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| launch_date = 10 December 2004{{Cite web | last = Schmidt | first = Gavin | title = RealClimate | url = http://www.realclimate.org/ | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20041212030003/http://www.realclimate.org/ |archive-date= 12 December 2004 | date = 1 December 2004 | access-date = 9 September 2012 }} preliminary posting, actual [http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2014/12/ten-years-of-realclimate-by-the-numbers/ Start date: 10 December 2004]

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RealClimate is a commentary site (blog) on climatology. The site's contributors include climate scientists whose goal is to provide a response to developing stories and a context they feel is sometimes missing in mainstream commentary on climate science and climate change. The forum is moderated, and is restricted to scientific topics to avoid discussion of political or economic implications of the science. RealClimate was launched on 10 December 2004 by nine climate scientists.

Recognition

The creation of RealClimate was the subject of an editorial in the scientific journal Nature, and was reported in the "NetWatch" news feature of the journal Science.

In 2005, the editors of Scientific American recognized RealClimate with a Science and Technology Web Award.{{cite web |title=Science & Technology Web Awards 2005 |url=https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/science-technology-web-a-2005-10-03/ |publisher=Scientific American |access-date=9 April 2020 |language=en |date=3 October 2005}}

In 2006, Nature compiled a list of the 50 most popular blogs written by scientists, as measured by Technorati. RealClimate was number 3 on that list.

According to Time, RealClimate is "in line with the Web's original purpose: scientific communication" with a "straightforward presentation of the physical evidence for global warming".{{cite magazine| url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1730759_1731034_1732032,00.html#ixzz10CDmLlXM | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080421181440/http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1730759_1731034_1732032,00.html#ixzz10CDmLlXM | url-status=dead | archive-date=April 21, 2008 | magazine=Time | title=The Environment | date=2008-04-17}}

Notable contributors

{{As of|2017|7}} notable contributors to RealClimate included:{{cite web |url=http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2004/12/contributors/ |title=Contributors |website=RealClimate|access-date= 21 July 2017}}

Past contributors include:

See also

References

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1 December 2004, RealClimate [http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2004/12/about/ About], "The discussion here is restricted to scientific topics and will not get involved in any political or economic implications of the science." last accessed 2010-01-01

{{cite journal

|title=Welcome climate bloggers

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{{cite journal

|title=Sifting for Truth About Global Warming

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|volume=306

|year=2004

|pages=2167

|doi=10.1126/science.306.5705.2167a

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{{cite web

|title=50 Popular Science Blogs

|publisher = Nature

|year=2005

|access-date=2008-06-25

|url=http://www.nature.com/news/2006/060703/multimedia/50_science_blogs.html

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{{cite journal

|title=Top five science blogs

|journal=Nature

|year=2006

|volume=442

|pmid=16823420

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