Is it possible to adopt a more rigorous approach to the communication of scientific uncertainty? Jim Giles talks to the climatologists whose pursuit of this goal has seen them dubbed the 'uncertainty cops'.
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Giles, J. When doubt is a sure thing. Nature 418, 476–478 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/418476a
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