Comments by "Hugh Jorgan" (@HughJorgan1) on "Researchers brave brutal conditions to research climate change in Antarctica: Part 1" video.

Climate change has been occurring for over 4 billion years. And in the 3.5 billion years of life, 99% of species that have ever existed have gone extinct. It's a natural occurrence. While we need to be far more responsible, it's a huge lie-by-omission to say humans are entirely responsible for climate change.
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Jack Richardson ..I see you have multiple comments in this section, each one similar to this. I encourage you to do some research on the 4.5 billion year history of the earth and the many causes of climate change. You could start as recently as 500 to 1,000 years ago to see significant warming and cooling cycles. (the Medieval warming period and "Mini Ice Age"). Not a lot of burning of fossil fuels going on at the time. While human activity is definitely a factor, we're at the mercy of many others completely beyond our control, such as solar energy, tectonics, volcanoes, and natural changes to wind patterns and ocean currents. And it's important to remember there's many natural sources of Co2. For example, wildfires emit MILLIONS of tons of co2 and other greenhouse gases into the atmosphere each year. They've been a natural part of climate change for millennia. Lastly, there's a good reason we no longer call it "global warming". I encourage you to learn why, and look deeply into the scientific consensus on "human-caused" climate change. You'll find a lot of words such as "likely" and "probably".
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Jack Richardson ..And during your research, look into the influence on climate of natural changes to the earth's axial tilt and magnetic field. Better, look over the research on the effect of Jupiter and Saturn's gravity. Lastly, just for kicks you should look into how just ONE cataclysmic volcanic eruption can lower the entire earth's temperature. As one example, Mt. Pinatubo's 1991 eruption was attributed to a GLOBAL cooling in the subsequent years. The massive amounts of ash, Co2, and So2 reflected solar energy. Enjoy your research.
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Jack Richardson ..It appears you disagree with something I said. There’s 7 Levels of disagreement, numbered 0 thru 6. When people have effective debate, the best possible approach (Level 6) is to refute the central point the other person is making. Since that’s impossible in this case (my central points can’t be refuted) your next- best approaches would have been to provide some form of contradiction, counter argument, or refutation using facts and examples. Instead, you chose Level 0 (insults). This is the most ineffective way to disagree, influence opinion or make a point. Heck, you would have been better off using an ad-hominem attack (Level 1). I’m glad to have educated you on the many causes of climate change. And I hope that moving forward you’ll always consider the 7 Levels of disagreement and ways you can communicate more effectively with other people. All the best.
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Jack Richardson ..Thanks for the opportunity for effective discussion. Yes, the greenhouse effect is absolutely a factor in climate change. And as I said, human activity is definitely contributing to this effect. But there’s many other aspects to the carbon cycle. Moreover, there’s been many periods in earth history with significantly more carbon in the atmosphere than now. Over TEN times as much in fact. That medieval warming period I referred to was partly a result of the greenhouse effect. Again, there sure wasn’t a lot of burning of fossil fuels at the time. Earth’s temperature has fluctuated significantly. Some research and theory shows predictable cycles. Some short (thousands of years) and some much longer. The many factors to climate change are why temperature will fluctuate regardless of what we do (or don’t do). In particular, we’re at the complete mercy of the sun. Which of course will eventually go super nova and eliminate the entire solar system, making climate change no longer a problem...:) The main reason for my original comment is that we’re inundated with alarmist rhetoric and lies-by-omission regarding natural weather and climate events (including the growth and shrinking of ice sheets and glaciers). For example, media loves to use the words “record” or “historic” to describe storms or temperature events. You rarely hear them mention the records are based on only about 100 years of data and storm-strength measures started only about 50 years ago. On a 4.5 billion year old planet! I guarantee a large percentage of people think these “records” are for the history of the earth. They think the same whenever they hear “all time worst!” to describe a weather event, drought, flood or storm. I’ve talked with some of these people. The level of ignorance is astounding. I call it Al Gore syndrome. Bottom line, my point is there’s many significant causes of climate change besides human activity and it’s a blatant lie whenever media, special interest groups, or government say we’re entirely responsible.
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