Climate Change
I am a math professor at MassBay Community College in MA.
In March 2022 I
wrote an equation (see below) for my calculus class.
After entering all the known scientific data realized
science is categorically telling us
that climate change will annihilate the human race.
One month later after years
of extensive research the UN Secretary General (April 4, 2022)
reached a similar conclusion stating that we
are making the earth “uninhabitable”.
That means that future generations of your family and mine
will not come into existence because there will be
no one here
to give birth to them.
The history of our families will disappear because there will be no one here
to remember.
This is preventable.
There is a saying “If you are not part of the solution are you not part of the problem”
If you disagree with the conclusion of the Secretary General and the equation,
then it is justified to ignore it.
If you do agree with the conclusion,
which is the human race will be annihilated,
are we not morally and ethically
required to prevent it?
Sincerely,
Professor Robert O’Connell
Equation
H = habitability (does a planet support human life)
c = means change
t = as time passes
Components that make the earth suitable for life.
T = temperature
Pf = perma-frost
P = peat bogs
G = glacier, polar ice caps
F = forest
O = ocean
So in cH/t the numerator means how the planet’s ability to support human life
is changing and the denominator means as time passes.
cH⁄t = cT⁄t + cPf⁄t + cP⁄t +
cG⁄t + cF⁄t
+ cO⁄t
+ ? + ⋯
The equation states:
The earth temperature is increasing causing the permafrost to melt. The latter releases carbon dioxide
and other heat trapping gases causing the temperature to increase. At the higher temperature the second layer of permafrost
melts quicker than the first layer. The 2nd layer releases heat trapping gases causing the temperature to rise and hence the
3rd layer melts quicker than the 2nd. This sequence continues
and the 4th layer melts quicker than the 3rd and 5th faster than the 4th. This continuation and
pure logic dictates that the melting, gas release and temperature increase is accelerating, will continue and the Secretary General
is correct. Hence habitability is declining and ultimately the earth will not support human life.
Climate change is self-propelling.
On some parts of the planet permafrost is over 3,000 feet deep. That is a lot of heat trapping gas. The earth sister planet Venus
has a day time temperature of over 800 degrees F.
Peat bogs are drying out and they release over a billion tons of CO2 annually which traps additional heat
causing the permafrost to melt quicker.
The cycle then repeats and at a faster rate because the temperature is increasing.
Ice caps and glaciers reflect some of the Sun's heat back into outer space.
They are shrinking in area size which means there is less reflective surfaces and hence
less heat is returned to space. Therefore, there is more heat to trap.
The very recent unexplainable increase in ocean temperature plus the July heat records
should be a warning bell with the volume of Big Ben.
The equation is 100% correct - climate change will annihilate the human race.
Be proactive not passive. We can solve the problem.