Suppose That a Group of Climate Scientists Claims That They

question 40

Multiple Choice

Suppose that a group of climate scientists claims that they can predict future impacts of global climate change with 98% accuracy. Why should you be skeptical of this claim?

• A)They do not have reliable methods to measure this change.
• B)Their predictions are based on incomplete information about species diversity and interactions of living organisms with each other and with their environments.
• C)They should be focusing their predictions based only on climate change in the polar regions where the greatest effects of climate change are experienced.
• D)They have not accounted for abiotic factors that affect global climate change in their predictions.

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