http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/bruce-mapstone/ Dr Bruce Mapstone is Chief of CSIRO’s Marine and Atmospheric Research division. He has provided research leadership and management across Australia over the last 20 years, including as CEO of the Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre and as Director of the Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research (a research partnership between CSIRO and the Bureau of Meteorology). en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/after-climategate-the-message-in-the-science-is-the-same/ Scientists at the University of East Anglia have emerged from the six-month “climategate” inquiry with their reputations for honesty intact. However, many in the public remain skeptical, so the challenge for scientists across the world now is to communicate clearly the realities of climate change to a public that simply wants straight answers. The Independent Climate Change Email Review in the United Kingdom, led by Sir Muir Russell, a former top civil servant, concluded that “the rigour and honesty” of the UEA scientists “was not in doubt” and that there was no evidence “that might undermine the conclusions of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) assessments”. The challenge of clearly and openly communicating climate change to a public understandably alarmed about the associated changes to our world is as real in Australia as it is for people in other countries. Sir Muir has put the challenge for scientists into plain English: “They should learn to communicate their work in ways that the public can access and understand.”  feedback@thepunch.com.au (Bruce Mapstone) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/after-climategate-the-message-in-the-science-is-the-same/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/after-climategate-the-message-in-the-science-is-the-same/#item3523 Sun, 11 Jul 2010 19:35:29 +0000 Bruce Mapstone | Author bios | The Punch