Saturday, May 5, 2012

Climate change is not an absolute conclusion ? WLC-06








This was the item of debate recently...

 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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