What is the purpose of learning science? What does science focus on? What is its mission statement?

[anh_nguyen10]

Our planet is in danger; the carbon dioxide level in our atmosphere is reaching 400 ppm, the highest level ever reached - our planet is warming up.  I think we should focus more on how to plant trees, and the mission of science should shift toward saving the earth.

[CalvinHuber]

We've been able to measure atm. carbon dioxide levels for a short, recent,  period of time.  How can we possibly know what those levels were in the past and what changes in those levels occured ?

[PHH2009]

That's turning into small potatoes compared to what I see we are doing to our Oceans. The atmosphere is an abused buffer and sorry about all the hot weather, but the Ocean is a responsible buffer and/or reactant to many of the chemical reactions in the air. We should still save the earth.

[marthadiana]

I totally agree, we should focus on bettering the world that we live in. We should put our knowledge to good use