Greater than 99% consensus on human caused climate change in the literature

Re:Greater than 99% consensus on human caused climate change... by finite_jest on Thursday October 21, 2021 @03:15AM (#28941369)

I think seasons aren't really a relevant example of climate changing. Here's the Wikipedia definition of climate: "Climate is the long-term pattern of weather in an area, typically averaged over a period of 30 years." [1]

You do have a point on credibility though, in that over-politicization causes the field to look much less credible.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Climate&oldid=104...

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Re:Greater than 99% consensus on human caused climate change... by lettergram on Thursday October 21, 2021 @10:18AM (#28944779)

I was simply trying to illustrate -- assume we didn't know about earths tilt; one would suspect something like the moon or stars causes the seasons (as they did historically).

IMO as we don't have accurate data measuring far enough back we're effectively shooting in the dark.

It's fine to say, these two things could be correlated, it's another to say these things are correlated AND to fix it we have to force everyone to stop traveling, be less healthy (eating a worse diet), etc.

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