David Winiecki's blog
Thursday April 2nd, 2015
I've hesitated to acknowledge with conviction that humans are causing significant climate change. But right now, I'm convinced.
Here are some arguments from both sides of the debate that have lead to my current position.
The Great Global Warming Blunder by Roy W Spencer argues that the mainstream scientific community has subjectively treated anti-warming science as less credible because of political motivations. Unfortunately, it mixes attacks on people and organizations together with scientific arguments, which makes it difficult to think about the scientific ideas presented objectively. Because of that, it feels like propaganda. I think this made me more suspicious of anti-warming science, which is unfortunate because objective consideration of both sides would be ideal. The comments on this book on Amazon include some very interesting discussions.
The most persuasive argument I've heard to rebut warming is that scientific data from recent years actually shows global cooling. But this thread makes me feel confident that the contrary is true.
Climate science is complicated and takes devotion to understand. But the possible consequences of climate change for life as we know it are colossal. That's why we should all give this subject the effort it deserves.
Here are a few possible consequences of climate change that I am aware of, but there are others.
New York Times article Rising Seas by Coral Davenport, March 27, 2014.