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Climate Change And Synthesis Essay

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The general populous in the developed world and 97% of scientists can agree that there have been changes in our overall global climate that indicate climate change. There are those who still refuse to acknowledge the existence of such change or that the shifts in climate are caused by humans. The major question is: Is there actual statistical evidence to prove that climate change is more than a short term observed trend in global climate?

Skeptics of climate change refer to surface temperature changes and the only .5 change as proof that global warming and climate change are not real and happening. However, they forget their training a difference of .5 in any statistical or practical data is significant. That is not addressing the larger issue though that many …show more content…

Those against or denying climate change often take a strong position that CO2 only makes up 0.04% of the Earth’s atmosphere and cannot be causing the mass change in climate. These scientist, politicians, and general citizens don’t understand the science behind how CO2 absorbs infrared radiation and causes an incredible amount of greenhouse gas at such a low concentration. Scientists such as John Tyndall and Svante Arrhenius knew better. They each demonstrated a vast amount of understanding as to how CO2 so severely affects our atmosphere and how even a doubling in its concentration could cause a 6oC uptake in atmospheric temperature. Each scientists did his own calculations and presented them in the mid to late 1800’s. Such surety at a time when instruments and knowledge were not as sophisticated and climate change had not become so imminent and important can show us several flaws in some of the skeptics other arguments. Climate change has been observable for hundreds of years and was even predicted. Also at a time when many people were concerned with things other than the conservation of the environment and liberals had not yet added

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