Re: Smoke one for the Wilkins Ice Shelf

Hmmm .. check this list out:

American Meteorological Society
Royal Meteorological Society (UK)
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
American Geophysical Union
American Institute of Physics
American Astronomical Society
American Physical Society
National Center for Atmospheric Research
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Stratigraphy Commission of the Geological Society of London
American Quaternary Association
American Chemical Society
Federation of American Scientists
Engineers Australia (The Institution of Engineers Australia)
Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society
Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society
Canadian Foundation for Climate and Atmospheric Sciences
European Geosciences Union
International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics
International Union of Geological Sciences
International Council for Science
U.S. National Academy of Science

All of them are in consensus which means all of your sources would get their
ass handed to them on a plate if they cared to take on those names.


Found this on Wiki after a 10 second search:

A question which frequently arises in conveying the scientific opinion to a
broader audience is to what extent that opinion rises to the level of a
consensus. Several scientific organizations have explicitly used the term
"consensus" in their statements:

American Association for the Advancement of Science: "The conclusions in
this statement reflect the scientific consensus represented by, for example,
the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and the Joint National
Academies' statement."

US National Academy of Science: "In the judgment of most climate scientists,
Earth's warming in recent decades has been caused primarily by human
activities that have increased the amount of greenhouse gases in the
atmosphere. ... On climate change, [the National Academies' reports] have
assessed consensus findings on the science..."

Joint Science Academies' statement, 2005: "We recognise the international
scientific consensus of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
(IPCC)."

Joint Science Academies' statement, 2001: "The work of the Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) represents the consensus of the international
scientific community on climate change science. We recognise IPCC as the
world's most reliable source of information on climate change and its
causes, and we endorse its method of achieving this consensus."

American Meteorological Society: "The nature of science is such that there
is rarely total agreement among scientists. Individual scientific statements
and papers-the validity of some of which has yet to be assessed
adequately-can be exploited in the policy debate and can leave the
impression that the scientific community is sharply divided on issues where
there is, in reality, a strong scientific consensus. ...IPCC assessment
reports are prepared at approximately five-year intervals by a large
international group of experts who represent the broad range of expertise
and perspectives relevant to the issues. The reports strive to reflect a
consensus evaluation of the results of the full body of peer-reviewed
research. ... They provide an analysis of what is known and not known, the
degree of consensus, and some indication of the degree of confidence that
can be placed on the various statements and conclusions."

Tha last one tells it all.

Paul


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