Future Climates: Modeling and Worst Case Scenarios

From the readings this week I got a much better understanding of our evidence of climate change.  One area that I found fascinating was the discussion of infrastructural globalism.  There are many different routes to go when looking at how to monitor the climate.  I think it’s so beneficial that we have the opportunity through technology and resources to be able to transmit information around the world.  With the changing of methods of the past it is a big step to establish permanent sociotechnical systems for monitoring weather.  Spanning form this was the concept of “thinking globally”.  I have heard this term often but have never thought about how it came about and why it is so popular today.  I thought that the image of earth from space would play a large part in this idea of interconnectedness.  I grew up in a time where at a very young age I had the opportunity to view this image from the Internet.  I cannot imagine what it would be like to see the image of the earth from space for the first time as an adult.  I bet this would be extremely moving and would play a role in the “One World” movement.  I think it’s essential for everyone to see and realize we all have the same home to live on and to take care of.  The idea of looking at the future of climate change is a little depressing but I am grateful that we have modeling and other predictions to be aware of the issue.  This evidence is so important to be used for making a difference and it has been helpful for me to see where we get all of the evidence on climate change.