[neverdem]

Evolution of the Sun's large-scale magnetic field since the Maunder minimum.

"The most striking feature of the Sun's magnetic field is its cyclic behaviour. The number of sunspots, which are dark regions of strong magnetic field on the Sun's surface, varies with a period of about 11 years. Superposed on this cycle are secular changes that occur on timescales of centuries and events like the Maunder minimum in the second half of the seventeenth century, when there were very few sunspots. A part of the Sun's magnetic field reaches out from the surface into interplanetary space, and it was recently discovered that the average strength of this interplanetary field has doubled in the past 100 years. There has hitherto been no clear explanation for this doubling. Here we present a model describing the long-term evolution of the Sun's large-scale magnetic field, which reproduces the doubling of the interplanetary field. The model indicates that there is a direct connection between the length of the sunspot cycle and the secular variations."

More evidence that Ol' Sol is the culprit after satellite measurements, the observed increase in sunspots and global warming on Mars.

[MNJohnnie]

Act Now that most scientists agree human activity is causing Earth to warm,

Great Post ND. More Junk Journalism on display. While most scientists agree there is some warming, many do NOT agree that it is caused by man. Amazing how sloppy Journalists are in their "facts". This level of incompetence regularly displayed by Editors and Journalist would be ground for termination of employment any where else in life.

[Paladin2]

And to think I thought it was due to Methane from Trees and large (and largely unknown) undersea thermal venting.

[Berlin_Freeper]

Anyone who thinks that humans are destroying the climate should do the decent thing and hang themselves.

As far as I am concerned, *if anything* I am helping to prevent the next Ice Age.

[TYVets]

Just pass out the Kool Aide and no more problems.

[j. earl carter]

Since nuclear power produces no greenhouse gasses, I think we should just play along with the liberals on this one and insist that the country begin a massive program of nuclear power plant construction.

[sphinx]

I will take global warming seriously when environmentalists drop their opposition to nuclear power.

[metesky]

Now that most scientists agree human activity is causing Earth to warm, the central debate has shifted to whether climate change is progressing so rapidly that, within decades, humans may be helpless to slow or reverse the trend.

Starting an article with a provable lie is a sure way to turn off your intended audience.

While most scientists may agree that the earth is in a slight warming trend, they hardly agree that the cause is human activity.

[INSENSITIVE GUY]

BALONEY!As planets age they cool and the earth is no different.This is no more than(with yearly variants)heat working its way to the surface from earth's molten core.All this environmental nonsense is created to generate uncertainty and fear for the purpose of control over the paranoid masses.

[RKBA Democrat]

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and make some wild-eyed predictions for the year 2050:

1. The earth will still be spinning on it's axis.
2. So called "global warming" will not result in our grandchildren surfing on newly formed beaches in Terre Haute, Indiana.
3. Most of the worlds forests will still be, well, forests.
4. Human beings, who have adapted and survived ecological change for thousands if not millions of years will continue to adapt and survive.

[catpuppy]

Some Experts on Global Warming Foresee 'Tipping Point' When It Is Too Late to Act

The only "tipping point" these "experts" really care about is the one where Mr. Taxpayer shuts off their supply of easy cash. Until then, the "experts" must continue to spread theories of gloom and doom in order to shakedown those firghtened enough to fund such nonsense.

[Tax Government]

The "tipping point" story is the left's attempt to create public hysteria to achieve what sensible people ordinarily would not agree to -- declaration of a state of environmental emergency and suspension of established legal rights.

[dirtboy]

Now that most scientists agree human activity is causing Earth to warm,

Yeah, and most scientists used to think continental drift was bunk when Wegner proposed it.

So the Wash Post starts with a questionable premise and goes downhill from there. Meanwhile, Mars has been getting warmer without SUVs.

[IronJack]

Translation: Stand by to be assaulted by even MORE overheated(!) rhetoric as the increasingly irrelevant Left ratchets up the hysteria on the only topic it still owns.

[Fresh Wind]

It seems Professor Hansen has been honored with the prestigious Heinz Award for his work creating the Global Warming® scare.

[Mike Darancette]

most scientists agree human activity is causing Earth to warm,

Which Scientists?
Political Scientists?
Social Scientists?
Scientologists?
Biologists?
Christian Scientists?

ARGUMENTUM AD NUMERAM, ARGUMENTUM AD VERECUNDIAM

[neverdem]

Bird flu found in Saudi Arabia

Can brain say if you're lying?

FReepmail me if you want on or off my health and science ping list.

[ModelBreaker]

"It's not something you can adapt to," Hansen said in an interview. "We can't let it go on another 10 years like this. We've..."

Stone age cultures adapted to the arctic and to the Saudi desert. What makes this guy think that we cannot adapt to climate change?

[Fiddlstix]

We're Doomed!