Those who deny the reality of climate change like to point out that dramatic weather events have occurred in the past; they argue that we may be in the midst of a cycle we don't understand, rather than a trend caused by human activity.
New research from the U.S. National Science Foundation looks at a previous "cycle" -- one that occurred 55 million years ago and that resulted in warming-induced changes in sea circulation that appear similar to what are currently occurring in the northern hemisphere.
For those who would take comfort in the cyclical argument, consider that on the earlier occasion, the "cycle" took 20,000 years to reverse itself -- a little beyond our current planning horizon.
Democracy is utterly dependent upon an electorate that is accurately informed. In promoting climate change denial (and often denying their responsibility for doing so) industry has done more than endanger the environment. It has undermined democracy.
There is a vast difference between putting forth a point of view, honestly held, and intentionally sowing the seeds of confusion. Free speech does not include the right to deceive. Deception is not a point of view. And the right to disagree does not include a right to intentionally subvert the public awareness.
This post is the second of a two part series. Read the first installment, Unreported Emissions From Natural Gas Blow Up BC's Climate Action Plan.
Methane leaks from British Columbia's natural gas industry are likely at least 7 times greater than official numbers increasing the entire provinces' carbon footprint by nearly 25%. That's like putting 3 million more vehicles on BC's roads.
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Cycle not trend
A 55 million year cycle?
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Change in Chandler's wobble/Pole Reversal
Or maybe we do understand it.
The Chandler's wobble theory explains the increase in earthquakes, volcanos, the start of the overdue pole reversal of the earths magnetic pole, El Nino and increases in hurricanes and changes in Northern Lights which are all being observed as well as global warming.
The fact is, in the last 30 years the earth's magnetic poles have started to reverse. Long overdue as it is about 750,000 yrs since last time and it is somewhere in the region of 250,000 years normally (haven't looked up exact fugure so please don't quote the 250,000 one).
This involves a reversal in the direction of circulation of the earth's molten magnetic core and the North Pole is shifting steadily toward Siberia quite fast having never moving in a consistent direction ever before in human history.
So folks, things are bound to happen and the graphs of the increase in volcanic activity, earthquake activity, El Nino, hurricanes hitting America, and increase in global sea temperature all match each other. The changes in all these phenomena are linked.
Greenhouse gases cannot affect volcanic action, earthquakes or even El Nino and associated hurricanes, but the start of the magnetic pole reversal can explain all including global warming.
Wake up people. Forget all the revenue that will be lost in Europe etc if all taxation based on carbon was suddenly debunked; Or don't bother wake up, because there is nothing we can do about it. It will happen and that's that. Life on earth continued through the last pole reversal and will no doubt survive this one, but we need to prepare to expect some CHANGES to take place.
Changes
Is temperature the only consideration in Climate Change? What about the changing composition of the atmosphere and biosphere, and their possible effects on normal weather patterns? What about the clouding of the atmosphere by increased air traffic? The Ozone Layer? Seems like serious climate change could be occurring that has nothing to do with the temperature of the oceans or the shifting of the poles. Obviously, cyclic change is happening as always, but I think it is foolish to think that humans have nothing to do with the extreme weather phenomenon of recent, such as drought in the Southwest. Intuition tells me El Nino/Nina are scapegoats for the much more subtle and complicated factors introduced by humans in the last century. Perhaps the pole switch will affect our minds. From space we can see brown clouds billowing from our cities, like smoke from campfires, slowly compromising the air everything breathes. We can see unnatural blankets of airplane contrail clouds spread across the globe, indifferent to normal climate conditions and patterns. But still our minds won't look further into the future than one or two generations to see what is inevitably tragic about what we do everyday. Imagine a comparison photo of the Earth from space in fifty years. I predict it will look noticably different. But just like now, will people look the other way and blame everything but themselves for the state of their increasingly turbulant world?