AAAS, In Rare Policy Statement, Notes Climate Science As Definitive As Smoking-Cancer Link

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The American Association for the Advancement of Science, or AAAS, made a rare foray into the climate debate Tuesday, releasing a report reiterating what many scientific bodies have already said:

The evidence is overwhelming. Temperatures are going up. Springs are arriving earlier. Ice sheets are melting. Seas are rising. Rainfall and drought patterns are changing. Heat waves are getting worse, as is extreme precipitation. The oceans are acidifying.

"The science linking human activities to climate change is analogous to the science linking smoking to lung and cardiovascular diseases. Physicians, cardiovascular scientists, public health experts and others all agree smoking causes cancer," the AAAS wrote in its report, "What We Know." "And this consensus among the health community has convinced most Americans that the health risks from smoking are real. A similar consensus now exists among climate scientists, a consensus that maintains climate change is happening, and human activity is the cause."

Speaking to reporters at a teleconference, AAAS chief executive officer Alan Leshner said: "What we are trying to do is to move the debate from whether human-induced climate change is reality. We want to move the debate to: Exactly what should you do about it?" "We are trying to provide a voice for the scientific community on this issue so that we can help this country, help the world, move this issue forward," he added.

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http://www.dailyclimate.org/tdc-newsroom/2014/03/aaas-climate-warning

[MisterP]

1. like p-values matter when money's on the line: they can do 100 years of propaganda

standing on their heads!
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Tobacco_Institute
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Penn_and_Teller