Posted on 11/03/2017 6:22:45 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
It is "extremely likely" that human activities are the "dominant cause" of global warming, according to the most comprehensive study ever of climate science by U.S. government researchers.
The climate report, obtained by NPR, notes that the past 115 years are "the warmest in the history of modern civilization." The global average temperature has increased by about 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit over that period. Greenhouse gases from industry and agriculture are by far the biggest contributor to warming.
The findings contradict statements by President Trump and many of his Cabinet members, who have openly questioned the role humans play in changing the climate.
"I believe that measuring with precision human activity on the climate is something very challenging to do," EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt said in an interview earlier this year. "There's tremendous disagreement about the degree of impact."
That is not consistent with the conclusions of the 600-plus-page Climate Science Special Report, which is part of an even larger scientific review known as the fourth National Climate Assessment. The NCA4, as it's known, is the nation's most authoritative assessment of climate science. The report's authors include experts from leading scientific agencies, including the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NASA and the Department of Energy, as well as academic scientists.
The report has been submitted to the Office of Science and Technology Policy at the White House. Trump has yet to choose anyone to run that office; it remains one of the last unfilled senior positions in the White House staff.
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Y'mean the one that the same suspects' forebearers were predicting back in the 70s, that had the ice sheet halfway to Manhattan by now?
Massive gov’t. report(if indeed it was) doesn’t mean automatically believable.
You know, I thing a good idea would be for the administration to sh_t-can the whole report, don’t publish it or put it on line as it was (1) released without proper authorization, (2) released without managerial review and (3) released as a “leak” supporting journalistic misbehavior.
Root it all out and destroy it and fire any involved in “leaking.”
Create a “research” division - Check!
Tell them that their funding depends on the results of their “research” - Check!
Explain, in detail that their very livelihoods depend on the positive findings of MAN-MADE GLOBAL WARMING during their “research” - Check!
GLOAT WILDLY when said “research” division claims their results match the EXACT data you demanded - Check!
Act like nobody knows that you paid the “research” division to find the results you wanted and demanded - Check!
Did I miss anything?!?
MAKE THE AUTHORS OF THE REPORT TESTIFY UNDER OATH.
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