Blaming climate change

It seems some people are quick to blame climate change for whatever troubles we are facing these times. Just read this article from the Philippine Daily Inqurer, where a government official puts the blame on lack of irrigation water from climate change, and not the project they implemented.

I won't be surprised if we will soon blame climate change for flat tires and flunking that Maths exam!

Delayed global warming

It seems we could afford some dilly-dallying in curbing our CO2 emissions. German researchers' forecast that the we will have a respite from global warming- at least for the next decade. If ever this were true, scientists assert the preparation we could make like buying less tank tops and flip flops, and its other economic impacts. The question remains on the certainty of these projections. Will this give us a window time to 'prepare' for further global warming, as the BBC article suggests?

For now, I would like the sunny days ahead, and enjoy spring.

Earth carbon self-regulation

Scientists found evidence that the Earth has a self-regulating mechanism in the amount of carbon in the system. However, they said that human carbon emissions are making this system unstable. Read more about it in BBC News.

Curing climate change

One of the proposed technical solutions to climate change is to induce 'cooling' of the Earth by blocking the sun's rays. This idea builds on the volcanic eruption, especially that of Mt. Pinatubo during in 1991. The ozone layer may thin though if this option is pursued. Given this reactionary attempt to delay climate change is feasible, which would you prefer? A cool climate with an ozone hole that is at risk? Read more about it in BBC.

Sunbathing

It seems it is not only I who has been missing the sunshine and the warm weather. Butterflies long for them, too. Not to have a good tan in their case, but a nice weather to forage for food and do some hanky panky.

I'm glad the sun is out today after a long stretch of wet and gray weather!

Shady skepticism

Climate change skeptics argue that cosmic activities which are beyond human control affect climate change. These random cosmic activities affect cloud formation which render the unpredictability of climate change. Recent research findings, however, debunk this theory.

I remember watching 'The Great Global Warming Swindle,' a film that seems to be the antithesis of 'The Inconvenient Truth.' The former argues that human-induced climate change is negligible, and sunspots and not CO2 is the culprit. And because we cannot control sunspot activity, climate change is beyond our control.

Try 'youtube -ing' for The Great Global Warming Swindle and see the other side of the fence.

Mammoth on my mind

Climate Change And Human Hunting Combine To Drive The Woolly Mammoth Extinct

ScienceDaily (2008-04-01) -- Climate models together with population models provide quantitative evidence that the combined effects of climate change and anthropogenic pressures can explain the extinction of the woolly mammoths.

The article should have pointed out that it is natural and not man-made climate change that forced the population of mammoths to dwindle to a critical point. In this age of climate change discussion, let us keep our focus on anthropogenic climate change and not climate change per se.

BBC reports global temperatures 'to decrease'

I wonder how this report from BBC News fits into the model of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. These kinds of phenomena undermine the accuracy of models, like the one used to forecast climate change and temperature. I hope El Nino and El Nina are not reduced to lowly dummy variables.