The German philosopher, Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860), stated, Change alone is eternal, perpetual, immortal. Few statements, if any, have such timeless universality, applying both to human affairs and to natural processes. In the context of our own time, the more narrowly-focused phrase, climate change, has permeated the fabric of society as never before, from the halls of academe to the corridors to government to the realm of popular conscientiousness. But, ...