/sci/ - Science & Math

>some local environmental phenomenon happens
>this must be GLOBAL WARMING

I accept Global Warming as a real issue but I can't help but feel suspicious when some local effect happens and people claim that it's because of Global Warming. With how much certainty can a scientific community or research group contribute global warming to a local effect? Say erosion, changes in antarctic geography, icebergs, typhoons, or just an abnormally warm day in February?

>everyone laughed at the Wright Brothers
Holy shit, this pisses me off. Just because someone has a crazy idea doesn't mean it's going to be the best thing ever. The Wright Brothers weren't even laughed at (by anyone serious in the field). There were about 20 other people racing to get the "first in flight" title and the Wright Brothers are only known because they got to the patent office first. Same thing with Eli Whitney, he didn't magically invent the fucking cotton gin. There were small, incremental improvements on the cotton gin over the course of several centuries and they just went around suing everyone in the South.