Stand up for Climate Science

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Personal attacks on scientists are not the way to conduct a scientific debate. Stealing emails, magnifying the significance of errors and invoking conspiracy theory is no substitute for reasoned evidence-based debate. Yet in the field of climate science, where understanding the issues correctly is essential to developing sound public policy, this kind of attack is under way, and has replaced almost all reasoned debate in the popular media. Despite all this, no evidence has been presented that suggests climate scientists have made more than the usual number of errors you can expect any a field of science. Further, no one has presented a credible alternative theory, the usual approach to overturning a scientific theory.

We the undersigned object strenuously to vicious personal attacks, and support climate scientists such as Michael Mann and Phil Jones in their right to undertake their scientific endeavours without being treated like criminals when they make the slightest mistake or say anything that a scientifically illiterate member of the public may misconstrue.

For more detail of why the author set up this petition, see http://opinion-nation.blogspot.com/2010/02/time-to-defend-science.html

346 Signatures

  • Philip Machanick
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    • I support real debate not personal attacks
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    • Brisbane, Australia
  • Barton Paul Levenson
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    • Let scientists determine the science!
    • Your city and country
    • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
  • Alex Metcalf
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    • Brisbane, Australia
  • Prof Michael Waters
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    • strongly support this petition
    • Your city and country
    • Australia
  • Zakir Tnimov
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    • I am completely agree with that debates about climate change should be done on the lelev of knoledge rather than on emotional level
    • Your city and country
    • Brisbane, Australia
  • Amy Dedman
    • Your city and country
    • Brisbane, Australia
  • Rehan Villani
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    • Brisbane Australia
  • James Johnson
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    • Brisbane, Australia
  • Uru Malik
  • Angela Lawton
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    • Brisbane, Australia
  • Mark Ziza
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    • Brisbane, Australia
  • Emily Knauth
  • Jaimee McMahon
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    • Brisbane, Australia
  • Tom Whitington
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    • Well said.
    • Your city and country
    • Brisbane, Australia
  • Catherine Reifen
    • Your city and country
    • London, UK
  • Ronald Taylor
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    • These attacks are insane!
    • Your city and country
    • U.S.
  • Michael Clark
    • Your city and country
    • Brisbane, Australia
  • J Bowers
  • Don Baccus
    • Your city and country
    • United States
  • praveen
  • Sean Rooney
    • Your city and country
    • Winlaw, British Columbia, Canada
  • Kathryn Greenwood
    • Your city and country
    • Brisbane, Australia
  • Colin McGee
  • C Gordon Cutler
    • Your city and country
    • Sandwich, USA
  • Merryn Smith
    • Your city and country
    • Brisbane, Australia
  • barnaby heaton
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    • here here
    • Your city and country
    • toowoomba, australia
  • Ronnie Wright
    • Your city and country
    • Brisbane QLD Australia
  • Charlotte Clark
    • Your city and country
    • Brisbane, Australia
  • Jenny Stirling
    • Your city and country
    • Townsville
  • Sam Clifford
    • Your city and country
    • Brisbane, Australia
  • Bernie Williams
    • Your city and country
    • Brisbane, Australia
  • Noel Loos
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    • The climate sceptics don't seem to have a theory, only smear.
    • Your city and country
    • Townsville, Australia
  • Kim
    • Your city and country
    • Brisbane, Australia
  • Noel Loos
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    • The climate sceptics don't seem to have a theory, only smear.
    • Your city and country
    • Townsville, Australia
  • David Akenson
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    • I support the science-based evidence and accept that human error is a small part of any process of scientific research. The concensus has been reached, now we need action.
    • Your city and country
    • Toowoomba
  • Russell Jurek
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    • Scientists are doing their job when bringing potentially disastrous situations into public focus. Whether it happens or not is irrelevant to this responsibility of the scientific community. We're quite often wrong. The important point is this: What happens if we do nothing, but it turns out that we're right?
    • Your city and country
    • Sydney, Australia
  • Sean Harris
  • Steve Brech
    • Your city and country
    • Cairns, QLD, Australia
  • Gavin
  • Roy Gordon-Firing
    • Your city and country
    • Brisbane, Australia
  • Shaun Newman
    • Your city and country
    • Townsville, N.Q.
  • John Gow
    • Comments
    • The only core scientific debate relating to climate change is 450ppm versus 350ppm or lower
    • Your city and country
    • Moggill
  • Luke
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    • Media across the globe should be ashamed of themselfs for the false and misleading articles they continue to publish. DO SOME RESEARCH!
    • Your city and country
    • Brisbane, Australia
  • Edward Greisch
  • Brendan Griffen
    • Your city and country
    • Brisbane, Australia
  • Thomas Deversson
    • Your city and country
    • Christchruch, New Zealand
  • Miriam O'Brien
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    • Government leaders should hang their heads in shame at allowing the gutter press to vilify the very people who are working to keep us informed of the imminent dangers facing people of all nations.
    • Your city and country
    • Mount Beauty, Australia
  • Carol Shantal
    • Comments
    • Petty point scoring and personal attack demeans all involved. Let science prevail
    • Your city and country
    • Brisbane Australia
  • Doone Wyborn
    • Comments
    • Deniers continually get away with repeating false messages in the media
    • Your city and country
    • Brisbane Australia
  • fiona semple
    • Your city and country
    • Brisbane australia