We might have a nightmare or two, but we don t turn our lifestyles upside down to protect ourselves from sfx raptors, alien invaders and Freddies. We need to take that same approach to climate change. Support continued ocean and atmospheric observations, even-handed scientific research and the development of better models. But resist hasty, ill-considered energy and economic policies based only on Halloween hobgoblins, conjured up by the special effects masters of climate alarmism. Garbage In Garbage Out.
Meteorologists stress that our atmosphere, weather and climate are extraordinarily complex.
We have only the most rudimentary grasp of how they work and what causes the hurricanes, droughts, deluges, El Ni os, heat waves and cold snaps that buffet our cities, states, countries and planet year after year. Garbage In problem. That we end up with a massive Garbage Out problem should surprise no one. Indeed, every climate model now in use projects that global temperatures will rise significantly at the earth s surface, and the warming will increase the higher in the atmosphere we go, notes atmospheric scientist Dr John Christy. In the real world, though, observed temperature increases are a fraction of what was predicted, and the warming DEcreases with altitude.