Re:Browser-based climate change simulation
by saagarjha on Tuesday December 17, 2019 @01:58PM
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> This is not a fact, this is a theory. This is common in 'science' that scientists believing something 'should be happening' and then attempt to pencil in details after-the-fact to explain something that doesn't fit their preconceived model.
This is exactly how science works: if something doesn't fit your theory, you adapt it so that it does or replace it with a new one. Everything in science is a "theory".
> If you heat something, it's going to get gradually hotter. If you increase the amount of energy you use to heat it, it's going to get hotter still.
> The cooler parts of the room are going to accept the heat faster than the warmer parts of the room. Why should the planet be any different?
Unlike your room, the planet can radiate heat away. Actually, that's precisely what the greenhouse gas effect prevents.
This is exactly how science works: if something doesn't fit your theory, you adapt it so that it does or replace it with a new one. Everything in science is a "theory".
> If you heat something, it's going to get gradually hotter. If you increase the amount of energy you use to heat it, it's going to get hotter still.
> The cooler parts of the room are going to accept the heat faster than the warmer parts of the room. Why should the planet be any different?
Unlike your room, the planet can radiate heat away. Actually, that's precisely what the greenhouse gas effect prevents.