I know that it is extremely difficult to link human activities to climate change. The complexity of global climate is so vast that no mathmatical model could ever come close to approximating it. That said, I believe that the connection not being made between human activity and climate change is due to a construct of our limited mathmatical abilities to model such a relationship. We still work with linear relationships in modeling as it is. No one as of yet has invented a way to model exponential relationships. Although the connection can't be made consider this. Humans add 7 billion tons of CO2 to the atmosphere every year. Atmospheric CO2 concentraton increases 3% every year. Simple chemistry tells us that if you add material to a chemical reaction on one end of an equation, it will drive the reaction in the opposite direction. Although I'm comparing a simple system to a complex one, it doesn't take a leap of faith to see that as humans we do have some effect on our environment. As far as how much of an effect that is remains to be seen.
As a climate change researcher, I wouldn't dare make the leap that the storm in the south atlantic is caused by global climate change (Although it has never has occured in recorded history). An enormous amount of research would have to be done to make a connection between the two events. What is dishartening to me is the fact the so many people can cast aside the enormous amount of evidence that global climate change is occuring. Is it just because your in denial that some of the choices that we all make when it comes to energy use has detrimental effects on the environment? Or, do you have a problem accepting responsibility for these choices that you have made as a consumer of energy? This is an important subject that shouldn't be trivalized by people who have no clue when it comes to atmospheric or environmental science. I want to make sure that my children have a safe and clean environment to grow old in. That shouldn't come at the expense of your desire for instant gratification. So I'll continue to work on proving to skeptics such as your self that global climate change is real and here to stay and you can do whatever it is that you do to serve your own self interest. SO Ron Jearamy has a master's degree. I bet it's not in climate science.
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I know that it is extremely difficult to link human activities to climate change. The complexity of global climate is so vast that no mathmatical model could ever come close to approximating it. That said, I believe that the connection not being made between human activity and climate change is due to a construct of our limited mathmatical abilities to model such a relationship. We still work with linear relationships in modeling as it is. No one as of yet has invented a way to model exponential relationships. Although the connection can't be made consider this. Humans add 7 billion tons of CO2 to the atmosphere every year. Atmospheric CO2 concentraton increases 3% every year. Simple chemistry tells us that if you add material to a chemical reaction on one end of an equation, it will drive the reaction in the opposite direction. Although I'm comparing a simple system to a complex one, it doesn't take a leap of faith to see that as humans we do have some effect on our environment. As far as how much of an effect that is remains to be seen.
As a climate change researcher, I wouldn't dare make the leap that the storm in the south atlantic is caused by global climate change (Although it has never has occured in recorded history). An enormous amount of research would have to be done to make a connection between the two events. What is dishartening to me is the fact the so many people can cast aside the enormous amount of evidence that global climate change is occuring. Is it just because your in denial that some of the choices that we all make when it comes to energy use has detrimental effects on the environment? Or, do you have a problem accepting responsibility for these choices that you have made as a consumer of energy? This is an important subject that shouldn't be trivalized by people who have no clue when it comes to atmospheric or environmental science. I want to make sure that my children have a safe and clean environment to grow old in. That shouldn't come at the expense of your desire for instant gratification. So I'll continue to work on proving to skeptics such as your self that global climate change is real and here to stay and you can do whatever it is that you do to serve your own self interest. SO Ron Jearamy has a master's degree. I bet it's not in climate science.