Posted on 06/04/2002 10:08:34 PM PDT by DemoSmear
In the story "Is This Warm Winter a Sure Sign of Global Warming?" we looked at a number of factors that cause changes in global mean temperatures on both the short and long term. We showed that although most of the attention in recent years has been on the greenhouse gases as the primary driver of the global temperature trends, it may still be a relative "bit player" in the climate ride we, like it or not, all find ourselves on.
When I give a talk or write on the subject of climate change, I frequently get the response "How do you explain the environmental impacts that are reported by the IPCC and other scientists that show the global ice is disappearing from the Polar Regions and from the world's mountains. Isn't that proof of accelerated global warming?"
Before I respond to this, let me say that I have always considered myself a friend of the environment. Many years ago when working on a grant to study "air quality," I did a radio show on Science and the Environment. When I was a Professor of Meteorology, I taught about the greenhouse effect among the factors affecting climate in my Weather and Climate courses. It was only when researching the current status of greenhouse warming and climate change for Intellicast.com that I began to find inconsistencies in what the data said, and what was being presented to us by the global warming activists.
My interest is finding the truth and presenting the facts, not in promoting controversy. Like everyone else, I get a delivery of oil every month and I can assure you I get no special discounts.
This article refutes much of the left's "proof" of global warming. Enjoy.
SUMMARY
So there is much compelling evidence that our climate and the environment in which we live has changed in recent decades. Change should not surprise us as the "only constant in nature is change." However, the facts do not suggest that greenhouse gases are entirely to blame. We are seeing that the effects of cycles in the oceans and (as we explained in Is This Record Warm Winter a Sure Sign of Global Warming?) also the sun may be the real drivers for these changes.
And, as we reported in Why Tracking Climate is Like Tracking the Stock Market, this may change shortly. The ocean circulations and the sun appear to be changing in ways that favor a turn to colder temperatures. Throw in a major volcanic eruption and who knows what we might see.
Miss Marple, grania, have you seen this? Thought you might be interested!
I'm wondering if maybe the cycles in global change might be intensified and the the cycles might have greater frequenty (shorter period or interval) because of environmental issues.
IMO, the sunspot causation makes much more sense....
After GW and authors like the one you posted get through with them, only the core enviral nazis will care what the core enviral nazis have to say. This will make them more irrelevent each day for the next 6+ years.
Again, a great find and as you noted a very timely one.
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