Why small effects can make BIG changes. Science rules, as Bill Nye says.

Posted on 3 July 2014 by ecoquant

This is why small effects in the climate system can have BIG consequences. Even if the percentage change of CO₂ due to human effects as a proportion of total atmospheric mass is very small, the consequences can, be, well, of Empire State Building proportions.

This is ~~an awesome~~ a good video. Physics rules!

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See https://wordpress.com/view/667-per-cm.net/ Retired data scientist and statistician. Now working projects in quantitative ecology and, specifically, phenology of Bryophyta and technical methods for their study, notably Macrophotography. Some photos of mine: https://www.flickr.com/photos/198372469@N03/

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