TY - JOUR
TI - Scientific uncertainties feed scepticism on climate change
AU - Mesarović Miodrag
JN - Thermal Science
PY - 2015
VL - 19
IS - 12
SP - 259
EP - 278
PT - Article
AB - Climate change is a complex and multi-facetted phenomenon, interpreted by an  extensive body of interdisciplinary science. Although a great deal is known  about the climate system, an enormous amount of uncertainty remains. Since  uncertainty is usually equated with ignorance, this fact feeds scepticism on  man-induced impacts on the global climate and links climate change wth  natural causes only. A broader concept of climate change science is presented  by focusing on both early and modern scientific foundations of climate models  and specific types of uncertainty usually encountered when formulating  quantitative assessments of risks due to climate change. Major controversial  issues of such risks and their origin is addressed with paticular attention  paid to the widespread criticism for inconsistency of the reports of the  Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), based on the assumptions  found not always justified by the real scientific methods. Major  inconsistencies and misleading arguments on the climate change are also  discussed.