Is climate change real? This question will forever be asked by skeptics, especially now since harsh blizzards are hitting certain parts of the United States. Freezing temperatures and snowstorms are everywhere. Skeptics have used this as proof that climate change doesn't exist.
Are the current events strong enough to prove the non-existence of global warming? Shouldn't skeptics look more deeply into the matter? Let's explain a few things.
Climate change and the weather are two different -- albeit related -- concepts. Folks cannot look at changes in the weather one day and use that to explain climate change and global warming within, say, a decade. Changes in the weather are things we see on a daily basis, and these changes only happen for a short time.
The weather may be very unpredictable at times, and when we come across a sudden snowstorm or blizzard, folks should realize that there are more factors to consider when affirming or denying the existence of global warming than just the weather on a particular day. Rather, one needs to look at patterns of changes.
When it comes to global warming, the effect is something that continuously happens over long periods of time. Over the years, the Earth has experienced degrees of change in the average global temperature in the last century, and yet it seems nothing overly terrible has happened. We've seen many doubters use this claim to deny global warming.
However, it is still difficult to say global warming is not real when we know for a fact that the ice in the Arctic, for one, is still melting at a rapid pace, and the earth is heating up. A few years ago, it wasn't this hot, and we are sure even the most diehard skeptic realizes this as truth.
