Climate Change and its Discontents
Perhaps the most unnerving aspect of climate change is that its enduring effects are, ultimately, unknowable. The team of scientists whose work was influential in Al Gore’s filmmaking and many others have dedicated much time and many resources to make predictions through the use of models. There is no express reason to doubt their work of its own merits, but to accept it unquestioningly is to deny the infinite complexity of the earth’s natural environment.
For the earth’s environment is a spectacularly tremendous system composed of innumerable variables. The article linked below offers a glimpse into one specific area for concern in which, once again, the experts can only speculate.
Slate Magazine
Posted by on 02/12 at 06:13 PM