When Facts Are Accepted, There Will Be Defections

I don't know if this blog is related to the study I read about last weekend, but it sure is good to hear. A leading skeptic of global warming and climate change conducted his own research and concluded, factually, that global warming is a real thing and that it is happening right now. He has held out for a long time, but when after (finally) conducting his own study he has seen results that are too similar to the other global warming studies that have been done to discount the facts any longer.

I don't know if he will state that global warming is caused by human activity or not, but to see someone who has so vehemently denied the evidence, despite being a scientist himself, finally come around to see that global warming is a fact is comforting. Yes, he should have carried out this study of his long ago. That's what scientists are supposed to do if they don't buy into a scientific claim. However, the fact that he has finally done this study is proof that the scientist in him won out. I hope that he sees, and admits, that global warming and accompanying climate change is a man-made phenomenon. More importantly, I hope that he sees that we can also correct the path of climate destruction we are on and that we can take steps to mitigate and halt further climate change, because we can.

I'm so glad to hear this news. I hope it helps other denialists to finally accept the facts, hard as it may be for them to do.