leon jonesJan 12, 2023
Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf

First time that a paper I coauthored gets a push notification!

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jan/12/exxon-climate-change-global-warming-research?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Revealed: Exxon made ‘breathtakingly’ accurate climate predictions in 1970s and 80s

Oil company drove some of the leading science of the era only to publicly dismiss global heating

The Guardian
Jan 12, 2023 at 7:45pmWeb
Show threadintermobility_berlin 🌻🇪🇺Jan 12, 2023

Hier der entsprechende Artikel auf Deutsch. Danke @rahmstorf! 👍 Dieser Beitrag war längst überfällig! 💚

https://www.zeit.de/wissen/umwelt/2023-01/erderwaermung-exxon-mobil-klimawandel-wissenschaft/komplettansicht

Erderwärmung: Wie ExxonMobil die Menschheit über den Klimawandel belog

Warum handelt die Welt nicht in der Klimakrise? Wohl auch, weil riesige Konzerne wie ExxonMobil ihn über Jahre gezielt vertuschten – obwohl sie genau wussten, was kommt.

ZEIT ONLINE
Show threadintermobility_berlin 🌻🇪🇺Jan 13, 2023

@rahmstorf Auch in der Süddeutschen:

https://www.sueddeutsche.de/wissen/exxon-klimawandel-leugnung-strategie-1.5731350

Was Exxon Mobil über die Erderwärmung seit den 1980er-Jahren wusste

Fachleute des Konzerns sahen die Erderwärmung präzise voraus. Doch die Öffentlichkeit wurde über Ursachen und Folgen in die Irre geführt.

Süddeutsche Zeitung
Show threadMartin Vermeer FCDJan 12, 2023
@rahmstorf Congrats! I just scanned it but it looks pretty thorough. Any real surprises?
Show threadYusuf ToropovJan 12, 2023
@rahmstorf well done!
Show threadEdzer PebesmaJan 12, 2023
@rahmstorf Great stuff - also in the NYT, which iirc you no longer read: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/12/climate/exxon-mobil-global-warming-climate-change.html
Exxon Scientists Predicted Global Warming, Even as Company Cast Doubts, Study Finds

Starting in the 1970s, scientists working for the oil giant made remarkably accurate projections of just how much burning fossil fuels would warm the planet.

The New York Times
Show threadSallydJan 12, 2023
@rahmstorf
Not sure when I initially read a similar story but it wasn't recent.
They knew all right.
Show threadJorganesJan 12, 2023
@rahmstorf
Desinformación climática diseminada pola industria dos combustíbeis fósiles.
"Agora temos a arma fumegante mostrando que eles prevían con precisión o calentamento anos antes de comezaren a atacar a ciencia. Estes gráficos confirman a cumplicidade do que a Exxon sabia e de como nos engañaran".
Show threadVHG 🇪🇺🇺🇦Jan 12, 2023
@rahmstorf congrats!
Show threadmrtwoflowerJan 12, 2023

@rahmstorf what is the impact factor for The Guardian? Better than science?

Good read, btw.

Show threadB.Jan 12, 2023
@rahmstorf Lol this doesn't happen every day to a scientist :). Thank you so much. Your research and work at the Potsdam Institute is invaluable.
Exxon et al. are the definition of cynicism. Prepare the lawsuits.
Show threadFelix 🇨🇦 🇩🇪 🇺🇦Jan 12, 2023
@rahmstorf If you could put a price per ton of CO2 emissions how high would you set it?
Show threadPointlessSpikeJan 12, 2023
@rahmstorf This decision, if made the other way, could have completely solved the climate crisis.
This is a crime of the highest magnitude.
Show threadPauline von HellermannJan 13, 2023
@rahmstorf and just now discussed on #Radio4 8 o’clock news! Really great it’s making such a splash
Show threadPaulJan 13, 2023
@rahmstorf You're breathtaking!