Bob Ryan's Global Warming Discussion
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By BOB RYAN
Updated 8:34 AM EDT, Mon, Mar 9, 2009
For many years, when I have talked at schools and groups about weather and climate, the question of climate change and global warming always comes up.
Concerns and questions about our climate are now almost more of a daily topic of conversation rather than, “How’s the Weather?”
In years past, I have done a variety of stories about weather, climate, the environment and global change, but have always been a bit reluctant to write the series I begin today. So much emotion and politics is tied up in the subjects that science sometimes falls by the wayside.
But the issue and science itself are becoming ever more pressing and important. I begin what I hope will at once be objective on my part and yet give you a sense of how science and scientific discovery work to help you better understand issues that will be ever more important in the years ahead.
This tome is especially geared to students and young people to take a bit of the mystery and fear out of global change, climate change, weather and global warming. It also could not have been written without the many helpful comments, edits and input from my colleagues, including some of the leading scientists in the field.
Here’s a quote I found that I rather like: “Science is organized knowledge, Wisdom is organized life.”
I’ll try and lead us down a path of science as we ask our leaders to follow the path of wisdom to address the critical global change issues before us.
Bob Ryan on Global Warming and Climate Change:
First Published: Feb 20, 2009 3:52 PM EDT
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