Decline in taxonomic diversity due to forest management is distressing because taxonomic diversity inflect the ecosystem functioning [ 28, 36], and may be as significant threat to ecosystem services as the much worried climate change [ 37].
How dare climate scientists worry about climate deniers exploiting junk science?
"I was worrying about climate change in 1973 when I was doing physics in Aberdeen.
So if we start worrying about climate change, we might make some personal changes or shifts, but soon enough a new worry will come along (economic dire straits, for example) and push the climate worry a bit in the background.
A new study shows they have another cause for worry: climate change.
Soon after Trump took office, environmentalists started worrying that climate-change information would be purged from government Web sites.
While both sides are partly right – environmentalists are right to worry about climate change, sceptics that current climate policies are often misconceived – both their arguments are flawed.
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, above, is worried about climate change, while Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is a climate change skeptic.
Jeb Bush, historically self-categorized as a climate skeptic, recently tentatively suggested that he might be worried about climate change.
Worried about climate change?
