Climate Change from a Trentec Perspective
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Climate science is still having a challenge to fully
explain the relationship between human activity and the climatic changes that
are occurring.
This 3 minute video is a slightly different perspective on a highly complex subject. A big part of the climate change debate is that the English language has few words to describe the intricate input factors, compounding effects and feed-backs that create climate patterns. |
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Human activity is definitely affecting the climate
I question, some of the terminology and assertions commonly associated with the climate change debate. Many scientists claim that 'global warming is a result of C02 emissions'. The term 'global warming' and identifying one gas is overly simplistic, and does not reflect a true picture of the dozens or hundreds of human and natural influences on climate. Averaging statistics for the entire planet do not reveal the significant changes that can occur in any particular region. The four minute video on the right may heat up the climate change debate. |
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Human climatic connections
Adding Pieces to the Climate Puzzle
By Trevor Wicks
I have developed 22 pages of colorful text and graphics called 'The Climate Change Puzzle' to motivate more discussion and hopefully lead to more action in a localized context. The document places an emphasis on the relatively small volumes of air and water, in relation to the volume of the earth. Human generated heat, transformed hydrologic cycles, extracting water from underground, atmospheric dimming, all contribute to climate change. In addition, the effects of changing land, water, vegetation and atmosphere, compound localized anomalies, into larger and larger events until regions or portions of continents experience extreme climatic changes.
This independent, unscientific hypothesis is based on logical conclusions, and only attempts to introduce a very small perspective of a highly complex situation. If society were aware that reducing the demand on over extracted groundwater reserves or, if one tree was planted each year for every person on the planet; in ten years seventy billion trees would make a difference to the earth's climate. Climate is basically a response to millions of small influences some natural some human caused, introducing a term like 'Human Induced Climate Adaptation' (HICA) suggests that the simple act of planting a tree could place a positive piece in a large and complicated puzzle.
By Trevor Wicks
I have developed 22 pages of colorful text and graphics called 'The Climate Change Puzzle' to motivate more discussion and hopefully lead to more action in a localized context. The document places an emphasis on the relatively small volumes of air and water, in relation to the volume of the earth. Human generated heat, transformed hydrologic cycles, extracting water from underground, atmospheric dimming, all contribute to climate change. In addition, the effects of changing land, water, vegetation and atmosphere, compound localized anomalies, into larger and larger events until regions or portions of continents experience extreme climatic changes.
This independent, unscientific hypothesis is based on logical conclusions, and only attempts to introduce a very small perspective of a highly complex situation. If society were aware that reducing the demand on over extracted groundwater reserves or, if one tree was planted each year for every person on the planet; in ten years seventy billion trees would make a difference to the earth's climate. Climate is basically a response to millions of small influences some natural some human caused, introducing a term like 'Human Induced Climate Adaptation' (HICA) suggests that the simple act of planting a tree could place a positive piece in a large and complicated puzzle.
Weather Words Are Not Enough see more
A Proposal to Improve the Communication of Climatic Information
By Trevor Wicks
Proposed new terminology will help to quantify and describe climatic conditions and the multiple influences on weather and climate, in layman's terms. The causes and effects of climatic events will be more easily explained with new words and expressions. Innovative terms will help to define the interrelationship, scale and complexity of climatic activity at a local, continental and global scale.
Currently there are few words or terms that explain how and why the climate is influenced by multiple phenomenon. The words 'climate' and 'weather' are the only two words that describe the overall state of the atmosphere with regard to temperature, cloudiness, rainfall, wind, and other meteorological conditions. Over simplified expressions like ‘global warming’ and ‘greenhouse effect’, misrepresent the facts, cause unnecessary confusion and scepticism.
The following new terminology would more clearly define conditions of the atmosphere, water and other earthly components in combination with physiological influences like temperature, atmospheric pressure or humidity.