Roger Pielke Jr.
"There is an interesting set of quotes in the New York Times today from blogger and NASA climate scientist Gavin Schmidt. Schmidt is the principle behind Real Climate, a blog self-described as: 'RealClimate is a commentary site on climate science by working climate scientists for the interested public and journalists'.In the Times, Schmidt has the following odd statement:'But some scientists said that responding to climate change skeptics was a fool’s errand.“Climate scientists are paid to do climate science,” said Gavin A. Schmidt, a senior climatologist with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Goddard Institute of Space Studies. “Their job is not persuading the public.”
The statement is odd because Schmidt and his climate scientist colleagues have devoted much of the effort on their blog to countering "skeptics" and persuading the public and the media that their views are the authoritative ones. Was Schmidt misquoted? Is Real Climate shutting down?
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