OKC, Uh Oh! We're beginning to seriously run off the rails. Many aspects of this problem have been studied in great detail using the principle of the scientific method. Are the concentrations of greenhouse gases increasing in the atmosphere? Is that rise attributable to fossil fuel burning and other human industrial activities? Do the greenhouse gases absorb infrared radiation? Has the greenhouse effect on Earth been enhanced? Does the enhanced greenhouse effect correspond to the infrared absorption by gases linked to human activity? Is there a radiative imbalance between incoming solar energy and outgoing infrared radiation? Has the temperature of the planet increased? Can the observed radiation imbalance and concomitant warming be explained without considering the increase in greenhouse gases? All of these hypotheses have been explored extensively in the scientific literature using observations, theoretical formulation, predictions based on those formulations, and tests of those predictions against further (and in many cases) independent measurements. In this fashion the scientific method has been used, and continues to be used, to build a case that human industrial activities leading to greenhouse gas emissions are causing detectable changes in Earth's climate.
If we've run you out of this group, that's a shame. But please don't leave thinking that the hypothesis of anthropogenic climate change cannot be tested using the principles of the scientific method, because that is what is exactly what is going on in the halls of hundreds of institutions around the globe. The problem is merely that nobody in this group is able to prove it to you in a single post to this discussion group because the scientific case for anthropogenic climate change has been established through a complicated chain of reasoning that is documented in a very extensive peer-reviewed literature. -Eric On Jan 12, 6:18 pm, okc chemist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I suppose this version of the Scientific Method is good enough: > > http://teacher.pas.rochester.edu/phy_labs/AppendixE/AppendixE.html > > I believe we have determined that the anthropogenic CO2 effect on > climate change is not currently testable by the method due to the > complexity of atmospheric chemistry, various other factors and the > interactions thereof. The link mentions that there will be exceptions > to the use of the scientific method. My question has been answered > satisfactorily. > > On Jan 9, 5:45 pm, Raymond Arritt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > okc chemist wrote: > > > I need to re-state my question, since I screwed it up: > > > > Utilizing the Scientific Method, show that human CO2 emissions are the > > > predominant factor responsible for climate change. > > > What do you mean by "the" scientific method? > > > Ray --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Global Change ("globalchange") newsgroup. Global Change is a public, moderated venue for discussion of science, technology, economics and policy dimensions of global environmental change. Posts will be admitted to the list if and only if any moderator finds the submission to be constructive and/or interesting, on topic, and not gratuitously rude. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/globalchange -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
