Some of the most popular set of words in this times are climate change and global warming. Climate change makes the news every time with one controversy or study or finding or prediction or projection or anything that is attached to the any weather deviation of late.
Ozone layer made popular by a large depletion (or hole) observed inside in late 1970’s over Antarctica is another buzz word usually confused by some as the cause of global warming. Geoengineering “is a baby who doctors from Tanner scale have shown to be smart with capacity of providing solutions and ending crisis it met in the world from those living or lived before”.
Attention on climate change is diminishing, contrary to what many may believe is making the headlines with just days to annual meet up and talks organized by the UN for nations on climate change. Diminishing attention does not mean it’s not getting press report, it surely is, but is not been talked about where it should and is ignored as being a major problem for now.
The big guys (rich economies and/or big polluters) are aware of climate change and possible dangers with it but are for now overshadowed with a burning problem (the economy) than global warming. It is not that they can’t move unhindered to cut emissions or that they can’t cap emissions but they probably have something in mind to save us all: Geoengineering.
With geoengineering being reported and discussed of late by a small class when compared to those discussing global warming, geoengineering is gradually going celebrity and will hardly be rejected by many. Opposition to geoengineering rain consequences as a major concern but forget that with a global harmonized emission curb effort ideally unlikely (because of economic problems & cold division between blocs and nations), consequences to come with average temperature rise for continuous anthropogenic emissions will include a shift in the delicate earth climate system arrangement leading to losses of all kind.
With so much confusion to the climate change phenomenon and arguments faulting data collection methods and the actual data, others fault the number of years for readings, some fault the instrument and ask all kinds of assaultive questions that can hinder progress and innovation.
Whoever is arguing should be asked that are anthropogenic Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions harmful to the earth over a long time? So if is said that climate change for global warming is not occurring now, will it occur with our current emission average around 2050, 2100 or before?
The understanding to court here is that everyone cannot take measurement, data obtained in the past with conditions of the past cannot be totally discredited. For example, the intricacies of the human body during surgical operation are not seen by all except doctors involved, explanation can then be provided for the patient or relatives.
Imagine arguments with doctors by someone who does not even remember (if he took) biology classes in high school or another doctor who did not see or was the patient. Sometimes the best response is to laugh it out and proceed with works than give time to deliberate attempt to probably discredit that work.
Geoengineering may fully assume celebrity status after the fifth assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in 2013 & 2014 or may attain that height next year if UK Scientists perform their geoengineering experiment. Geoengineering is borne and will finally be married to global warming and ozone layer depletion relegating emission mitigation to flirt with as concubine.
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