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‘We have emotions too’: Climate scientists respond to attacks on objectivity

Climate scientists who were mocked and gaslighted after speaking up about
their fears for the future have said acknowledging strong emotions is vital
to their work. The researchers said these feelings should not be suppressed
in an attempt to reach supposed objectivity. Seeing climate experts’
fears and opinions about the climate crisis as irrelevant suggests science
is separate from society and ultimately weakens it, they said. The
researchers said they had been subject to ridicule by some scientists after
taking part in a large Guardian survey of experts in May, during which they
and many others expressed their feelings of extreme fear about future
temperature rises and the world’s failure to take sufficient action. They
said they had been told they were not qualified to take part in this broad
discussion of the climate crisis, were spreading doom and were not
impartial.

 Guardian 25th Oct 2024,
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/25/we-have-emotions-too-climate-scientists-respond-to-attacks-on-objectivity

October 28, 2024 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | climate change