" I wonder about causality?"
Righting a Scientific Wrong
A symposium credits physicist Eunice Foote for her role in discovering the principal cause of global warming
Foote was the first person to demonstrate that carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas, and also the first person to suggest that an atmosphere containing high levels of carbon dioxide would lead to a warmer earth.
Her research findings, contained in the paper “Circumstances affecting the heat of the sun’s rays,” were presented at the August 23, 1856, annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Being female, however, Foote was not allowed to read her own paper. Instead, Professor Joseph Henry of the Smithsonian Institution spoke on her behalf.
A few years later, Foote’s findings were reflected in the studies of physicist John Tyndall, whose research expanded on Foote’s discovery. And while Tyndall’s research is widely accepted as one of the foundations of modern climate science, Foote has faded to relative obscurity.
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"The question that is more relevant to me is can humans survive the velocity of change? "
I'd go with "Can civilization survive, but that's a good question.
" if we can survive it, will it cost a lot of money to change our living habits and locations due to the climate change that comes with all fo this?"
Like abandoning Miami and New Orleans because of rising oceans, and maybe Phoenix because of drought? Yes, it will cost a ton. |
