Believe what you are seeing and feeling: The climate is changing

By: Larry Baker

Outlets: Minnesota Reformer

Published: September 22, 2026

Words: 807

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 3 days ago


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Back in 1990, I attended a talk by Jim Hansen, a lead climate modeler and director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies. He concluded that the models were working well and could now reasonably predict global warming trends. An audience member asked when the public would believe the results of climate modeling. My recollection is that his response was “never,” before adding, “They won’t believe it until they personally experience it.”

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