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Cody B
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I'm a Global Warming activist,but for the past little while the world has been normal climate wise.
Anyways,I want a second opinion
Anyways,I want a second opinion
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Scorpio Wild Card
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It is a debate that will never stop, it is a push and pull theory, if one asks me. You can look at old weather Temperatures like that in the 1930's, they had very mild winters, 50's too, it's all a natural cycle.
I think we are headed for colder winters, where I am, this year has been below average everyday, it's -5 now...
But I think it's a cycle, I don't believe in GW.
I think we are headed for colder winters, where I am, this year has been below average everyday, it's -5 now...
But I think it's a cycle, I don't believe in GW.
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allstargeneral
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As much as I care about the environment, Global Warming is a misnomer for a title - "Climate Change" is the mantra nowadays. And the climate practically everywhere is changing all the time - and I'm waiting for conclusive evidence there's some disastrous events on the horizon. Forget "possibilities", how about some hard facts on what will happen? There not to be found. Just ask the fellas back in the 70's who thought the globe was going to go into a severe, prolonged cold cycle.
Where's Al Gore when someone needs him? If you can find Leonardo DiCaprio, Al Gore can't be far away w/DiCaprio ready to lick Al's shoes clean.
Where's Al Gore when someone needs him? If you can find Leonardo DiCaprio, Al Gore can't be far away w/DiCaprio ready to lick Al's shoes clean.
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linlyons
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yes it is.
that doesn't mean that every year will be warmer than the prior year.
or that we can't have spikes of either warm or cold years.
when the weather is particularly warm, or cold, that's weather, not climate.
in fact, we set high temp records around here yesterday, and probably today also.
but that's weather, not climate.
anybody here can say anything they like.
free opinions are worth exactly what you paid for them.
however, the real science seems to all agree, the climate is warming, and it's our burning of coal and oil that is the primary cause.
NAS, NOAA, NSF, NASA, EPA, MIT, UCLA all agree. AGW (Anthropogenic Global Warming) is a serious problem.
http://www.nasonline.org/site/PageServer
"May 19, 2008: The National Academies have released the 2008 edition of "Understanding and Responding to Climate Change," a free booklet designed to give the public a comprehensive and easy-to-read analysis of findings and recommendations from our reports on climate change."
http://dels.nas.edu/dels/rpt_briefs/climate_change_2008_final.pdf <== here's a good description.
http://www.funnyweather.org/ <== this is a more lighthearted link.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenhouse_effect <== and one with too much detail.
http://www.sciencefriday.com/videos/watch/10125 <== Michael Oppenheimer, a member of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Intergovernmental Committee on Climate Change and professor at Princeton
http://www.lenntech.com/greenhouse-effect/global-warming-history.htm <== btw this is not a new idea.
http://lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/globalwarming.html
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/globalwarming/home.html
http://lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2008/perspectives.html
http://www.exploratorium.edu/climate/ <== not regulated by the government.
http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=105692
http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=111511
http://www.international.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=86846
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2007/climate.html
http://www.nasa.gov/worldbook/global_warming_worldbook.html
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/news/topstory/2008/earth_temp.html
<<"Barring a large volcanic eruption, a record global temperature clearly exceeding that of 2005 can be expected within the next few years, at the time of the next El Nino, because of the background warming trend attributable to continuing increases of greenhouse gases." The eight warmest years in the GISS record have all occurred since 1998, and the 14 warmest years in the record have all occurred since 1990.>>
http://yosemite.epa.gov/OAR/globalwarming.nsf/content/ResourceCenterPublicationsUSClimateActionReport.html
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/02/070202-global-warming.html
http://royalsociety.org/downloaddoc.asp?id=4085
that doesn't mean that every year will be warmer than the prior year.
or that we can't have spikes of either warm or cold years.
when the weather is particularly warm, or cold, that's weather, not climate.
in fact, we set high temp records around here yesterday, and probably today also.
but that's weather, not climate.
anybody here can say anything they like.
free opinions are worth exactly what you paid for them.
however, the real science seems to all agree, the climate is warming, and it's our burning of coal and oil that is the primary cause.
NAS, NOAA, NSF, NASA, EPA, MIT, UCLA all agree. AGW (Anthropogenic Global Warming) is a serious problem.
http://www.nasonline.org/site/PageServer
"May 19, 2008: The National Academies have released the 2008 edition of "Understanding and Responding to Climate Change," a free booklet designed to give the public a comprehensive and easy-to-read analysis of findings and recommendations from our reports on climate change."
http://dels.nas.edu/dels/rpt_briefs/climate_change_2008_final.pdf <== here's a good description.
http://www.funnyweather.org/ <== this is a more lighthearted link.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenhouse_effect <== and one with too much detail.
http://www.sciencefriday.com/videos/watch/10125 <== Michael Oppenheimer, a member of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Intergovernmental Committee on Climate Change and professor at Princeton
http://www.lenntech.com/greenhouse-effect/global-warming-history.htm <== btw this is not a new idea.
http://lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/globalwarming.html
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/globalwarming/home.html
http://lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2008/perspectives.html
http://www.exploratorium.edu/climate/ <== not regulated by the government.
http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=105692
http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=111511
http://www.international.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=86846
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2007/climate.html
http://www.nasa.gov/worldbook/global_warming_worldbook.html
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/news/topstory/2008/earth_temp.html
<<"Barring a large volcanic eruption, a record global temperature clearly exceeding that of 2005 can be expected within the next few years, at the time of the next El Nino, because of the background warming trend attributable to continuing increases of greenhouse gases." The eight warmest years in the GISS record have all occurred since 1998, and the 14 warmest years in the record have all occurred since 1990.>>
http://yosemite.epa.gov/OAR/globalwarming.nsf/content/ResourceCenterPublicationsUSClimateActionReport.html
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/02/070202-global-warming.html
http://royalsociety.org/downloaddoc.asp?id=4085
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Kevin S
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I teach probability and we are now on 4 years in a row with Ave. global temps on the decline. If you get 6 of anything tending in one direction. Then, it is 97% probability that we are headed in the other direction until some assignable cause makes it trend back the other way.
I believe it was real and the sun was the cause. But, now the sun's activity is settled down and we are cooling.
I believe it was real and the sun was the cause. But, now the sun's activity is settled down and we are cooling.
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gwens18a
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The temperature of the weather in some places is down, it's winter, but the global temperature is up. What do you consider normal?
If you are a "global warming activist" you must have reason to be a "global warming activist". I'm assuming you must have done some research into the problem to become an activist, and nothing has changed, it's still warming regardless of what the deniers claim.
If you are a "global warming activist" you must have reason to be a "global warming activist". I'm assuming you must have done some research into the problem to become an activist, and nothing has changed, it's still warming regardless of what the deniers claim.
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Minced Meat
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Even before humans were around Global Warming has existed, just as extreme weather, volcanic eruptions, earth quakes, and deceases has for Melania's. To answer your questions yes it is real in a natural sense.
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spinner444
Guest
Yes it is but this doesn't mean you should run around screaming
Slowly the earth is getting hotter because, the layers of the earth aren't letting the greenhouse gases out so it gets hotter
So the gases slowly melt the polar caps (large sections of ice on the top and bottom of the earth) then the sea level rises.
We should do everything we can to help our planet
Slowly the earth is getting hotter because, the layers of the earth aren't letting the greenhouse gases out so it gets hotter
So the gases slowly melt the polar caps (large sections of ice on the top and bottom of the earth) then the sea level rises.
We should do everything we can to help our planet