{"id":588511,"date":"2023-08-25T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-25T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/a-tale-of-two-ramaswamys\/"},"modified":"2023-08-25T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-08-25T14:00:00","slug":"a-tale-of-two-ramaswamys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/a-tale-of-two-ramaswamys\/","title":{"rendered":"#A tale of two Ramaswamys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/AP23236089103408-e1692845064944.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>This is a tale of two men with the same last name: Ramaswamy.<\/p>\n<p>One of those two men, Vivek Ramaswamy, a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/who-is-vivek-ramaswamy-republican-presidential-hopeful-2023-08-23\/\">biotech entrepreneur<\/a>, was introduced to a large national audience on the evening of Aug. 23, 2023. The occasion? The first televised debate of eight candidates seeking the nomination of the Republican Party for the 2024 U.S. presidential election.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>When asked a question about climate change by the debate moderators, Ramaswamy <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/08\/23\/us\/republican-debate-climate-change.html\">responded<\/a> in this way: \u201cLet us be honest as Republicans \u2014 I\u2019m the only person on the stage who isn\u2019t bought and paid for, so I can say this \u2014 the climate change agenda is a hoax.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Clearly, \u201choax\u201d is a pejorative term. It\u2019s concerning to hear a candidate for president of the United States \u2014 who is not a climate scientist \u2014 describe well-established <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">science<\/a> in this derogatory way.<\/p>\n<p>Climate change is not a hoax. It seems strange to have to write this simple truth in August 2023, after massive wildfires in Lahaina, Canada and Europe, off-the-charts warmth in the North Atlantic, record-low Antarctic sea-ice extent, and many other <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/08\/22\/climate\/tropical-storm-california-maui-fire-extreme-august.html\">extraordinary extreme events<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For decades, thousands of scientists around the world have studied the nature and causes of climate change. Their work was the subject of dozens of rigorous <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nap.nationalacademies.org\/catalog\/25733\/climate-change-evidence-and-causes-update-2020\">national<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ipcc.ch\/report\/ar6\/syr\/\">international<\/a> scientific assessments. These assessments reveal that over the past 150+ years, fossil fuel burning ramped up levels of heat-tr<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ing greenhouse gases in Earth\u2019s atmosphere. This increase in greenhouse gases warmed the planet, leading to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ipcc.ch\/report\/ar6\/wg2\/\">significant impacts<\/a> on many things we care about. Human health. Agriculture. Water resources. Ecosystems. The economy.<\/p>\n<p>The scientific evidence for human fingerprints on Earth\u2019s climate system is now <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pnas.org\/doi\/10.1073\/pnas.2300758120\">incontrovertible<\/a>. The evidence is in the changing <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ipcc.ch\/report\/ar6\/wg1\/chapter\/summary-for-policymakers\/\">atmosphere, oceans and land surface<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>One contributor to this body of scientific evidence is the second Ramaswamy I mentioned: Venkatachalam (\u201cRam\u201d) Ramaswamy, the director of the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gfdl.noaa.gov\/v-ramaswamy\/\">Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory<\/a> at Princeton. Ram has devoted his illustrious scientific career to the problem of trying to understand human effects on <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1029\/1999RG000065\">atmospheric temperature<\/a>. He\u2019s been particularly interested in studying the temperature of Earth\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/doi\/10.1126\/science.1122587\">upper atmosphere<\/a>.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Please do not confuse these two Ramaswamys. \u201cRam\u201d Ramaswamy is a brilliant climate scientist, an inspiring leader and a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Venkatachalam_Ramaswamy\">long-time contributor<\/a> to many influential climate science assessment reports. Vivek Ramaswamy \u2014 the participant in the Republican primary debate who so publicly and incorrectly dismissed \u201cthe climate change agenda\u201d as a \u201choax\u201d \u2014 is not a climate scientist.<\/p>\n<p>In the debate, Vivek Ramaswamy adjured his fellow candidates to \u201cbe honest as Republicans.\u201d Honesty and factual accuracy would be highly desirable, particularly on the issue of climate change \u2014 particularly if you are on a stage where millions are listening intently to each word you say.<\/p>\n<p>Our best scientific understanding is that human-caused climate change is not just a serious problem for future generations \u2014 it\u2019s a serious problem now. Using ignorant words like \u201choax\u201d to describe this problem does a disservice to all American citizens, Republican and Democrat, who are already dealing with the consequences of living on a rapidly warming planet. The willful ignorance of Vivek Ramaswamy does not only affect Americans, it harms all citizens of this planet.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Such ignorance should be disqualifying. It shows a lack of fitness to be in the running to be leader of the free world.<\/p>\n<p>During the August 2023 debate, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/sc-haley-takes-fiery-swings-030540971.html\">noted that<\/a> \u201cthe American president needs to have moral clarity, needs to know the difference between right and wrong and know the difference between good and evil.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Haley\u2019s remarks were made in the context of the war in Ukraine; she was pushing back against calls from several other Republican candidates to curtail U.S. support for Ukraine.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>But her remarks are not only applicable to the war in Ukraine. The next American president also needs moral and scientific clarity on climate change. She or he needs to know that it is wrong and dangerous to deny the reality and seriousness of climate change. She or he needs to understand that it is morally repugnant to saddle future generations with climate problems they did not create.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s all hope that all politicians possess \u2014 or rapidly discover \u2014 such \u201cmoral clarity.\u201d Until then, remember not to confuse the two Ramaswamys.<\/p>\n<p><em>Ben Santer <\/em><em>is a climate scientist, a visiting researcher at UCLA\u2019s Joint Institute for Regional Earth System Science and Engineering, as well as a John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur fellow. He was the lead author of Chapter 8 of the 1995 report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and has been a contributor to all six IPCC reports.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2023 Nexstar <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Media<\/a> Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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