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from: A n c i e n t H i p p yT h e r e i s n o l a c k o f n u m b e r s , c h a r t s a n d g r a p h s t h a t a p p e a r t o s u p p o r t t h e g l o b a l w a r m i n g s t a t i s t i c s b e i n g t o u t e d a r e t h e w o r l d a s a p r e v i e w o f t h i n g s t o c o m e . H o w e v e r , a s m a n y o f t h e m o r e c a u t i o u s p o i n t o u t , w e a t h e r e x p e r t s a n d c l i m a t o l o g i s t s h a v e s u c h a d i f f i c u l t t i m e p r e d i c t i n g t h e w e a t h e r o n a d a i l y b a s i s , t h a t p r o j e c t i n g w h a t t h e w o r l d s w e a t h e r p a t t e r n s m a y b e i n 5 0 o r 1 0 0 y e a r s , i s s i m p l y g u e s s i n g .
A s t h e e x p e r t s c o n t i n u e t o r e v i s e a n d u p d a t e c o m p u t e r m o d e l i n g p r o g r a m s i n a n a t t e m p t t o s h o w t h e e x p e c t e d d e v a s t a t i n g e f f e c t s o n t h e w a r m i n g o f t h e g l o b a l a t m o s p h e r e . T h e g l o b a l w a r m i n g s t a t i s t i c s t h e y a r e u s i n g i s i n f o r m a t i o n g l e a n e d f r o m s e l e c t r e s e a r c h s t u d i e s a n d w e l l a s h i s t o r y t o a t t e m p t t o p r e d i c t h o w w a r m t h e w o r l d w i l l b e c o m e , a s w e l l a s w h i c h p a r t s o f t h e E a r t h s s u r f a c e w i l l u n d e r g o t h e m o s t s e v e r e c l i m a t e c h a n g e .
I n m o s t s c i e n t i f i c c o m m u n i t i e s t h e a x i o m c o m m o n l y u s e d i s t h a t t h e f u r t h e r b a c k i n h i s t o r y t h a t i s c o n s i d e r e d , t h e m o r e a c c u r a t e t h e f u t u r e p r e d i c t i o n . A s t h o s e o n t h e e n v i r o n m e n t a l s i d e o f t h e d e b a t e c o n t i n u e t o p r o b e d e e p e r i n t o t h e w o r l d s p a s t a t m o s p h e r i c c o n d i t i o n s , o t h e r s u s e t h e g l o b a l w a r m i n g s t a t i s t i c s t o s h o w t h a t t h e E a r t h s w e a t h e r i s c y c l i c a l i n n a t u r e a n d i s c u r r e n t l y e n t e r i n g a n o t h e r c y c l e , p r e v i o u s l y e x p e r i e n c e d .
S t a t i s t i c a l A n a l y s i s K e y T o P r o j e c t i n g F u t u r e
S t a t i s t i c s f r o m t h e p a s t a r e u s e d t o p r o j e c t t h e f u t u r e i n m a n y a r e a s , s u c h a s b a s e b a l l a n d o t h e r s p o r t s . D u e t o t h e p a s t p e r f o r m a n c e o f a p l a y e r , t h e i r f u t u r e a c h i e v e m e n t s s h o u l d b e p r e d i c t a b l e . W h i l e c e r t a i n k n o w n w e a t h e r p a t t e r n s e v o l v e i n t o w e a t h e r p r e d i c t i o n s , g l o b a l w a r m i n g s t a t i s t i c s a r e d i f f i c u l t t o c o m p i l e , a s t h e r e a r e t o o m a n y u n k n o w n s . T h e p e o p l e w h o w e r e a l l e g e d t o b e a r o u n d w h e n t h e l a s t e p i s o d e o f g l o b a l w a r m i n g o c c u r r e d , l e f t w i t h t h e d i n o s a u r s .
B y d r i l l i n g i n t o t h e i c e a t t h e N o r t h a n d S o u t h P o l e s , r e s e a r c h e r s a r e p o i n t i n g t o t h e g a s c o n t e n t s a t v a r i o u s l e v e l s i n t h e E a r t h s p a s t a s p r o o f t h a t c h a n g e h a s h a p p e n e d p r e v i o u s l y a n d i s g o i n g t o h a p p e n a g a i n . U s i n g t h e s e g l o b a l w a r m i n g s t a t i s t i c s t h e y c o m p i l e c o m p u t e r m o d e l s t o p r o j e c t t h e g l o b a l w e a t h e r
C r i t i c s c l a i m t h e i r u s e o f g l o b a l w a r m i n g s t a t i s t i c s i s f l a w e d i n t h a t t h e y h a v e s a m p l e s f r o m o n l y o n e o r t w o a r e a s o f t h e g l o b e . T h e y s a y t h e r e i s n o r e c o n c i l i a t i o n t h a t t h e m i n o r c h a n g e s n o t e d i n t h e i r g l o b a l w a r m i n g s t a t i s t i c s a p p l i e d t o t h e e n t i r e g l o b e a t t h a t t i m e . A d d i t i o n a l l y , t h e y p o i n t o u t t h a t a t m o s p h e r i c c o n d i t i o n s c a n c h a n g e i n s e c o n d s , c a u s i n g a s h i f t i n w e a t h e r p a t t e r n s , u n r e l a t e d t o c o n d i t i o n s o t h e r p a r t s o f t h e w o r l d , s h o w i n g t h e i r t h e o r i e s t o b e a s i m p l e g u e s s .
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