Global Warming Objections, Part VI

One of the most useful aspects of science is that data can be used to make predictions. By collecting data and studying how systems interact, it is possible to extrapolate further using the data, and to thereby make predictions as to the outcome of future events. One of the tests of the accuracy of a theory is the accuracy of the predictions it makes.

Climate science uses mathematical modeling, based on climate models. In the early days, numbers had to be crunched by hand, using slide rules and pencils. Nowadays we have supercomputers capable of making millions or billions of calculations per second. The more calculations that can be made, the more accurate the model will be.

Scientists working in the field of climatology have been making predictions about global warming since as early as 1896. Back then, the calculations were slow because computers didn