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jlf1961 -> RE: Meeting of the Mad Scientists (4/3/2011 5:52:48 PM)
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ORIGINAL: Aneirin
As long as the meterologists cannot say for certain what will happen from day to day regards the weather, I have a lot of trouble believing in climate models, bearing in mind the base line used.
We do not know the history of this world, sure, we can get an idea from such sciences as dendrochronology and core samples taken in various parts of the world, but what does that show, anything other than the fact that the climate changes as it does in accordance with the nature of the planet.
As to man's influence sure I agree our need/greed for resources has perhaps created problems that cannot be corrected in our species lifespan, but who said our lifespan will prevail, we weren't here from year dot, maybe we won't be here at the full stop.
But the success of humanity is that we have learned to adapt to our enviroment, so if the world warms or cools, we will adapt and that is that.
Actually you should look into Paleoclimatology, there is a history of earth's climate in ice cores from Greenland and Antarctica, not to mention ocean corals, tree rings and other evidence from other sources.
The problem with an artificially accelerated climate change is that it impacts species that cannot adapt to the changing climate, like coral which have been dieing do to warmer ocean water. There is also a rise in CO2 in the ocean that is having an impact on it.
The human race, with its tendency to pollute has done a lot of harm, it will take generations to correct it.
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