For the second time this month, a person who misrepresents, distorts, and disagrees with climate science is being placed in a science position at NOAA. (read next tweet for my take on what this might mean)
This follows this first appointment of "a critic of climate modeling used to predict future conditions [who] could play a significant role in shaping the next National Climate Assessment." sciencemag.org/news/2020/09/c…
The US NCA is, after the IPCC reports, one of the most comprehensive + thoroughly reviewed climate ass'ts in the world. It documents how climate change is affecting every region and sector of the U.S. and is required by law to be released every 4 yrs. NCA4 was released in 2018.
The last time a National Assessment was released in 2018, this was the response of the administration: to misrepresent it, question it, and dismiss it. In this thread I document and respond to many of the false statements that were made.
What will happen to NCA5? Given the news above, I am neither optimistic nor sanguine.
The last word on this thread comes from my fellow Texan climate scientist @AndrewDessler:
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