"According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Earth's climate system is a "complex, interactive system consisting of the atmosphere, land surface, snow and ice, oceans and other bodies of water and living things."And, yes, the scientific community pores over all kinds of data related to this system every day. But how should ordinary people think about the science of what's happening right now to the planet? And where do we go from here?" (Quoted from article)