LIVE NOW - House Climate Science Hearing: Liveblog With Gavin Schmidt, NASA - ScienceInsider

10:49 Gavin Schmidt:
I think it is completely legitimate to take into account multiple forcings, and natural variability, yet still think that CO2, as the fastest growing forcing, and the one with the longest timescale, is still the dominant issue. But as the UNEP report showed, there are many actions that can be taken to reduce forcings from BC and ozone with current technology.
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11:09       Eli Kintisch:
Roberts, asked by Whitfield, says "climate change as a negative force on human health is flatly wrong"
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11:36        Eli Kintisch:
Inslee: "embarassment" that "chronic anti-science" syndrome by Republicans. Colleagues in GOP won't believe, he says, "until the entire antarctic ice sheet has melted or hell has frozen over"
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12:19      Eli Kintisch:
Field: length of fire season, severity of fires, and annual fire area are all skyrocketing in US west; three fold increase could come with modest 1.8 deg F warming.
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12:25 
Eli Kintisch:
A very prominent reporter I won't name is playing Hearts in the press table...
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12:32    Gavin Schmidt:
Pielke Sr. is half right, black carbon and ozone are related to Arctic warming, but the dominant issue is GHGs.