sound understanding of the science of climate, climate change, and ocean acidification. Please visit this website for many articles on the topic of man-made global wariming.
Part I: History of climate change science (1836-1969) according to Pulitzer-Prize winning author [General Commentary] July 29, 2014
A note by Michael Quirke: I have always found that one of the best ways to learn about the present is to look to the past, so for this post we’ll be looking back in time to explore the history of climate change science. For instance, when was man-made climate change first hypothesized? When did it become an established theory? What were the uncertainties and predictions then compared to now? What breakthroughs in knowledge occurred? What have we recently learned? Recognizing the value of a central narrative (developed through the scientists’ commentary) for our readers to hang their hats on as the dialogue deepens and expands, I’ve been on a hunt for a fair and readable accounting. And I think I’ve found as good of one as any in the following excerpts of the 2011 book ‘The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World‘ by Daniel Yergin. Dr. Yergin is a masterly storyteller and most well known for his Pulizter-Prize winning 1990 epic, ‘The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, page 1