Wilson drew the diagrams of how the transform faults would function, then he described exactly what they would look like and how they could be found. You have to remember this is long before computer models, so everything was done with pen and ink.
It would be fairly easy (though expensive) to build a accurate model of the atmosphere in a box and test the CO2 hypothesis within. Climatologists have never done so. Instead they rely on their computer models that show a warming no matter what numbers you punch into the program. To a thinking scientist that would be a problem.
Good God, Tuzo drew diagrams, (models) of what transform faults would look like. And the climate scientists made models of what warming from GHGs would do to the climate.
The geologists went out, no, actually, they had already mapped ample transform faults, just did not connect then to the rift zones.
And we have seen the increase in heat and storms as predicted by the climatologists. The fact that you deny it makes not the slightest bit of differance. We see in all aspects of science now.
AGW Observer
We do? Where oh where is the increase in heat and storms? It's hidden in the oceans the last time I heard. Well that's what old Kevin claims. I wonder how that works? You know heat 'hiding" in really cold water. Interesting concept, I'm sure that that little though of his violates a whole bunch thermodynamics, but hey, that's never bothered a climatologist. Math doesn't seem top be their strongpoint.
Ample links here to the present effects of climate change.
Responding to the climate sceptics | Swiss Re - Leading Global Reinsurer
Swiss Re argues that the climate is warming at a rate which cannot be explained with natural factors alone.
.We have for sometime been vocal that global warming is happening and is mainly caused by man-made activity. So how should we consider the arguments of the climate sceptics?
Although there is plenty of evidence for man-made climate change, there is room for scientific discussions about climate issues because we still do not have sufficient knowledge about all climate processes to be 100% certain about the future development of global warming. While some sceptics can be compared to “flat earthers”, people holding onto outdated and disproved theories, it can be argued that others are healthy challengers to the current state of knowledge in climate change science, even if their views serve specific political and commercial ends as well.
In a field of such complexity, however, the devil is in the detail. The sceptics make a series of claims, often on a general level, which have to be put under scrutiny by the scientific community. Urs Neu at ProClim, in collaboration with our own Natural Catastrophe and Sustainability and Emerging Risk colleagues, Mark Wüest and Martin Weymann, has reviewed scientific evidence on some of the key sceptic arguments in detail – here are the highlights:
According to present knowledge of physical processes in the climate system there is no known factor other than rising greenhouse gas concentrations which quantitatively explains the observed warming of recent decades.
All known natural factors influencing climate either act on longer time-scales (eg orbital parameters which cause ice age cycles on tens of thousands of years) or have not changed significantly over the last few decades (solar irradiance, cosmic ray flux, volcanic activity). There is no known natural factor whose recent evolution could explain the recent warming.
Current climate models are able to reproduce the climate of the past, but can only simulate the recent warming if the effect of anthropogenic greenhouse gases is taken into account. Natural factors alone would lead to a slight global cooling over the last decades.
In short then, the climate is warming at a rate and with specific effects which cannot be explained by purely natural means. Add the effects of man-made emissions based on solid physical knowledge and the explanation is powerful and convincing for the majority of climate scientists as represented by the IPCC.
Climate change | Swiss Re - Leading Global Reinsurer
As in previous years, the Swiss country delegation was particularly interested in tapping into Swiss ReÂ’s risk management expertise and our work on the economics of climate adaptation. The empirical facts that we brought to the negotiating table strengthened SwitzerlandÂ’s position and contributed key elements to the conference work programme on loss and damage. It was adopted by the negotiating parties in Durban to identify the most effective ways to assess and manage climate-related risks. More specifically, it will explore "the links and synergies between risk reduction and other instruments such as risk transfer".