Congratulations to RealClimate on its Ten Year Anniversary.
Many readers would be long term fans of RealClimate.org. When I was learning about climate it was my first major resource and is to this day.
Through realclimate.org we got to know not just the science of climate but also the people of climate. The articles by the realclimate team and guest contributors have made science accessible, bridging the gap between science journals and science articles in the media. From there, many of us have found reading science papers in journals so much easier.
The people who started RealClimate ten years ago have become leaders in the field of climate science and leaders in the climate community. They have achieved a huge amount in their own careers as well as being known throughout the world as science communicators. They have continued to volunteer their personal time and efforts to helping us learn about climate, while their jobs have become more demanding, their families have been growing, more and more journalists have been querying (and more and more people are pestering). They have let us get to know not just their work, but them as people - different personalities, charm and even little idiosyncrasies and foibles. Their patience and endurance and amazing generosity has been a source of inspiration to many, many people.
I cannot think of another field in which a group of scientists have shown the sort of continuous dedication to bringing science to the public, from realclimate.org and beyond. They are amazing.
David Archer,
Eric Steig,
Gavin Schmidt,
Mike Mann,
Rasmus Benestad,
Ray Bradley,
Ray Pierrehumbert,
Stefan Rahmstorf
& all realclimate contributors
Congratulations
We Salute You and Thank You
Okay, enough speeches, let's blow out the candles:
