What You Need to Know About Climate Change
Thought a few people who are on the fence may be interested in this podcast. In it, Joseph Romm dispels many climate change myths as well as explaining the framework the current consensus is operating under. Some highlights:
- If we sum the non-human contributions to climate change, the earth should be going through a cooling period
- Nearly all the warming is man made (maybe like 75% on a naturally warm year)
- Models are underestimating amount of ice loss. This is one of the best real world indicators of climate change.
- A few degrees increase in average temperatures shifts the bell curve to the right. 1:1000 events become much more frequent (~1 per decade)
- Models are constantly refined, but they're just models. That doesn't mean they're incorrect or lack any real world value (Scott Adams should know better). If anything, they seem to be underestimating the impact by not accounting for unknown feedback loops.
Thought a few people who are on the fence may be interested in this podcast. In it, Joseph Romm dispels many climate change myths as well as explaining the framework the current consensus is operating under. Some highlights:
- If we sum the non-human contributions to climate change, the earth should be going through a cooling period
- Nearly all the warming is man made (maybe like 75% on a naturally warm year)
- Models are underestimating amount of ice loss. This is one of the best real world indicators of climate change.
- A few degrees increase in average temperatures shifts the bell curve to the right. 1:1000 events become much more frequent (~1 per decade)
- Models are constantly refined, but they're just models. That doesn't mean they're incorrect or lack any real world value (Scott Adams should know better). If anything, they seem to be underestimating the impact by not accounting for unknown feedback loops.