Climate Change
Climate Change from a Trentec Perspective
Climate science is still having a challenge to fully explain the relationship between human activity and the climatic changes that are occurring.
This 3 minute video is a slightly different perspective on a highly complex subject.
A big part of the climate change debate is that the English language has few words to describe the intricate input factors, compounding effects and feed-backs that create climate patterns.
Human activity is definitely affecting the climate
I question, some of the terminology and assertions commonly associated with the climate change debate. Many scientists claim that 'global warming is a result of C02 emissions'. The term 'global warming' and identifying one gas is overly simplistic, and does not reflect a true picture of the dozens or hundreds of human and natural influences on climate. Averaging statistics for the entire planet do not reveal the significant changes that can occur in any particular region.
The four minute video on the right may heat up the climate change debate.
Climate Change from a Trentec Perspective
Climate science is still having a challenge to fully explain the relationship between human activity and the climatic changes that are occurring.
This 3 minute video is a slightly different perspective on a highly complex subject.
A big part of the climate change debate is that the English language has few words to describe the intricate input factors, compounding effects and feed-backs that create climate patterns.
Weather Words Are Not Enough
A Proposal to Improve the Communication of Climatic Information - by Trevor Wicks
Proposed new terminology will help to quantify and describe climatic conditions and the multiple influences on weather and climate, in layman's terms. The causes and effects of climatic events will be more easily explained with new words and expressions. Innovative terms will help to define the interrelationship, scale and complexity of climatic activity at a local, continental and global scale.
Currently there are few words or terms that explain how and why the climate is influenced by multiple phenomenon. The words 'climate' and 'weather' are the only two words that describe the overall state of the atmosphere with regard to temperature, cloudiness, rainfall, wind, and other meteorological conditions. Over simplified expressions like ‘global warming’ and ‘greenhouse effect’, misrepresent the facts, cause unnecessary confusion and scepticism.
The following new terminology would more clearly define conditions of the atmosphere, water and other earthly components in combination with physiological influences like temperature, atmospheric pressure or humidity.
