Chapter 1162 Americans Consume Too Much Beef, Which Is an Important Cause of Climate Change

Chapter 1162 Americans consume too much beef, which is an important cause of climate change...

Chang Haonan was not aware of the far-reaching impact of his paper at this time.

Because in the field of engineering, even the simplest and most straightforward uses require testing and verification, ranging from weeks to years.

And it is difficult for influence to spread beyond this field.

Therefore, if you want to make enough noise before the IPCC meeting, the focus should be on the second half of this paper.

That is the part related to artificial neural networks.

As we all know, if research in the computer field really wants speed, the development cycle and publication cycle can be extremely short.

The reason why websites that pre-publish papers like arXiv can survive and continue to grow is largely because the research iteration speed of these people is even faster than the review speed of regular paper journals.

If you follow the traditional process, it is likely that there will be a lot of disputes about originality.

The article by Chang Haonan and Lissel just provided a huge space for water papers to the majority of computer scientists who were engaged in emo during the Internet bubble.

Therefore, all major universities rushed to follow up. Higher-level scholars began to think about how to use similar ideas to expand new fields, while average-level researchers began to fill in the gaps.

In short, regardless of the specific contribution to the development of the industry, at least in terms of the number and popularity of papers, it is not weaker than some established research fields.

It is impossible for anyone to deny the correctness of this improved Levenberg-Marquardt method itself.

And this has already achieved Chang Haonan's original goal...

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In December 2004, the fourth IPCC assessment was officially launched.

In fact, in principle, the IPCC is closer to an academic conference between countries. It does not conduct any scientific research itself. Like an academic journal, it is not responsible for any adopted data itself, and only focuses on scientific evaluation methods, and in Analysis and suggestions are given under the premise of "assuming the data is true".

This is of course due to technical feasibility considerations. After all, the United Nations is not a real authority, and it is impossible to go to other people's countries and conduct random investigations.

But it also shows that the conclusions given by the IPCC are not necessarily reliable.

But because it is backed by the two platforms of the World Meteorological Organization and the United Nations Environment Program, and everyone still has to eat from this horse spoon, we still tend to agree with its authority.

But when it comes to the evaluation process, the scene is actually not much different from a quarrel in the vegetable market.

And this year, due to a well-known reason, there was more of a smell of gunpowder from the beginning.

Since the number of countries participating in the IPCC assessment is not large, they can only learn from but cannot copy the order of speeches at the UN General Assembly. Therefore, in the past, just the matter of who came first and who came last was enough to discuss for a period of time.

But this time, when the U.S. representative proposed alphabetical ordering by country, no one raised any objection.

Even the Russian representative did not make any statement such as "The initials of your United States is clearly U."

Because under this arrangement, the United States will be next to China.

And everyone wants to see what kind of colorful sparks the two sides will ignite...

As a rule, Brazil is the first to speak, regardless of the order.

As representatives of South American countries, their core focus is naturally on the changes in tropical rainforests.

"In the past five years, due to extreme climate, deforestation, and natural disasters, the area of ​​the Amazon rainforest has shrunk by approximately 13,000 square kilometers... I would like to remind everyone that the Amazon rainforest occupies 10% of the world's rainforest area. Half, and one-fifth of the world’s total forest area, possess irreplaceable ecological and climate value…”

"Previously, according to meteorological research, in 2005 and 2006, the American continent will suffer from a severe drought that has not happened in a century. The entire region is already on the verge of desertification. Once the critical point is exceeded, the rainforest will irreparably begin to die, and then It will have a catastrophic impact on the global climate and even destroy the entire world..."

"..."

The Brazilian representative started off with an obviously alarmist content.

It’s okay to deceive the brainless so-called “climate activists” with these arguments, but whoever is here who is not a thousand-year-old fox cannot be deceived by these rhetorics that have long been used to hearing them.

The Amazon rainforest is indeed very important, but few people have mentioned that while the forest area is decreasing, it will also expand spontaneously. The annual net area reduction cannot reach the equilibrium critical point at all.

As few people have mentioned, while "one species is destroyed on average every hour", new species are also appearing at about the same rate.

What everyone really cares about is whether there is any hidden purpose behind this passage...

"I'm talking about Lao Ding, their statement clearly relied on the disaster data released by the US Environmental Protection Agency some time ago... Could it be that they want to cooperate with Lao Ding to target us?"

Zheng Guogang, deputy director of the China Meteorological Administration who was accompanying him, approached Ding Zhongli's ear and asked in a low voice.

The latter lowered his head and thought for a moment, but still shook his head:

"From past experience, most third world countries are on the same front with us in IPCC, but South America is greatly influenced by the United States after all, and the representatives speaking on the stage may not really represent the Brazilians themselves, so I really can't say..."

However, just when we were already a little worried, the Brazilian brother on the stage suddenly changed the subject:

"The Amazon rainforest is a precious treasure for all mankind, and rainforest protection is by no means the task of South American countries alone, but should be undertaken by the international community together..."

At this point, everyone in the Chinese delegation breathed a sigh of relief-

The other party obviously had no political purpose, but simply used this as an excuse to ask for money.

Sure enough, the Brazilian representative soon revealed his true intentions, hoping that the World Bank and developed countries could provide countries with corresponding quotas of environmental protection funds according to the proportion of tropical rainforest area...

Although this routine looks a bit rough, it is really impossible to be completely rejected in the context of environmental protection.

After all, asking for money is already quite simple in IPCC.

And some countries hope to use the banner of environmental protection to achieve more unspeakable goals...

For example, the American representative who came to the stage later.

Just as everyone expected at the beginning.

After reviewing the global climate change data in the past five years as usual, the Brazilian representative pointed the finger at China directly based on his speech just now:

"In the past five years, behind China's rapid economic development is the rapidly deteriorating environmental problem. Calculated by the total amount of pollutant emissions, China has become the world's largest polluter..."

"We have noticed that in order to further improve its economic growth data on paper, China has begun to develop the grassland area in the northeast of its territory, which may lead to serious soil erosion and desertification. The impact on the global climate balance is no less than the damage suffered by the Amazon rainforest. Here are satellite photos taken last year and this year, which clearly show that the total vegetation area has decreased significantly..."

"China's environmental damage has caused the worst results "total", and all countries in the world should work together to stop such destructive behavior..."

"..."

The US representative obviously had a plan in advance. Not only did he take out quite detailed survey data, but he also used almost one-third of his speech time to specifically criticize China's development behavior in the eastern part of Mongolia. His intention was obvious.

In the past, the strategy of the Chinese delegation was to defend and refute the other party's accusations one by one.

Although it was organized, no matter how reasonable your explanation was, you would always be at a disadvantage in terms of momentum.

But this time, Zheng Guogang, who was about to speak, had no psychological fluctuations.

He even wanted to laugh.

After the American representative left, he almost couldn't wait to stride to the stage.

Of course, as a decent person, it is impossible to come up with a scolding attitude.

Instead, like the previous two, he first reported the basic situation of the environment and climate in the whole country and Northeast Asia.

After completing all the routine content, he slowly turned around and faced the American delegation who didn't know what was going to happen.

"Here, I would like to remind you that the development carried out by our country in the eastern part of the province of Mon is itself part of a large environmental protection plan. This is an aerial photo of the same place and location before and after the development. Compared with the satellite image, it is much more detailed, enough to show that these lands were already in a state of desertification. On the contrary, our development behavior has improved the overall vegetation level..."

"..."

The previous part seems to be no different from the previous explanation.

But immediately afterwards, Zheng Guogang suddenly changed his tone:

"On the contrary, we have sufficient evidence to prove that the climate change and natural disasters mentioned by the Brazilian representative just now are largely due to the fact that Americans consume too much beef..."