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Texas-based professor has issued a challenge to climate change deniers
Dr Keating is offering £17,500 ($30,000) to anyone that can disprove the theory that human activity is warming the planet
He is so sure of his claim that he is not expecting to pay out any time soon
Anyone can enter the competition and the work doesn't need to be original
But Dr Keating says he will be the final judge on winning or losing entries.
i believe what's happening now on earth has happened over and over again but with a subtle variation over time , nothing new just life . Everything will eventually get disproven then proven then disproven
originally posted by: FarleyWayne
a reply to: Denoli
To Prove or Disprove.
Yes, I too believe that will be impossible to Prove or Disprove ... ( and the man will be able to keep his $30,000.00 ).
HOWEVER
How can anyone explain warming On Jupiter, Mars, Pluto, Neptune's Moon & Earth Linked to Increased Solar Activity, Scientists Say
UNLESS
Man has ALSO populated these other planets.
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It's great how the scientists investigate whether there is or not and none ever say , we'll we just haven't got a clue!
originally posted by: hydeman11
There are many factors that have contributed the major, global climactic changes on Earth in the past. Volcanic eruptions were a big one(of course, I'm including flood basalts as well) Climate models are tricky things, too many variables for anyone's liking, if I'm honest. I give those men and women credit for trying to wade through that noise...
That said, isn't it a remarkable coincidence that the Earth is getting hotter from just being in an ice age after the exponential increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide that has resulted from the uncovering and burning of large carbon reserves known as fossil fuels? ;D
throwing up your hands and saying "I don't know" doesn't help anyone figure it out. But lying does ?
originally posted by: hydeman11
a reply to: Denoli
Plenty of scientists will tell you they haven't a clue. Although I'm not a scientist yet, I'd be inclined to answer with an "I'm not sure if mankind is the cause." I'd certainly say mankind is a factor, CO2 is a greenhouse gas and was the major factor for warming in the geologic past. (Some others are atmospheric H2O and methane) These gases can be natural or "man-made"(for lack of better word), but mankind is surely dumping them in the atmosphere so it isn't really a matter of if we are doing something... it is a matter of what? And did we cause it? Who knows...
But let me say this, throwing up your hands and saying "I don't know" doesn't help anyone figure it out. As a climate scientist, it would get you fired simply because you're not contributing. No one will ever be sure, there will be no proof, all we have are models that point reliably one way or the other and models can be made to counteract those. Too many variables for my liking...
originally posted by: yeahright
The following is my opinion as a member participating in this discussion.
What happened to the $10,000 Challenge? He upped the prize already?
Of course when it's virtually uncollectable, he might as well make it a few million.As an ATS Staff Member, I will not moderate in threads such as this where I have participated as a member.
originally posted by: hydeman11
There are many factors that have contributed the major, global climactic changes on Earth in the past. Volcanic eruptions were a big one(of course, I'm including flood basalts as well) Climate models are tricky things, too many variables for anyone's liking, if I'm honest. I give those men and women credit for trying to wade through that noise...
That said, isn't it a remarkable coincidence that the Earth is getting hotter from just being in an ice age after the exponential increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide that has resulted from the uncovering and burning of large carbon reserves known as fossil fuels? ;D