Hello punkofnice. In an earlier post when I asked if you disbelieve what you were taught in our school courses (especially science courses) it was for multiple reasons. The following are the reasons.
(1) I was wondering if like me you accepted as true everything (or virtually everything) you were taught in those courses.
(2)
When I took the courses I saw no reason to doubt or disbelieve anything
which was taught in them, with one exception. The one exception is that
sadly because of the WT's influence I had high uncertainty about
whether the high school biology textbook was correct in saying that
biological evolution is true. (I wish that exception had not existed in
my mind.) I believed everything the physics books, the chemistry books,
the history books, the electronics books, the health and physical
fitness books, the personal finance (or economics) book, the world
history book [except about human evolution in prehistory, due to the
WT's influence], the USA history books, and the other textbooks said. I
did not know of any information which contradicted what they said (other
than regarding evolution).
(3) What I was taught in the
various textbooks was what was considered established facts and I was in
school to learn facts and well supported theories and to become
educated. I wanted to grow in knowledge and learn truths and I thought a
great way to do such was by studying books, including textbooks. I also
wanted to get very good grades in school.
(4) Today the widespread consensus (that is agreement) of climate scientists that human caused climate change is now taking place is now scientifically an established fact. That established fact is now taught in physical geology textbooks. For example see https://opentextbc.ca/geology/part/chapter-19-climate-change/ which part of chapter in a college geology textbook. It says the following.
"A significant part of this chapter is about the natural processes of climate change and how they work. It’s critically important to be aware of those natural climate change processes if we want to understand anthropogenic climate change. First, this awareness helps us to understand why our activities are causing the present-day climate to change, and second, it allows us to distinguish between natural and anthropogenic processes in the climate record of the past 250 years." [The boldface in that quote is mine.]
See also https://opentextbc.ca/geology/chapter/19-1-what-makes-the-climate-change/ which says the following.
"There are two parts to climate change, the first one is known as climate forcing, which is when conditions change to give the climate a little nudge in one direction or the other. The second part of climate change, and the one that typically does most of the work, is what we call a feedback. When a climate forcing changes the climate a little, a whole series of environmental changes take place, many of which either exaggerate the initial change (positive feedbacks), or suppress the change (negative feedbacks).
An example of a climate-forcing mechanism is the increase in the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere that results from our use of fossil fuels. CO2 traps heat in the atmosphere and leads to climate warming. Warming changes vegetation patterns; contributes to the melting of snow, ice, and permafrost; causes sea level to rise; reduces the solubility of CO2 in sea water; and has a number of other minor effects. Most of these changes contribute to more warming. Melting of permafrost, for example, is a strong positive feedback because frozen soil contains trapped organic matter that is converted to CO2 and methane (CH4) when the soil thaws. Both these gases accumulate in the atmosphere and add to the warming effect. On the other hand, if warming causes more vegetation growth, that vegetation should absorb CO2, thus reducing the warming effect, which would be a negative feedback. Under our current conditions — a planet that still has lots of glacial ice and permafrost — most of the feedbacks that result from a warming climate are positive feedbacks and so the climate changes that we cause get naturally amplified by natural processes." [The boldface in the last sentence of the quote is mine.]For another college geology textbook source see https://opengeology.org/textbook/15-global-climate-change/ and note what it says in chapter 15 under the section called "15.4 Anthropogenic Causes of Climate Change". It says in part the following.
"As shown in the previous section, prehistoric climate changes occur slowly over many millions of years. The climate changes observed today are rapid and largely human caused. ...
By the end of the 1900s and into the early 2000s, scientists solidified the Theory of Anthropogenic Climate Change when evidence from thousands of ground-based studies and continuous land and ocean satellite measurements mounted, revealing the expected temperature increase. The Theory of Anthropogenic Climate Change is that humans are causing most of the current climate changes by burning fossil fuels such as coal, oil, and natural gas. ...
The overwhelming majority of climate studies indicate that human activity is causing rapid changes to the climate, which will cause severe environmental damage. There is strong scientific consensus on the issue. Studies published in peer-reviewed scientific journals show that 97 percent of climate scientists agree that climate warming is caused from human activities. There is no alternative explanation for the observed link between human-produced greenhouse gas emissions and changing modern climate. Most leading scientific organizations endorse this position, including the U.S. National Academy of Science, which was established in 1863 by an act of Congress under President Lincoln. Congress charged the National Academy of Science “with providing independent, objective advice to the nation on matters related to science and technology.” Therefore, the National Academy of Science is the leading authority when it comes to policy advice related to scientific issues.
One way we know that the increased greenhouse gas emissions are from human activities is with isotopic fingerprints. For example, fossil fuels, representing plants that lived millions of years ago, have a stable carbon-13 to carbon-12 (13C/12C) ratio that is different from today’s atmospheric stable-carbon ratio (radioactive 14C is unstable). Isotopic carbon signatures have been used to identify anthropogenic carbon in the atmosphere since the 1980s. Isotopic records from the Antarctic Ice Sheet show stable isotopic signatures from ~1000 AD to ~1800 AD and a steady isotopic signature gradually changing since 1800, followed by a more rapid change after 1950 as burning of fossil fuels dilutes the CO2 in the atmosphere. These changes show the atmosphere as having a carbon isotopic signature increasingly more similar to that of fossil fuels.
... Unfortunately, despite scientific consensus, efforts to mitigate climate change require political action. Despite growing climate change concern, mitigation efforts, legislation, and international agreements have reduced emissions in some places, yet the less developed world’s continual economic growth has increased global greenhouse gas emissions. In fact, the years 2000 to 2010 saw the largest increases since 1970."