imply put, the primary factor of human impact on global climate change is the recent increase of fossil fuel burning, which use has been relatively increasing since the industrial revolution.
LET IT BE KNOWN—humans have had an increasingly significant role in changes to the Earth’s climate. But really, how could we not? With industrialization and development, lifestyles/cultures that favor individualism and consumerism, and an increasing populace demanding their share of the energy sector—all within the past few hundred years—how could changes not take place? Indeed, […]
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“Although scientists acknowledge that uncertainties exist in our knowledge of global warming, the source of the carbon that has led to the recent buildup of atmospheric carbon dioxide [anthropogenic sources] isn’t one of them.” -Mann & Kump, Dire Predictions p. 34 In a time when climate change information is so readily available (and scientifically linked […]
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Weather patterns are on the fritz all around the world. Georgia is being inundated with rain, Tropical Storm Ketsana is causing intense flooding in the Philippines, Kenya is in its third year of severe drought… is this climate change? Although similar and very much related, there is a distinct difference between “climate” and “weather.” The key difference is […]
In the distant past, climate change was caused mainly by solar output and volcanic eruptions. But in the recent centuries, on top of those natural factors, human-generated impacts have been playing an influential role in contributing to climate change. Even though there is still a small number of people who do not believe that climate […]
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