Seth MacFarlane

Seth MacFarlane Instagram – Even before the groundbreaking accomplishments of Friederike Otto and her team, there was always a dark absurdity to watching a climate expert “debate” a pundit, as if climate change were a controversy rather than a fact. As she points out in her book, “Renowned scientists have increasingly found themselves sharing a stage with deniers whose only qualification is to have an opinion.” Now, however, with the development of event attribution science, Otto has made such debates demonstrably irrelevant. She and her team have created what effectively amounts to a brand-new science: a reliable means of determining which specific weather events have been rendered more likely and/or more volatile by the effects of climate change. I’ve been meaning to get to this one for a while, and it didn’t disappoint. As both a scientist and philosopher, Otto lays it all out in layman-friendly terms. And of course it’s especially pertinent in an election year, because “every time we vote… we decide just how angry the weather will get.” | Posted on 19/Feb/2024 00:49:13