{"id":732,"date":"2011-06-23T11:27:31","date_gmt":"2011-06-23T15:27:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alexprudhomme.com\/?p=732"},"modified":"2011-06-23T11:27:31","modified_gmt":"2011-06-23T15:27:31","slug":"essay-scientists-have-a-responsibility-to-discuss-climate-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alexprudhomme.com\/2011\/06\/23\/essay-scientists-have-a-responsibility-to-discuss-climate-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Essay: scientists have a responsibility to discuss climate change"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An important statement by a leading climate researcher, Alan Betts<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/alanbetts.com\/research\/paper\/communicating-climate-science\/<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&#8220;Earth scientists face a profound ethical challenge. Humanity is an integral part of the Earth\u2019s ecosystem, but the waste from our industrial society is now driving rapid global climate change. What is our responsibility as a community of scientists? Is it simply to follow tradition and explore and discuss in our own world, largely isolated from the broader community, the many interesting facets and complexities of the transformation of the Earth\u2019s climate system and then to publish our results in our private jargon in copyrighted journals that are not freely available to the public that is funding us? Surely this is for us just \u201cbusiness as usual,\u201d an integral part of the problem not the solution. \u00a0I suggest it is time to reconsider our responsibilities to society and to the Earth.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An important statement by a leading climate researcher, Alan Betts https:\/\/alanbetts.com\/research\/paper\/communicating-climate-science\/ &nbsp; &#8220;Earth scientists face a profound ethical challenge. Humanity is an integral part of the Earth\u2019s ecosystem, but the waste from our industrial society is now driving rapid global climate change. 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