An Lorg Carbóin – Carbon Outlook

Community Development Undertaking with Muinntir Dún Chaocháin

Climate, referring to weather and how it is changing, now commands our attention. Weather patterns are a critical subject and disciplined, scientific analysis should be undertaken before information is given to the public. Feelings, vested interests or apathy govern much of what affects daily life. For example:
Social Climate refers to the general atmosphere (or mood) within a social group or population. Social norms and cultural values have a bearing on this.

Political Climate refers to the general political atmosphere (or mood) within a country. Current events,elections, economic conditions and social movements have a bearing on this. Political climates are oftendescribed with subjective terms (‘stable’, ‘tense’ or ‘polarized’).

Psychological Climate refers to shared perceptions of the safety, supports or challenges expected.
These three features in society reflect how people feel about their affairs. This can lead to various outcomes.

The Meteorological Climate poses an existential threat to humanity, however, not at all to be approached with feelings, cognitive bias, financial or other interests nor firmly held convictions not logically underscored.
Meteorological Climate refers to long-term weather patterns. The Köppen classification is one of the most common, with five primary climate types: Tropical, Dry, Temperate, Continental and Polar.

In Carbon Outlook aspects of the changing Meteorological Climate, scientifically and verifiably researched, are reported, in a forthright manner.

Global Warming is a term coined by the oceanographer Wallace Smith Broecker. It refers to the
rise in global temperatures occurring mainly from increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases in
the atmosphere. Climate Change refers to changes in the measures of climate over a long period
of time. Global warming thus drives climate change. It so covers, for example:

 Rising sea levels
 More frequent and intense extreme weather events (e.g. hurricanes, heatwaves)
 Changes in precipitation patterns
 Shifts in flower/plant blooming times
 Accelerating ice melt in the Alps, Greenland, Antarctica and the Arctic
 Ocean acidification
 Loss of biodiversity

Warmer air has more energy. This is a cause storms and floods, in a particular region.