I suggest you start reading about
the actual science of climate change.
As I've reminded Mr. Roger, this discussion is not about me, but about
the actual science of climate change.
Not exact matches
the fossil fuel industry's
climate change denialist propaganda disguised as «
science education», and to support
actual science (not to mention the survival
of the human species) by accepting Laurie David's offer to distribute the DVDs.
In fairness, our
science has little ground proofing
of theory on
climate change because this is our first time having
actual field observations.
Sure, the political aspects
of climate change are legitimately important in all this and may override that
actual science.
Here's a story we all now know well: A small number
of groups backed by the fossil fuel industry have for decades shed doubt on the
science of climate change, even as the
actual scientific community consensus on the issue — that greenhouse gas pollution posed a significant threat to our
climate — remained strong and continued to grow stronger.
For example, the summary
of the 2011 GAO report states: «OMB reports funding in four categories: technology to reduce emissions,
science to better understand
climate change, international assistance for developing countries, and wildlife adaptation to respond to
actual or expected
changes.»
Yet, participants in the
climate change disinformation machine often speak as if it is inappropriate to talk about duties to reduce greenhouse gases until
science is capable
of proving with high levels
of certainty what
actual damages will be.
I believe it (including water vapor clouds) is the the 800 pound gorilla in the room that AGW
climate science can't understand because AGW
climate science focuses on unvalidated model results and not enough on the
actual physics
of natural processes involved in the complex
climate change process.
Similarly deceptive is an upcoming junk study from a Koch - funded think tank that has taken on the format and appearance
of a truly scientific report from the US Government, but is loaded with lies and misrepresentation
of actual climate change science.
Thus, John Cook's reasonably even handed and often understated site, skeptical
science, which gives example after example after example — based upon the
actual science, and vetted
science papers —
of the multiple fundamental myths that drive the great bulk (if not to some extent, ALL)
climate change naysaying, is thus dismissed (and Cook himself — see some
of the other anti
climate change sites, for instance — repeatedly denigrated).
How to attack the
actual deceit and real
science denial
of the knowing fraud
of climate change based renewable energy extortion, in such a way that the law has to consider the facts
of the
actual fraud, not the unprovable asssertions on the role
of CO2 in
climate change or the reputaions
of the academic PR men for the rackets that justify them, and detach the debate from the
climate to focus on the facts
of what is done in its name that can only make energy supply expensively worse in fact, FOR PROFIT.
The primary goal
of the EdGCM (Educational Global
Climate Model) Project is to enhance the quality of climate - change science teaching and learning at the high school level through broader access to actual GCMs, and to assist teachers by providing the appropriate technology, materials and support to use these research - quality climate models effectively in the cla
Climate Model) Project is to enhance the quality
of climate - change science teaching and learning at the high school level through broader access to actual GCMs, and to assist teachers by providing the appropriate technology, materials and support to use these research - quality climate models effectively in the cla
climate -
change science teaching and learning at the high school level through broader access to
actual GCMs, and to assist teachers by providing the appropriate technology, materials and support to use these research - quality
climate models effectively in the cla
climate models effectively in the classroom.
«It would seem that Richard Muller has served as a useful foil for the Koch Brothers, allowing them to claim they have funded a real scientist looking into the basic
science, while that scientist — Muller — props himself up by using the «Berkeley» imprimatur (U.C. Berkeley has not in any way sanctioned this effort) and appearing to accept the basic
science, and goes out on the talk circuit, writing Op - Eds, etc. systematically downplaying the
actual state
of the
science, dismissing key
climate -
change impacts and denying the degree
of risk that
climate change actually represents.
Presenting such alternative figures confuses and undermines the public understanding
of the
actual science, which is an understanding about the driving mechanisms
of sea level rise: thermal expansion
of ocean water, melting
of mountain glaciers and complex dynamics
of large ice sheets — in correspondence again with projected temperature rise, that is in turn a product
of projected rises
of greenhouse gas concentrations using calculated estimates
of climate sensitivity, together creating a net disturbance in Earth's energy balance, the very root cause
of anthropogenic
climate change.
And that's illustrated if you compare how «
science - based» and «
science - denier» blogs discuss right about any
climate - related topic, from
actual atmospheric temperature development to its physical manifestations, like sea level rise (see the chart in the middle
of this piece) and social and ecological consequences
of climate change — including at some point the fate
of iconic mammal species that use sea ice as hunting grounds.
We'll present a couple illustrations before we'll get to the
actual publication we hope to discuss — one that compares methodology
of science - based and «
science - denying»
climate websites but that also touches on a subject we personally find far more interesting: what's actually going on in the Arctic, an area that is not only experiencing major physical consequences
of climate change, but that is subsequently also set to be a stage for a cascade
of ecological consequences
of this
climate change — both in the Arctic tundra biome and in the adjacent Arctic marine ecosystem.
As the Environmental Protection Agency nears a final ruling that manmade global warming endangers the public health and welfare, «the chamber will tell the EPA in a filing today that a trial - style public hearing» on the
science of climate change is needed to «make a fully informed, transparent decision with scientific integrity based on the
actual record
of the
science.»
An example
of this in the
climate change war is the use
of temperature which is a poor metric for the
actual science which requires enthalpy; or such a claim automatically has assumptions, stated or not, that can be challenged.
Gadget Guy: -LSB-...] And none
of the problems have been with the
actual science that underlies
climate change (which is what the Working Group 1 Report is all about).
Conclusion # 3: Since Conclusions # 1 and # 2 are derived from the
actual empirical
science evidence, policymakers at the national, state, and local levels have no rational basis to make large expenditures and impose unnecessary regulations in an attempt to stop what has now become a fact-less, irrational, anti-
science belief
of human - caused catastrophic global warming and
climate change «tipping points.»
Perhaps you should, you just might learn something about the
actual science of greenhouse gasses and
climate change.
So its going to turn into an area where any true discussion based on the
science of the specific aspect — ice free Artic, sea level rise (when, where and how much)-- will be missing and any chance
of actual education will be gone if the standard «opponents» get used in the discussions and they stick to their standard behaviors when discussing anything to do with
climate change.