This book is a critical appraisal of the status of the so-called
Climate Sciences (CS). These are contributed by many other basic
sciences like physics, geology, chemistry and as such employ
theoretical and experimental methods. In the last few decades most
of the CS have been identified with the global warming problem and
numerical models have been used as the main tool for their
investigations. The produced predictions can only be partially
tested against experimental data and may represent one of the
reasons CS are drifting away from the route of the scientific
method. On the other hand the study of climate faces many other
interesting and mostly unsolved problems (think about ice ages)
whose solution could clarify how the climatic system works. As for
the global warming, while its existence is largely proved,
scientifically it can be solved only with a large experimental
effort carried out for a few decades. Problems can arise when not
proved hypotheses are adopted as the basis for public policy
without the recognition that they may be on shaky ground. The
strong interactions of the Global Warming (GW) with the society
create another huge problem of political nature for the CS. The
book argues that the knowledge gained so far on the specific GW
problem is enough for the relevant political decisions to be taken
and that Climate Science should resume the study of the climate
system with appropriate means and methods. The book introduces the
most relevant concepts needed for the discussion in the text or in
appropriate appendices and it is directed to the general public
with upper undergraduate background. Each chapter closes with a
debate between a climate scientist and a humanist to reflect the
discussions between climate science and philosophy or climate
scientists and society.
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