May 14, 2024 05:22 PM
The importance of distinguishing climate science from climate activism
https://www.nature.com/articles/s44168-024-00126-0
INTRO: I am concerned by climate scientists becoming climate activists, because scholars should not have a priori interests in the outcome of their studies. Likewise, I am worried about activists who pretend to be scientists, as this can be a misleading form of instrumentalization... (MORE - details)
There’s little science behind “No Mow May”
https://undark.org/2024/05/13/little-sci...o-mow-may/
INTRO: In 2020, the Wisconsin city of Appleton brought No Mow May to the United States. Each spring, by temporarily forgoing mowing and letting residential lawns grow with flowers, residents could support bees and other insect pollinators, proponents claimed. Indeed, they even said the practice was backed by their own published scientific study. But a little more than two years later, critics turned up severe flaws in the work conducted in Appleton, and the study was formally retracted.... (MORE - details)
https://www.nature.com/articles/s44168-024-00126-0
INTRO: I am concerned by climate scientists becoming climate activists, because scholars should not have a priori interests in the outcome of their studies. Likewise, I am worried about activists who pretend to be scientists, as this can be a misleading form of instrumentalization... (MORE - details)
There’s little science behind “No Mow May”
https://undark.org/2024/05/13/little-sci...o-mow-may/
INTRO: In 2020, the Wisconsin city of Appleton brought No Mow May to the United States. Each spring, by temporarily forgoing mowing and letting residential lawns grow with flowers, residents could support bees and other insect pollinators, proponents claimed. Indeed, they even said the practice was backed by their own published scientific study. But a little more than two years later, critics turned up severe flaws in the work conducted in Appleton, and the study was formally retracted.... (MORE - details)