Trying to predict what the climate is going to do in future is a big project. Climate models are a main approach that is used when trying to predict the climate of the future. The process to create a climate model is no easy task and does not just happen overnight.The link below is a good resource to explore to learn the basics to the more in depth areas of climate modeling. The image below is an example of climate models. The back path is the current path of the Earth, while the colored paths are different outcomes that could be seen on the Earth depending on what choice are made about climate change.
This paper written by Andrew J. Hoffman is an interesting and informative way to see how climate change is viewed by people in America. It gives examples of how and why people may view the topic one way or another. I think it gives a lot of insight into why people may be hesitant towards the topic. The graph below is used in the paper to show the outlook on the topic from the different political parties and how the divide on the topic has grown throughout the years. In the paper Hoffman talks about how political influence has an affect on how individuals may view climate change.
The Little Ace Age and The Medieval Warm are
perfect examples of why the Earth is not just going though a natural cycle of warming. It has been found that during the medieval
warming period that the Earth had an increase in solar activity and a decrease
in volcanic activity, both of which stimulate warming. Radiative forcing is
what is said to cause warming. This would not be consider a cycle that the Earth goes through. Similarly to the warming, the Little Ice Age is seen to have similar causes. Although the Earth does go through glacial and
interglacial periods, the current warming that we are seeing is not a direct
effect of an interglacial period, but more of a warming due to the forcing
effects that humans have on the Earth.
'Greenhouse' analogy is not a hundred percent correct. This website explains what is correct and incorrect about the term for this relationship that we have all come to know.
There are many different ideas out there about climate change and global warming. Some people say they are the same thing while others say that they are two completely different idea.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) see climate change and global warming as two separate entities. Global warming is causing climate change but it only represents one aspect of climate change. Whereas they see climate change as sustained change in temperature and other natural forces. The link above will bring you to their page on climate change.
NASA similarly says that the two are not the same with similar definitions NASA goes on to talk about how they are more aped to use the term climate change. They also talk about how the terms came out and why global warming is currently the more popular name to understand the situation.
Even with people out there knowing that there is a difference between the two terms, when you look up images for climate change the same images come up as when you look for global
This image of a Earth on fire is also a popular image found on both searches. But when I look at this image I mainly think of global warming not climate change.
This short video gives another perspective on the differences between climate change and global warming.
