CLIMATE CHANGE - ITS CAUSES

CLIMATE CHANGE - ITS CAUSES

Climate change heats up the headlines but is the earth really getting warmer? Well sort of.  A warming trend existed for much of the twentieth century, likely the last 30-50 years. But this warming trend leveled off in 1998. Some scientists and activists claim that humans produce carbon dioxide which causes global warming. They often point to the hockey stick diagram used in the 90’s to supposedly prove their point but research shows that the rise in CO² happened after the earth’s temperature started rising. That means CO² man made or otherwise did not cause the warming after all. And 2 significant changes happened within the last 1000 years, the medieval warm period and the Little Ice Age. Those changes happened before human industry could have influenced climate. So it’s much more likely that climate change happens naturally. For example Climate Physics link fluctuating climate outputs to earth’s temperature. Should responsible citizens blame themselves for global climate change? Science has not ruled out human activity as playing a small role but factors far beyond man make up most or all of climate change. But it does matter that we take care of earth. Not because our failures could entirely wreck the environment, but because God placed us here to take care of His creation. And to know and enjoy Him through the things that have been made. Romans 1:20.