Climate Change is Naturally Occurring Because Humans are a Part of Nature

I heard about this book on NPR:
http://gwagner.com/books/climate-shock

... if we know the world is warming and there’s a 10 percent chance this might eventually lead to a catastrophe beyond anything we could imagine, why aren’t we doing more about climate change right now?

First, "climate change" is not synonymous with "global warming."

When the glaciers "advanced" through northwest Ohio at least twice, that was global cooling. When the glaciers "retreated" each time, that was global warming. Together, that was climate change.

Climate change has occurred since this planet has had an atmosphere, which is around four billion years.

The correct phrases to use for this subject are "human-caused global warming" or "human-accelerated global warming."

Nothing on this Earth is as powerful as our Sun. If the Sun dims or brightens a bit more than normal, it could be a bad time for us.

It's possible that the current global warming trend is naturally occurring. This planet saw multiple global warming and global cooling trends before humans existed.

But if the current global warming trend is natural, then the next argument is that human influences have accelerated the rate of global warming. Instead of taking 1000 years to reach a certain temperature, it will only take 200 years.

As someone who likes to observe Nature, I split the world into human-based and "nature" based referring to the rest of our flora and fauna that is not

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