A chemistry degree is not the same as atmospheric physics, and coming up with
alternative climate theories requires specialist study.
nigelj: A chemistry degree is not the same as atmospheric physics, and coming up with
alternative climate theories requires specialist study.
But I think you need to appreciate coming up with
an alternative climate theory also requires pretty specialist knowledge and training.
They demand we offer
an alternative climate theory.
Not exact matches
Suddenly, we seem to live in a time dominated by «fake news», «
alternative facts», conspiracy
theories, scepticism of scientific research, partial accounts parading as «the real truth which has hitherto been concealed from us, the people», revolts against allegedly smug academic elites and distant political elites — a time where YouTube videos claiming research into
climate change to be a scam get far more viewers than videos presenting the science of
climate change.
But Darwin's
theory of evolution, like modern
climate science, made sense of a vast body of observations that had no
alternative explanation: there was therefore a clash between disciplines.
And consider
climate change, where hundreds of research papers have been published on «
alternative theories» for
climate change.
If anyone objects to the
theory of the
climate, they can be invited to bring in their favorite story from mythology as an
alternative.
Obviously the
climate community thinks about
alternative theories, but its just they are so obviously weak, they don't require endless investigation that goes on and on, like we get from the denialists.
Additionally,
climate «skeptics» have yet to put forth a plausible, coherent, internally consistent
alternative to challenge the robust man - made global warming
theory.
Svensmark's cosmo - climatology
theory of
climate change is a strong contender as an
alternative.
I think the main reason why
alternative theories are not given much attention is because they are a threat to AGW
theory and with the
climate on hold for now mainstream will not budge unless and until the
climate moves against them, and even then I expect further excuses.
See «An
alternative theory of
climate change» at: http://members.iinet.net.au/~alexandergbiggs.
The only thing to do is put forth
alternative theories that will predict why / how the
climate may change and see if they are correct and then proceed to the next step.
For me, that begins with people accepting that there is no hiding place left in the science — the overwhelming consensus of the vast body of scientists that study
climate is that the trends we are seeing in the air, the oceans and in our ecosystems are entirely consistent with the
theory of global warming, while the
alternatives offered by sceptical scientists — even the much heralded role of the Sun — so far fail that test.
The
Climate Misinformer database here at SkS is great, but each misinformer page looks more like a Gish Gallop (understandably) then the
alternative theory the guy in question defends.
However, he is also very interested in
climate science, and developed an
alternative theory to the Milankovitch
theory for explaining the glacial - interglacial transitions between «ice ages» and non-ice ages every 100,000 years or so.
But my impression is this is very speculative and as well as having to demonstrate and quantify the mechanisms involved for a significant GCR effect on
climate, this hypothesis would requre finding serious flaws in a very well established and substaniated
alternative theory.
The problem for
climate science is that the second
alternative, non linear
climate forcings, can not be solved by current mathematics
theory.
Many recent assaults on
climate science and, more disturbingly, on
climate scientists by
climate change deniers are typically driven by special interests or dogma, not by an honest effortto provide an
alternative theory that credibly satisfies the evidence.
Consider an
alternative to your
theory about why («skeptics») views on
climate change reflect «innate» attributes to «correctly» perceive «collective deception»:
Many recent assaults on
climate science and, more disturbingly, on
climate scientists by
climate change deniers are typically driven by special interests or dogma, not by an honest effort to provide an
alternative theory that credibly satisfies the evidence.
The
Climate Inquisition have no
alternative theory that can explain the many lines of evidence that point to human caused global warming.
Together, these lines of evidence provide a conceptual and scientific backing to the
theory of
climate change caused by human greenhouse gas emissions that is simply absent for
alternative theories, such as that there is no change or that the change is caused by something different.
It is easy to pronounce that the so - called deniers who are supposedly advocates of «denialism» are guilty of serious lapse in the understanding of AGW -
climate change, whereas in fact they refuse to believe the hypotheses and
theories that have been published in the academic papers and hold an
alternative viewpoint.
In comparison, we do nt have an
alternative and simple
theory of
climate change that can explain the pause, and be consistent with a pause, and «also» explain the 50 years of warming, and the specific characteristics of the warming, sea level rise, and numerous other data.
And just as there is no credible
alternative theory to evolution, there is no credible model of Earth's
climate other than the consensus model.
nj: In comparison, we do nt have an
alternative and simple
theory of
climate change that can explain the pause, and be consistent with a pause, and «also» explain the 50 years of warming, and the specific characteristics of the warming, sea level rise, and numerous other data.