Since “climate”
encompasses the statistics of temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure,
wind, precipitation, gas content, atmospheric particle count and other
meteorological elemental measurements in a given region over long periods;
…And given that there
have been great increases in the number of meteorological recording stations
over the last two centuries;
…And given that most historical weather stations are no
longer located at the same place, and many have been moved several times since
records began;
…And given that the frequency and accuracy of meteorological
measurements have advanced dramatically over the last century;
…And that micro-climates near historical weather recording
stations may have changed with urbanization;
…And that computer modeling of weather and climate is in its
infancy, and relies on recorded weather conditions from stations that may be of
compromised long term quality for the reasons stated above;
…And that anecdotal weather observations recorded or passed
along in oral history are subject to distortion, exaggeration, and translation errors;
…And that there was natural climate variability observed
long before the industrial revolution;
Therefore we conclude
that "climate change" is not an absolute conclusion, and the term does
not necessarily mean a change of climate which can yet be attributed directly
or indirectly to human activity that alters the composition of the global
atmosphere.
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