{"630799":{"#nid":"630799","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"This Was the Decade Climate Scientists Stopped Being Polite","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe arrival of a fresh decade gives climate scientists like \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/shadow.eas.gatech.edu\/~kcobb\/people\/people.html\u0022\u003EKim Cobb\u003C\/a\u003E, professor in the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, an opportunity to look back on the last 10 years of alarming data on climate change. The focus is now on stronger warnings and direct engagement with policy makers. \u0026ldquo;You can see evidence of it in speech patterns as scientists communicate with the public,\u0026rdquo; Cobb says. \u0026ldquo;There\u0026rsquo;s none of this business we used to have of, \u0026lsquo;well, \u0026lsquo;I\u0026rsquo;m not a policy expert.\u0026rsquo; People are digging their stake in the ground and saying here are a couple of options.\u0026rdquo; The same message comes through in a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/science\/2019\/12\/31\/s-were-lost-decade-climate-we-cant-afford-repeat-scientists-warn\/\u0022\u003EWashington Post story\u003C\/a\u003E that also features Cobb\u0026#39;s insights.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2020-01-08 20:03:45","changed_gmt":"2020-01-08 20:07:06","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"faculty spotlight","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/earther.gizmodo.com\/this-was-the-decade-climate-scientists-stopped-being-po-1840735992","dateline":{"date":"2019-12-31T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2019-12-31T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"364801","name":"EAS"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"154","name":"Environment"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166926","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences"},{"id":"33791","name":"kim cobb"},{"id":"173050","name":"climate science"},{"id":"831","name":"climate change"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}