Lecture Notes: Common Climate Claims

Introduction

• Presenter: Rosh
• Channel: All About Climate
• Focus: Addressing common climate change claims
• Motivation: Create shorter, less time-intensive videos

Today's Claim

• Claim Addressed: "Global warming" was replaced by "climate change".
• Relevance: Frequent claim among climate skeptics

Examining the Claim

• Skeptic Argument: Scientists shifted terminology to "climate change" as "global warming" did not happen.
• Observation: No specific timeframe provided by skeptics for this transition.
  • Impression: Transition perceived to have occurred in the mid-2000s.

Analyzing Scientific Literature

• Source: Google Scholar
  • "Global Warming" Search Results:
    • 1992: "The Economics of Global Warming"
    • 2005: "Global Warming" report
    • 2018: IPCC report on global warming of 1.5 degrees
  • Current relevance: "Global warming" still used in literature published post-2020.

Role of IPCC

• Full Form: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
• Founding Year: 1988
  • Established before the perceived transition period.
• Evidence: Climate change terminology was in use since at least 1956.
  • Example: 1956 study, "The Carbon Dioxide Theory of Climatic Change"

Terminology Clarification

• Global Warming: Long-term increase in average global temperatures.
• Climate Change: Climatic effects resulting from global warming.

Conclusion

• Claim Debunked:
  • Both terms have been used concurrently in scientific circles for decades.
  • Possible media shift may have influenced public perception.

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