“So we are potentially rewinding the climate clock back to the evolution.”
To carry out the study, researchers used computer models to compare predictions for the Earth’s climate in the coming decades if greenhouse gas emissions aren't curbed, to six geological and historical analogues: the mid-20th century, pre-Industrial Revolution around 1800; the mid-Holocene some 6,000 years ago; the last interglacial, some 125,000 years ago; as well as the Pliocene and Eocene.
The heating would start in the center of continents, the authors predicted. Williams explained in a statement of scientist researcher for instance, would get hotter than Seattle, although they are on the same latitude.
As with any scientific study, there were limitations to the work. Scientist pointed out that the results were based on Earth system models simulating both future climates and those of the past. While those used by the team were “state of the art” and “extensively tested against observations,” of scientist “it is important to recognize that models are always incomplete realizations of reality.”
Despite this, the works provided a context around which to prepare for climate change, he argued.
“One of the challenges of adapting to climate change is that the projected changes are outside anything in our individual or societal experience,” he said. “We can use the geological record to study how species adapt to [or fail to adapt to] very large and rapid climate changes in the past.”
Base in scientific studies even water and sea level change Its occurs it might seem premature of climate , changes in our planet's atmosphere did not cause Hurricanes Harvey .. But the consensus among scientists is that the effects of climate change, such as rising sea levels and warmer oceans, made those storms far more destructive than they would have been in previous decades.
"The short version is, climate change makes these very bad storms worse," said Sean Sublette, a meteorologist with Climate Central, a nonprofit group that studies climate change. "It's not the proximate cause of the storm, but it makes these bad storms worse. And in the case of a really bad storm, climate change can make it totally disastrous or catastrophic."
The data on how our warming planet specifically impacted of hurricane won't be known for quite some time. It can take months and even years to collect and analyze that information.