It’s the whole or it’s nothing. Gavin Schmidt More Quotes by Gavin Schmidt More Quotes From Gavin Schmidt If the models are as flawed as critics say you have to ask yourself, 'How come they work?' Gavin Schmidt flawed models critics While the ranking of individual years can be affected by chaotic weather patterns, the long-term trends are attributable to drivers of climate change that right now are dominated by human emissions of greenhouse gases... Gavin Schmidt data change years It is expected that there will be discrepancies between models and observations. However, why these arise and what one should conclude from them are interesting and more subtle than most people realize. Indeed, such discrepancies are the classic way we learn something new. Gavin Schmidt discrepancies-between people interesting You can get good science out of stupid questions. If someone says the world is flat, maybe in proving them wrong you can calculate the curvature of the Earth more precisely. Gavin Schmidt stupid earth world The impacts of long-term global warming are already being felt - in coastal flooding, heat waves, intense precipitation and ecosystem change. Gavin Schmidt environment This warming has been driven in large part by increased emissions into the atmosphere of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases caused by human activities. Gavin Schmidt top-news 2015 was remarkable even in the context of the larger, long-term warming trend. Gavin Schmidt environment We would not have seen the record warming without the long-term trend. Gavin Schmidt environment It's greenhouse gases that are responsible for the majority of the long-term trend. Gavin Schmidt science It would not surprise me at all that the next year that started off with an El Niño would also have a record high. Gavin Schmidt science We've got a rising baseline, so we may anticipate further record highs in the years to come. Gavin Schmidt science While the ranking of individual years can be affected by chaotic weather patterns, the long-term trends are attributable to drivers of climate change that right now are dominated by human emissions of greenhouse gases, the data shows quite clearly that it's the greenhouse gas trends that are responsible for the majority of the trends. Gavin Schmidt science
