Put right people in charge of science, education

There is nothing that we can do to mitigate climate change? I hardly think that is true or credible. It is true that the earth is not yet in thermal balance considering the greenhouse gases already present. The outgoing long-wave radiation that escapes the earth is still slightly less than the incoming solar radiation.This will always be the case when a rapid change occurs to any part of the thermal balance (in this case to the gases that capture outgoing long-wave radiation). If the quantities of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are unchanged over the next 20 years, the earth will slowly adjust to equilibrium. The change in global temperature will become slower over time but significant changes will continue for many decades if atmospheric gases are unchanged.
If greenhouse gas concentrations continue increasing, the rate at which the earth heats will not slow. It could even speed up. The oceans have begun to heat now and that could initiate a process with its own momentum. This occurs in two ways. Ice reflects the sun and thus heating is reduced. As ice melts, the incoming solar radiation increases and so the heating effect is greater. A vicious circle is created by tis feedback as greater heating causes increased ice melting.
The second way that oceans heating can cause an atmospheric problem is that currently, the oceans are sucking some heat from the atmosphere and thus globval warming is temporarily mitigated. Warmer oceans would stop sucking out the heat and so we suffer the full effects.
I agree with retired Prof Lacalinao on the need for the best people in research positions and the emphasis on research in general. It would certainly be difficult to argue for the opposite. Is anybody suggesting that mediocre people be employed? Maybe it is a budgetary issue and the retired Prof is concerned that research will not be properly funded. If so, I am in full agreement with him.
One issue that author may need to consider, however, is the reality that the “best people” are unlikely to agree with him that we should make no effort to reduce the climate change but merely mitigate the effects. I am sure that the advocates of inefficient industry would agree with Lacanilao but they are the only ones to gain from such a short-sighted approach.

prof lacanilao

tama ang mga sinabi mo tungkol sa pangangailangan na adaptation measures “to minimize and survive the effects of climate change”. di lang ako makapaniwala sa sinabi mo na  ”Let us stop all talk about mitigating climate change. There is nothing we can do to stop or even reduce it”. bakit natukoy na ba talaga kung ano ang dahilan sa climate change? meron na bang konkretong pag-aaral at pruweba tungkol sa bagay na ito? meron mga pagaaral na nagsasabi na ang mundo at buong sistema nito ay walang pagbabago sa bilyon at bilyon taon nito. meron din pagaaral na nagsasabing ang climate change o pagbabago sa kalikasan (ice age) ang nagtulak sa pagbabago at evolution ng tao sa kanyang kasalukuyang anyo at katangian. alin ang totoo?