New Climate Report Sparks Outrage

The National Academies of Sciences (NAS) faces intense criticism from climate skeptics and scientists alike following a report on extreme event attribution, a field that quantifies the link between climate change and specific weather disasters. This scientific method is increasingly utilized as a litigation tool to sue fossil fuel companies, leading critics like David Zarouk and Roger Pielke to allege a "climate attribution cabal" driven by political advocacy rather than objective science. While climate change is a reality, the mathematical foundation of event attribution remains deeply flawed because results vary wildly depending on how an event is defined and often ignore confounding factors like land use. By failing to clearly address these mathematical uncertainties and instead providing a platform for activists, the NAS has compromised its objectivity and contributed to a broader erosion of public trust in scientific institutions.