Should You Trust Climate Science? Maybe the Eclipse Is a Clue

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Should You Trust Climate Science? Maybe the Eclipse Is a Clue

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Should You Trust Climate Science? Maybe the Eclipse Is a Clue
In the face of such attacks, the scientists soldier on, offering us more predictions even as the old ones come true
If the science were brand new, that might make sense, but climate scientists have been making predictions since the end of the 19th century.
This is the acid test of any scientific theory: Does it make predictions that ultimately come true?
While climate scientists have forecast the long-term rise of global temperatures pretty
accurately, they have not been as good — yet — about predicting the short-term jitters.
For years now, atmospheric scientists have been handing us a set of predictions about the likely consequences of our emissions of industrial gases.