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On the odd chance that you’re not a troll, what do you make of things like this: https://climate.nasa.gov/internal_resources/2679/CO2_graph.jpeg https://climat
by devjab 3y ago
On the odd chance that you’re not a troll, what do you make of things like this:
https://climate.nasa.gov/internal_resources/2679/CO2_graph.jpeg https://climate.nasa.gov/internal_resources/2679/CO2_graph.j...
Do you think it’s made up? But to answer your question, “we” have speculated about the CO2 emissions and their impact on the green house effect since the late 1800s. The more recent warnings about climate change come from a lot of the science from 1970 and forward, and you can read more about that here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_climate_change_science https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_climate_change_scie...
The media has generally done a fairly bad job at covering it in my opinion. I think the movie “don’t look up” is the closest thing we’ve gotten to actual media coverage of how serious a threat climate change is and it’s satire. This doesn't just relate to climate change, however, just look at things like Brexit where you had British fishermen and British expats living in Spain voting for Brexit even though every expert told them it would be catastrophic for them. Then once it became catastrophic for them, they were like "I didn't know leaving the EU would mean I wouldn't be able to sell my fish or live in Spain". We have a real information issue in the west, where our educational systems and our mass media fails to actually inform people.
What would be more interesting in my opinion is to hear what you think is causing the climate changes, if it’s not man made as the science suggests.
- defrost 3y agoA gentle starting guide with a good pedigree would be the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures. These are a series of lectures on a single topic each, which have been held at the Royal Institution in London each year since 1825, missing 1939–1942 because of the Second World War. The lectures present scientific subjects to a general audience, including young people, in an informative and entertaining manner. [1] The 2020 series addresses the global energy balance, the basis of climate (and other things). Planet Earth: A user's guide [2] * 1. Earth Engine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgPheUeQm3E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgPheUeQm3E Geologist Chris Jackson shows us how the planet’s oldest rocks and fossils tell a story of radical climate changes throughout history and how the Earth’s finely balanced tectonic system – volcanoes – has controlled the level of carbon dioxide in the air. * 2. Water World https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dg4IzxDs_0Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dg4IzxDs_0Y Physicist and oceanographer Helen Czerski unpicks the Earth’s heating and plumbing systems, showing how shifting ocean water creates an engine that distributes heat and nutrients around our planet. * 3. Up in the Air https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcZyyaXpWSQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcZyyaXpWSQ Environmental scientist Tara Shine demonstrates how Earth produces a never-ending supply of oxygen – the raw material for all complex life These are the very basics of the geophysics underpinning any understanding earth and climate. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Institution_Christmas_Lectures https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Institution_Christmas_Le... [2] https://web.archive.org/web/20210423091348/https://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/2020-planet-earth-a-users-guide/about-planet-earth-a-users-guide https://web.archive.org/web/20210423091348/https://www.rigb....
- mdp2021 3y ago> We have a real information issue in the west, where our educational systems and our mass media fails to actually inform people The submitter suggests a diffidence towards «media», which is consistent with your note; and some people that gather information from (also geographically) disparate sources see the issue as apparently global. If you know about reliable, effective, high quality news sources outside the «west» (or even the happily odd ones inside the «west») please let us know.