Black carbon enlightens the dark age

Not long ago the “scientific” consensus seemed to be that global warming was mostly caused by CO2 emissions caused by human activity. Many times I was asked if I believed or not on “global warming”. Such question could not be taken seriously in a scientist’s perspective – belief is something any descent scientist should steer away from, but rather stick to our never-ending search for reality – but the possible answers were only two: yes, and I am a cool liberal scholar, or no, I am a retrograde conservative. Today this view has completely changed, but after the metamorphosis, the death of conviction also allowed for the birth of a much less aggressive approach: the answer to that question could very well be “We are not sure yet, but this is what we know about it…” but it is not absurd if you have, or used to have, a strong opinion about it…

It’s a relief to see common sense make its way back into the scientific community. And we don’t need to point fingers at who was acting as an inquisitor, but let’s not forget, at least, that we are ALL prone to it.

http://www.nature.com/ngeo/journal/v1/n12/full/ngeo358.html