Humanity's Influence on Climate

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This paper discusses a study relating to human influences on climate, and whether or not the contentions within the research are based upon accuracy. The paper further reviews the article from Karl and Trenberth, discussing the viewpoints of the authors, and the impact of the study on society. Finally, the paper discusses further research that both supports, and refutes the findings of Karl and Trenberth. This research is important because it focuses on what is factual, and whether or not there is any evidence to support contentions that humanity is destroying the earth, and the climate worldwide.

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"Thomas R. Karl and Kevin Trenberth (1999) suggest that a significant amount of discussion has been created relating to humanity's influence on the destruction of the global climate (p. 101). The authors contend that government organizations determined that humanity is contributing in a variety of ways to the deterioration of the climate, but that no evidence has been accumulated to support this assumption (Karl & Trenberth, 1999, p. 101). Yet, despite the assertion that no factual evidence has been collected to date that would provide specific data for further study; the researchers have addressed the issue with contentions that may be useful if future studies are conducted. Karl and Trenberth (1999) describe their article as relevant because it proposes to make suggestions based on facts that may lead to future research specifically focusing on data which demonstrates human factors in relation to climate (p. 101)."

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