SCOUT· 54%12m·2026-08-20·ScienceMaking a case for physicists to join climate research
When you think of physics, your mind might go to forces—like gravity, friction, and magnetism—or to astrophysics, like galaxies and exoplanets. But many of the same principles used to understand how the universe works can also be used to study Earth’s climate systems. At its core, climate change is a physics problem.…
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“As a physicist that spent two years seriously researching this topic I'm glad at that news, but personally I don't think it will help in any way. Any scientist that doesn't sell his ethics to politics knows he has NOTHING good waiting for h…”
“I'm not a physicist, but I bet there will be others that claim to be. They will offer zero evidence and even fewer citations.”
“Truth-tellers pay a price. Hope-sellers profit. See, The Weight of Nature by neuroscientist and climate science journalist, Clayton Page Aldern. Please bring him on the program, if he hasn't already been.”
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