Dr. Benjamin Santer-Part II -Episode 026

A continuation of our discussion with Dr. Benjamin D. Santer, one of the foremost atmospheric and climate scientists on the planet.  As lead author of Chapter 8 of the 2nd IPCC assessment, he wrote the words that changed the world: science had detected a human influence of global climate.  The genie was out of the bottle.  Science could win the war of facts versus opinion.  But, what happened during the Trump years when science took an awful beating.  How demoralized were the brilliant men and women who had dedicated themselves to finding answers to questions, if not met with facts, would alter life on this planet forever.  In Part II of this conversation, it gets personal.