Slashdot reader Layzej writes:
In January of 2011, Slashdot reported on AccuWeather meteorologist Joe Bastardi’s wager for climate scientists. He bet the earth would “cool .1 to .2 Celsius in the next ten years, according to objective satellite data.” He later backed down when the wager was accepted, saying “With the way the article is couched, which I did not know would turn into a bet, I think that if I am wrong, then I will not have the 10k to bet anyway…since it seems that 35 years of forecasting is now on the line with this. I have never bet on the weather before, and I think since it now appears I am betting my entire livelihood on this, then that is enough.”
It’s a good thing too. The wager would have come due in January of 2021. As it turns out, the linear trend of global mean temperatures shows the earth actually warmed by just over 0.5C over the period according to satellite data.
of this story at Slashdot.
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