PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • August 18, 2023
Global warming is a direct result of putting carbon into the atmosphere. Climate change, on the other hand, is the result of global warming and all that extra energy in the system. It is totally unpredictable just what will happen. For all we know, we will end up in an ice age if and when the Gulf Stream collapses. What we scientists can tell you is that there is much more energy in the system and that the extremes will get more extreme. scientists cannot well predict climate change. But again, we can say it is a direct result of global warming, and we can say global warming is the direct result of putting so much carbon in the air. We can say, absolutely, that if we want to slow down climate change, we must stop putting so much carbon into the air. It is as simple as that. And time is now of the essence, regardless of cost. ~ Peter J. Stein, Portland-based Scientific Solutions