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Date/Time 21 Jan 2017 3:42:01pm
Thanks for that, Alen. For your next trick, how about you try post-Modernising the following observations, inferences and root cause analysis?

Observation 1. Sun irradiates earth with short-wave energy.
Observation 2. Earth re-radiates long-wave energy.

Inference 1, drawn from Observations 1, 2 and 3: Greenhouse gases thus regulate earth's climate and temperature, so that altering atmospheric greenhouse gas content alters earth's climate and temperature range.

Observation 4. Satellite observations show decreasing emission to space of this long-wave energy, at EXACTLY THE SAME WAVELENGTHS as CO2 absorbs long-wave energy.
Observation 5. Arctic sea ice is melting, so that summertime sunlight is being absorped in exposed ocean rather than reflected off ice.

Inference 2, drwan from inference 1 and observations 4, 5, 6 and 7: Ocean is thermally coupled with atmosphere, transferring much heat to Arctic and Antarctic.

Root cause analysis 1. Historic fossil fuel use and cement production data (Oak Ridge National (US) Laboratory Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center) shows sufficient CO2 emission from 1800 to 2007 to raise atmospheric CO2 from 280 ppm to 430 ppm. Dissolution of CO2 in oceans limited atmospheric CO2 to about 390 ppm (as at 2007; 400 ppm in 2013), and continues to acidify oceans (decreased ocean pH).
