Science and Climate Science
Posted: 29 Apr 2020, 01:18
When I think about science, it appears to me that there were times when it used to be more popular than in the recent times of busy stock trading and becoming Chief Executive Officers. During that time, it seems that wealth creation attracted more interest than the advancement of science. Here, I don't mean to diminish the commitments of countless scientists during that time.
Currently, there is a growing appeal to use science in order to make sound public policy decisions. I am not sure if this growing appeal to use science and potentially available spare time because of the lock down due to the current pandemic makes more people interested in science in general and climate science in particular.
For those who are interested in climate science and wish to use available spare time to read about an emergent frontier of research, the following peer reviewed paper may be a worthwhile read: Validation of predicted meteorological drought in California using analogous orbital geometries.
Climate science is relatively a complex field of study. It serves as a basis for studying climate change and its impacts.
Observed long term trends in climate variables, primarily temperature and precipitation, are used to study climate change. However, the trends in these climate variables are not predisposed to the attribution of climate change to natural variability and elevated greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere.
The paper mentioned above came out of some preliminary studies toward the attribution of climate change to natural variability and elevated greenhouse gas emissions.
So far, this new frontier of research has not got a traction by academic institutions. I am positive that it will in the future.
If there are Ethiopian scientists or scientists of Ethiopian origin who have the time and interest to read it, it might be a worthwhile exercise. Perhaps, astronomers might find it particularly interesting because this research uses analogous orbital forcing of the earth and moon in order to analyze the predictability of meteorological variability and advance climate science.
Currently, there is a growing appeal to use science in order to make sound public policy decisions. I am not sure if this growing appeal to use science and potentially available spare time because of the lock down due to the current pandemic makes more people interested in science in general and climate science in particular.
For those who are interested in climate science and wish to use available spare time to read about an emergent frontier of research, the following peer reviewed paper may be a worthwhile read: Validation of predicted meteorological drought in California using analogous orbital geometries.
Climate science is relatively a complex field of study. It serves as a basis for studying climate change and its impacts.
Observed long term trends in climate variables, primarily temperature and precipitation, are used to study climate change. However, the trends in these climate variables are not predisposed to the attribution of climate change to natural variability and elevated greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere.
The paper mentioned above came out of some preliminary studies toward the attribution of climate change to natural variability and elevated greenhouse gas emissions.
So far, this new frontier of research has not got a traction by academic institutions. I am positive that it will in the future.
If there are Ethiopian scientists or scientists of Ethiopian origin who have the time and interest to read it, it might be a worthwhile exercise. Perhaps, astronomers might find it particularly interesting because this research uses analogous orbital forcing of the earth and moon in order to analyze the predictability of meteorological variability and advance climate science.