If a policy prescription does not account for the real complexity in the climate system, and real gaps in knowledge
about aspects of global warming that matter most, is it likely that the public and lawmakers will pursue a big transformation of lifestyles and economic norms to curb CO2 emissions in a growing world still more than 85 percent dependent on burning fossil fuels to drive economies?
Nordhaus, W. D. Economic
aspects of global warming in a post-Copenhagen environment Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 2010, 107, 11721 - 11726.
The issue is not that no research calling into
question aspects of global warming is getting funded; this is why the open question of why Antarctica is cooling still gets papers published in peer - reviewed journals.
ziv: I understand the more subtle
aspect of global warming means more hot days and more cold winters from time to time, but there are two main things that make we wonder about the veracity of the Anthropogenic Global Warming group.
Second, quite frequently, when someone wants to change the subject, or when someone does not understand or agree with the human -
caused aspects of global warming, the subject of nuclear energy comes up.
Peter H. Gleick, a water and climate analyst who has been
studying aspects of global warming for more than two decades, in recent years became an aggressive critic of organizations and individuals casting doubt on the seriousness of greenhouse - driven climate change.
Schneider's approach to climate policy, comes up during a discussion of the enduring uncertainty surrounding the most
consequential aspects of global warming, particularly the near - term rate at which sea levels will rise as ice sheets melt and seawater warms.
ES&T's search found that the Wall Street Journal does provide extensive coverage on the
business aspects of global warming, with dozens of news stories on emissions trading, the energy bill, the move toward alternative forms of energy, and how countries and corporations are responding to efforts to control emissions.
The most
meaningful aspect of the global warming pause isn't that temperatures have flattened for 17 years, but rather that the global warming pause extends and solidifies the longer - term record of smaller - than - predicted global temperature rise.
For me — a person having no climate science expertise — the most
maddening aspect of the global warming issue is how enviro - activists attempt to persuade me and everyone else to side with them by saying skeptic climate scientists are liars on the payroll of the fossil fuel industry.
One of the most
concerning aspects of global warming is the potential for rising seas to damage infrastructure and property and displace a large proportion of our planet's population.
I'd object that public ignorance that there is a scientific consensus on
many aspects of global warming is a proper subject of agnotology, and that no theory of this ignorance can ignore the active efforts of those sort - of - knowledgeable deniers.
I understand the more subtle
aspect of global warming means more hot days and more cold winters from time to time, but there are two main things that make we wonder about the veracity of the Anthropogenic Global Warming group.
It's no wonder modelers can not tell us
which aspects of global warming, global cooling, climate change and «climate disruption» are due to humans, and which are the result of natural forces.
Unfortunately, the same failures of logic and character which led him to buy into complete nonsense in the first place have also prevented him from thinking, «Gee, I just made a fool of myself... maybe I should re-evaluate some of this stuff»... and thus he continues to make completely ridiculous claims on
other aspects of the global warming «debate».
Might it be speculated that a change in ENSO (more frequent La Niñas) is
an aspect of global warming, rather than natural variability?
Well maybe not
all aspects of global warming, but researchers at UCLA are now reporting that climate change is reducing the Santa Ana winds, which exacerbate fires along the coasts of southern California each year.
I hope to read some considerations on
that aspect of global warming too.
It is my view that policy makers (at least the ones that matter) will actually understand the technical
aspects of global warming, and if they don't, they will seek out someone on their staff to explain it to them.
Along with a lot of nasty health and environmental consequences, this has had some inadvertent benefits in restraining
some aspects of global warming.