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Judith Curry

Summary

Judith Curry (born 1953) is a former chair of atmospheric sciences at Georgia Tech who became a prominent scientific dissenter from mainstream climate consensus, arguing that uncertainty is underestimated in climate science and that policies should reflect that uncertainty.

Core Contribution

Major credentialed climate scientist offering a heterodox view on climate uncertainty; runs the Climate Etc. blog.

Key Spikes & Highlights

  • climate science
  • uncertainty
  • heterodox
  • policy

Historical Influences

Climate science

Intellectual Lineage

American atmospheric science

Contemporaries & Peers

Roger Pielke Jr. climate science community

Minds Influenced

Climate policy debate heterodox climate discourse

Intellectual Posterity

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