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  • Evidence / impacts of climate change series:

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    Nation's weather extremes may be the new normal

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    A record-setting winter in much of the country has been followed by more records: tornadoes, flooding, drought and heat. Climate change is largely to blame, scientists say.

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    Los Angeles Times, California

    24 August 2011

  • • Climate news..

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    There's might in that little $12 vehicle fee – California is bankrupt

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    Businesses have spent $40 billion and cut pollution by 80% since the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District formed in 1991. Yet there is still smog. The $12 a year that the district wants added to every vehicle registration is helping people move out of CA and worsening their economy. The hike would raise $30 million annually -- all to improve our air and bankrupt the state.

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    Fresno Bee

  • People need to get their fat ass out of their gas guzzlers and take public transport, buy and consume less

  • Global Warming!!!!!! Panic!!!! -10 years later- Global Cooling!!! Panic!!! -10 years later- Gobal warming!!! Panic!! -10 years later- Global Cooling! Panic. -10 years later- Global wa... Hey! Wait a second... It's a cycle... freaken politics... (-_-)

  • Hey , Barry should get Charlie Manson for Environment Czar. Helter Skelter!

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  • the northern hemisphere is due a mini ice age since they f'd up the gulf stream.. mind you most if not all weather is now geo engineered, something most programmed global warming advocates have no idea about.

  • Eco Nazis !!!!

  • 0:39 Exxon´s profit in Q 2 in 2008 was $ 15 Billion Dollars

  • maybe everyone should stop listening to al gore. global warming? what a joke. environmentalists are INSANE!!!

  • i am amused at how little so many people who are very vocal and opinionated on climate change actually know about it.... they often demonstrate a lack of knowledge of even basic terms, like heat, temperature, climate, and weather.... given that amount of disinformation... explaining things like atmospheric windows, absorption, electromagnetic energy, long wave radiation seems pointless... the use of high tech, scientific media to badmouth science/scientists... rich..

  • @markofthebeasts Yes, because it makes perfect sense that all the scientific institutions in the world are secretly behind a conspiracy to take over power/politics/etc. And that a tiny minority- not experts in this particular field- plus insightful "regular folk" can see past the "lies" that is scientific data- all while the media is backing the "lying" scientists.

    Idiocy honestly knows no bounds!

  • @sypin then i am sure you will believe me when i tell you that an obvious consumer of fox 'news' told me i didn't know what i was talking about.... when i mentioned that a bathtub full of luke-warm water actually contained more heat than a lit birthday candle.... and boy was he proud of his 'knowledge'... it left me wondering if i misstated something. is there a simpler way to 'splain the concepts of heat and temperature? that even idiots can understand?

  • @markofthebeasts I believe you! And honestly- its not like we are going to change anyone's mind through Youtube comments! These are the same people who believe Obama is Kenyan, Iraq had WMDs and Evolution is a farce.

    Regardless of science, fact or common sense- its ultimately a belief (or gut feeling) that drives their ideology- not by conclusion.

  • L@@K, This is all bullshit, they are taking advantage of the climate change to keep you under control some more... put fear into you so you do what they tell you. Wake up... all of you. It's all lies.

  • @nelsoncarmo26 THANK YOU NELSON xD seriously and again people, CO2 cannot be the only contributor to Global Warming but we are only pushing out CO2 (which everyone of you say is the cause of GW), all of you who believe GW say oh it is the rise in CO2 levels that means higher temps, not true because if you look back at history during the Ice Age CO2 levels were high so where are the higher temps during that time?

  • type "climate change explained by prof. yoshi" into youtube and click on the first link (it explains it all).

  • Al Gore was one of the architects of two of the most anti-American, anti-human rights, & anti-environmental legislation in the history of the United States. He was in office when NAFTA & GATT expansion to the WTO happened.

    Multiple tens of millions of jobs that paid good wages were shipped to Al Gore's Marxist friends in China & the third world so that corporations who greased Gore's pockets could exploit the Environment & Human Rights & stuff their fat pockets with money

  • @Thisawareness should we just take your word for it? Or are you going to back up what you claim?

  • @sypin LOL, go google when NAFTA and WTO was created, then look to see when Gore was VP.

  • @Thisawareness seriously? All you got is a conspiracy theory involving NAFTA, WTO and Gore? What, no aliens? I'm not in the US, and I couldn't care less about Gore- he has no real power- never really did after the Clinton years. And he is a commercial seller and profiter of the Global Warming propaganda. Its laughable to think that they fooled the collective scientific community- for some quest of power/money, or whatever reason people think AGW is propagated.

    Get something realistic

  • MarkNobes, source? Greenpeace is an ecoterrorist organization, I will not take their word for it. Did you guys also know that James Hansen, Al Gore's pet in this business, has been removing temperature gauges placed in cold areas and putting them in asphalt parking lots. NASA is going to lose a freedom of information suit against them that will PROVE that in 2007, Hansen went back and INCREASED the global temperature artifically to help prove his point. The gravy train is coming to the end.

  • The media will eventually be forced into the truth after Horner wins his suit against NASA. Not to mention most of the Global warming advocates here have not read any of the climategate emails, and probably call people like me climate change 'deniers' to make a psychological link between global warming and the holocaust, another dirty liberal tricks.

    Green is the new Red, and you cannot trust a liberal as far as you can throw him. Which, if you've seen Michael Moore, isn't very far.

  • Anthropogenic man made global warming is a hoax. Youtube is not a SOURCE. Read Red Hot Lies by Chris Horner, and thouroughly check and debunk every single source in that book against equally verifiable claims. Then get back to me on WHAT COOLING LOL!?!

    The earth has been cooling since 1998. C02 does not cause catastrophic warming. Doubling in c02 concentrations causes an increase of 0.5c. Which is pithy. Not to mention warmer climates are safer, and more bountiful, than colder ones.

  • WHAT COOLING? LOL!!!

    March was the HOTTEST March in the UAH 32 year satellite record.

    UAH (Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville) is run by Dr. Christy, the well known AGW denier.

    Global temperatures for February = 2nd WARMEST February in 32 years.

    Global Temperatures for JANUARY = the HOTTEST January for UAH in 32 years.

    HOT OFF THE PRESS - 4/10/10

    See the latest delightful YouTube from greenman3610

    Debunking LORD MONCKTON Part 1

    /watch?v=JfA1LpiYk2o

  • Search the news - global warming caused a devastating flood in Brazil, while record drought persists in South-western China. Last year in 2009, global warming caused record flood in North Western England, in Jeddah Saudi Arabia, in Singapore and many parts of the world while record drought is seen in India, Australia and Kenya. The climate of the entire world is messed up by Anthropogenic Global Warming. AGW causes El Nino - La Nina cycle to be much shorter and severe.

  • @tantpwei Global Warming? Really? CLIMATE CHANGES EVERYDAY and you still want to believe that we are the cause of this to? I feel sorry for you on your ignorance

  • @sessoms11290 Hahaha, it's so true. people are mindless little rats who beleive everything they are told.

  • @sessoms11290 You should feel sorry for yourself. You don't even know the difference between Climate and Weather!?

    Weather is what conditions of the atmosphere are over a short period of time, and Climate is how the atmosphere "behaves" over relatively long periods of time.

    seriously, go educate yourself.

  • @sypin You are missing the bigger picture here. I seriously can't wait until you are proven wrong and please don't reply back.

  • @sessoms11290 How can I not reply back? When you taunt with asinine assumptions?

    I'm sorry if I am berating you- but I think your misinformation is very harmful. On a subject as serious as this- I will attack any stance that is rooted on unscientific or false premises with a zealous passion. Unless there is undeniable proof that contradicts Global Warming (and there is...).

  • @sypin Since you are so educated, then tell me why during the Ice Age the co2 levels were high. You automatically think high co2 levels mean high temps which in reality isn't true

  • @sessoms11290 "...during the Ice Age the co2 levels were high"

    Atmospheric CO2 levels during the most recent ice age were much lower than what they are now. Atmospheric CO2 during the ice age averaged about 220 ppm, today it's over 390 ppm.

  • Does this look "natural" to you?

    [right click on the image in my Youtube profile, and select "View image" to see the full size]

    Does that look natural? didn't think so

  • THIS VIDEO IS JUST SHIT! NOTHING MORE! RECYCLE YOUR TRASH; SAVE ENERGY AND DONT WASTE ANYTHING! IVE GOT THE GREEN THUMB BUT ALL THAT CLIMATE- AND CARBON_FUCK IS JUST SHIT AND ONLY TO COLLECT MONEY! FUCK AL GORE! HEs A DAMN LIAR

  • Al Gore: Pied Piper for the Carbon Credit Crusade

    Al Gore brings emotional fervor to his carbon crusade He travels the country displaying charts&graphs quoting scientific experts& appealing to philosophers&religious leaders to save the planet from global warming But he says nothing about his business partners who yearn to trade on the emerging carbon market And the media pay no attention to the companies offering carbon advisory services that will profit from federal carbon emission controls

  • The environmental campaign group accuses Kansas-based Koch Industries, which owns refineries and operates oil pipelines, of funding 35 conservative and libertarian groups, as well as more than 20 congressmen and senators. Between them, Greenpeace says, these groups and individuals have spread misinformation about climate science and led a sustained assault on climate scientists and green alternatives to fossil fuels.

  • US oil company donated millions to climate sceptic groups, says Greenpeace

    Report identifies Koch Industries giving $73m to climate sceptic groups 'spreading inaccurate and misleading information'

    Greenpeace has identified Kansas-based oil firm Koch Industries as a multimillion funder of climate sceptic groups.

  • @MarkNobes

    And you think Green peace is a non basis group

  • all of the smoke coming out of the smoke stacks isn't carbon-dioxide its water vapor. thats how it make electricity, it heats water up. 99.6% of all of the smoke coming out is vapor, not dangerous fumes.

  • what the

  • Al Gore, who art in thy fully offset private jet; Nobel-prized be thy name; thy carbon-free kingdom come; on planet Earth (otherwise known as Gaia) as it should be after Copenhagen; give us this day our daily meat-free diet; and forgive us our emissions, though we dont forgive any other big fat Americans who emit against us; lead us not into exotic holiday flights; and deliver us from climate denial; for the science is settled. Amen.

  • One compound word: Climategate

  • Global warming is a HOAX HOAX HOAX....NOT REAL!!!

  • IPCC underestimate sea ice melt. Summer-time melting of Arctic sea-ice has accelerated far beyond the expectations of climate models. The area of sea-ice melt during 2007-2009 was around 40% greater than the average prediction from IPCC AR4 climate models.

  • @MarkNobes Honestly it would surprise me if the IPCC got anything right. If they really have underestimated the effects of global warming it is just one thing in an ocean of overestimations and unsubtantiated claims.

  • Hear, Hear, well said.

  • If you want to feel the glow of acceptance by a big group of Republicans, all youve got to do is say the magic phrase: Global Warming has not been proven. Eric Veith, Journalist.

  • The scientist behind the bogus claim in a Nobel Prize-winning UN report that Himalayan glaciers will have melted by 2035 last night admitted it was included purely to put political pressure on world leaders.

    Dr Murari Lal also said he was well aware the statement, in the 2007 report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), did not rest on peer-reviewed scientific research.

  • I've created a poll entitled,

    'Do you believe that man-made CO2 is causing Global Warming?'

    Just go to the link below and vote YES or NO

    misterpoll*com/polls/469706

    P.S. Inside the link, replace asterisk (*) with a dot (.)

    PLEASE FORWARD THIS POLL TO BOTH ALARMISTS AND SKEPTICS!!! THX

  • Coldest winter in 40 years, yip looks like global warming to me.......Government is afraid to say its all a hoax for fear of losing votes, scientists too afraid to admit they are wrong for fear of losing face, and their grants.

  • Global Warming is a pseudo-science like they had in the Soviet Union

    The head of the Global warming Cult is a flake

    The chief quack of the quacks at the IPCC is a railroad conductor

    The head of the CUEI is an economist with ties to the IMF

    The GW magical cure does not address the #1 factor for environmental degradation, wildlife declines, & GHG production

    Yeah Global Warming is a pseudo-science

    1984 Choo Choo!

    THX 1138

  • Global warming is the readily demonstrated cause and effect of greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere

    Regardless of what was happening with the natural Ice Age cycle of the last few millenia, or orbital cycles, subduction, ocean and atmospheric chemistry, changes in the geometry of the continents etc..

    ...the gases our industrial waste processes have dumped into the atmosphere are having an extra effect which is causing things to warm up faster than they would have otherwise...

  • @Nightversionn,

    You definitely work for someone associated with furthering propaganda of climate change alarm-ism.

    Get off YouTube and get informed.

    watch?v=52sY0JVCs3U

  • Global warming is a hoax and Al Gore is the biggest FRAUD of our time! Only fools believe in this nonsense. The environmentalist wackos will ruin the standard of living for everybody, quit letting their elite left wing politicians call the shots on these issues.

  • So is it true?, Wind turbines affecting the weather patterns, Butterfly effect apparently...Hurricanes and unusual climate conditions... it all falls into place now.

  • hoax, hoax, Oh by the way I have some carbon credits Im selling for 50% off. Its a real good buisness to be in right now...lot of suckers out there.

  • Some Heavy Climate Change Propaganda

    watch?v=U49ijlsfGoE

    Enjoy !

  • It's important to note that this is not an isolated incident. CNN reported that "a dozen Alaskan villages, including Shishmaref, are at some stage of moving because of climate-change-related impacts like coastal erosion and flooding."

  • The Inupiat Eskimo village of Shishmaref, Alaska is experiencing coastal erosion at an accelerated rate, due to melting permafrost caused by climate change, and as a result, one home has already toppled into the sea, and over a dozen more have been moved inland.

  • FRAUD.

  • 11/23/09, (AP) Mauna Loa, Global warming gases have built up to record levels in the atmosphere, from emissions that match scientists' worst-case scenarios.

    Carbon dioxide concentrations this fall are hovering at around 385 parts per million, on their way to a near-certain record high above 390 in the first half of next year, at the annual peak.

    "For the past million years we've never seen 390. You have to wonder what that's going to do," said physicist John Barnes, the observatory director.

  • Firstly, you have your facts all wrong. If levels go lower than 200 ppm, all plant life will die. CO2 levels during the jurasic period were near the 8,000 ppm levels and that is why plants were so big and O2 levels were above 25%.

    For northern countries like Canada, the higher levels will help our grain production plus the resulting higher levels of O2 will help people and animals.

    Try research before opening your mouth.

  • @justanoldman1 And solar ouput was lower, which is why we needed the extra CO2

  • In case you haven't noticed, it is really cold outside.

    What we need is some global warming. Canada could use about another 5 or 6 degrees please. It has been to cold to use our swimming pool for about the last 15 years. Please help, lets burn more fuel and perhaps allow us to warm up abit.

  • Too right! An extra 8-10 degrees for Britain aswel please to get rid of this damn snow!

  • Wow I haven't seen the global warming crowd posting articles like this ever. Usually they try bully and fear tactics. Looks like the emails really have them scared.

  • So, deniers why not just have FAITH in your claims? If you're correct, you'll certainly be proven so within a few years.

    (I really wonder how deniers can live with themselves dispensing all their silly lies and disinformation.)

    Polar Ice Update

    /watch?v=MozcU7woNNQ

    Also: Permafrost Spews Methane

    /watch?v=1liqk9UQNAQ

    YouTube:

    Global Warming - Cool Summer WHY??

    /watch?v=sX6jEsnGcrA

    There's a great new comprehensive book out by Al Gore, Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis.

  • Global warming has been happening since the middle ages (long before the industrial revolution) Why suddenly is it due to human activity? The earth has always gone throuhh cycles of climate change.

    I put it to you that global warming is due to an increased level of solar activity...and nothing to do with humans.

  • This scientifc vid debunks denier's lies about periods of earth's history which had high levels of CO2, particularly the Ordovician.

    YouTube:

    5. Climate Change -- isn't it natural?

    /watch?v=w5hs4KVeiAU&feature=s­ub

    potholer54 is science journalist from Australia who has produced 5 excellent YouTubes on the science of Global Warming, as well as many other great science vids.

    Last week he uploaded his latest, which I highly recommend -- already 12,771 views!

  • NASA, NOAA, MIT, Harvard, IPCC, University of California, Science Magazine, Nature Magazine, Oxford, Cambridge, The Royal Society all warn of Global Warming.

    Solar Irradiance has had no NET increase for 34 years since 1975. We have excellent satellite data to prove it.

    Yet, arctic ice and mountain glaciers have shrunk nearly 50% the last 34 years due to Global Warming.

    WHY??

    Search:

    Climate Change: NASA's Eyes on the Earth

    YouTube:

    Arctic Ice almost gone in 10years

    /watch?v=MbyoD9CLn1k

  • The whole thing is a fraud!!! Why do people desperately cling to such nonsense?

  • Everyone is just being fooled if they believe in global warming.  Sure the Earth may warm but its not caused by carbon dioxide. Its cause by sun spot activity.

  • dude, c02 and methane are both greenhouse gasses.

    they CONTRIBUTE to globle warming. the sun spot cycle goes from weakest to strongest then back to weakest. yet some times, the hottest years happen when sun spot activity is at its peak and at its minimal.

    the temerature is rising and accelerating, yet the sun spot cycle isn't accelerating down or up.

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  • Hoax

  • When you say "hoax" what that says to others is that you are ignorant of what the best science available has concluded. It's OLD news! Do you say "hoax" for the moon landings too?

    Learn more about this issue and the consequences.

    Google... NAS Global Warming

  • Man made global warming is an unsubstantiated claim. There is no evidence to support these theories. Ask questions as much as you like but noone can actually show you the evidence linking human activity and increases in temperature in relation to increased Co2 levels.

  • have you ever thought of the amount of CO2 produced just by a single human breathing. And te significant increase in the population of the planet, put 1+1 together and you get an increase in CO2 levels

  • i have a couple reasons in the last 2 years we have seen record decreases in temperature. Oh and during the medieval period no pollution was taking place and the Earth was warmer than it is now. During the Jurrasic period there were no ice caps and life flourished on Earth.

  • This is one of the coldest winters ever. I'm trying to find Algore because I believe he can help warm things up. Has anyone seen Algore since last summer?

  • I have a novel idea. Let us pool all the scientists and non scientists into one group, then eliminate all of those whose jobs are NOT "climate change cause scientist" That should just leave a handfull of people. Ask them if there is a concensus on any point of contention brought by either side. Let the real experts speak!!! We might be wise to listen.

  • Thousands of scientists sign petition against global warming;

    31,072 American scientists have signed this petition,

    including 9,021 with PhDs.

    Over 650 PROMINENT INTERNATIONAL SCIENTISTS, including many current and former UN IPCC scientists, who have now turned against the UN IPCC. Read the U.S. Senate Minority .pdf report.

  • Scientific skepticism is a healthy thing. Scientists should always challenge themselves to expand their knowledge, improve their understanding and refine their theories. Yet this isn't what happens in global warming denialism. Many denialist vigorously criticise any evidence that supports anthropogenic global warming and yet eagerly, even blindly embrace any argument, op-ed piece, blog or study that refutes global warming.

  • well said - you described yourself to a tee !!

  • wkwickham - LOL - You're STILL merely derivative! Have you no thoughts of your own?

  • For instance; what is the most abundant green house gas in the atmosphere?

    What is happening to the Polar bears?

    What is happening to the global Ice Caps?

    Check for facts not fiction.

  • I've gotta get to work on something. So, I'll have to chat with you later. Have a good day!

  • Look, I have no intention of changing anyones mind on this subject; most of us have a deep seated convictions about this but that is not a reason to terminate any new research.

    My problem with GW is that most of the, so called, scientific data is just speculation and cant be reproduced.

    Much has been taken out of context and is being used by greedy self-indulgent businesses and people, strictly for profit, no matter what it does to anyone or anything.

  • wrt: "My problem with GW is that most of the, so called, scientific data is just speculation and cant be reproduced." - That's not true. Climatologists have been TESTING their models for about twenty years. Prediction, verification, prediction, verification, prediction, verification... for 20 years. All the time fine tuning their prediction capabilities.

    All of the robust results from modelling have both theoretical and observational support.

  • wrt: "being used by greedy self-indulgent businesses and people, strictly for profit, no matter what it does to anyone or anything." - Sure charlatans exist on all sides; but just because some scam artists operate as roofing contractors (for instance), doesn't mean we shouldn't fix a leaky roof.

    The fact is, the scientific proof supporting the valididty of Anthropogenic Global Warming is virtually unassailable.

  • virtually unassailable

    NOW THOSE ARE TWO WORDS THAT FIT THE SUBJECT

    Virtually; almost, nearly, practically, close to, etc

    Unassailable; incontrovertible, unquestionable, sound, watertight, etc.

    Lets try COMPUTER MODELS also and

    ICE CORE SAMPLES

  • People stop being stupid! Global warming is as real as Santa Claus, there is no such thing. This is just a scam for more government regulations. Google: Hegelian Principle, and be prepared to learn something you will not find in any university. No need to thank me, and sorry for calling you guys stupid but I needed your attention.

  • LOL - You get people to pay attention to your arguments by calling them "stupid"? - LOL

  • im4wur you are too touchy, no one was calling you stupid, just want you to think a little.

    As far as the other, are you referring to John Christy as your source of rebuttal?

    He is good but no, there are 31000 American scientists and engineers that signed a petition against GW.

    So are you referring to Al Gore and his band of unnamed scientists as your source for rebuttal?

  • lol - uh actually not. I just thought it was amusing that you seemed to think calling people stupid was a good way to attract interest in your comments.

    wrt Christy - bummer I was hoping you were.

    Gore as a source of science fact? - Frankly, I've never seen his movie. So I have no idea what sources he cites.

  • wrt - those "31000 American scientists" -

    What you refer to is called the Oregon Petition and it has been discredited.

    This link will bump you to a Case Study on the petition and will reveal many of the reasons The Oregon Petition is not cited by anyone familiar with the issues:

    sourcewatch(.)org/index(.)php? title=Oregon_Institute_of_Scie nce_and_Medicine#Case_Study:_T he_Oregon_Petition

  • You have no idea about Gores GW agenda? Interesting? Is that something like when the lawyer at Simpsons trial asking the jurors if they have ever heard of him.

    I dont think there are more than two people in the U.S. with no opinion on GW issues. If you read the petition they do not profess to being authorities on climate, they have come to this judgment logically and have signed a public document to confirm their view.

  • You asked me: "So are you referring to Al Gore and his band of unnamed scientists as your source for rebuttal?" - Since, I haven't seen Gore's movie (and never use him as a source of scientific information) I have no idea what sources he cites (didn't I already say that?)

    Agenda is a different matter.

  • I concern myself with science. Not polytricks.

  • wrt: "If you read the petition they do not profess to being authorities..." - Hmm, interesting. So when you're sick. Do you go to an auto mechanic?

  • clipper208 - oh sorry, I just saw it was Quiksilver209 that was using the ploy. In anycase, it's still amusing.

  • With regard to cost, I think it's a mistake to confuse the validity of the problem with the viability of possible solutions.

    I came across an excellent video last night that outlines how this global problem is really an opportunity is disguise (for those smart enough to recognize it as such): "Amory Lovins @ "A Moment Transformation" (3/12/08)"

  • Who gives a shit about wheter it warming or cooling we still have to do something about it! Either way we are fucked! If we used nuclear, solar, wind, hydroelectric power in a balance like windy areas with water us wind and hydroelectric energy, Warm ares with alot of sun and little cloud cover use solar energy and places without either can use nuclear. It's rather simple we just gotta stop being money hungry and lazy, and put our lives before our wallets. And im sure that it less than oil!

  • It's the same tobacco shit, the government and corporations putting moey before live's. Otherwise smoking would be illegal like marijuanna and crack. Plus there going to be dead when it all happens and make us dodge the train tied down to the tracks. If nothing drastic happen within the next 10 years then we are all fucked. I hope all global warming deniers and holocaust deniers die right now so we can all make a difference.

  • I'm from Russia. In one of our towns it's -62C (fortunately not in mine). So don't tell me about global warming. And type "Oregon petition" in google by the way.

  • The "Oregon petition" is soooo discredited by now. Only morons try to use it in an argument.

  • The world is cooling! You don't need a PhD to have realised that! Didyou ever pass a public exam.

  • How could someone with a PhD be so utterly clueless about the concept of NOISE in the data?

  • belmont162 - Exactly!

  • If you are speaking of CRF. It's not too difficult to refute that:

    The CRF (cosmic ray flux) warming mechanism was proposed by Shaviv and Veizer in 2003 based on previous work by Shaviv. The paper received a great deal of criticism because they introduced "artificial enhancements" to increase the correlation, without which the model was statistically insignificant in explaining climate. (cont.)

  • (cont.)

    (They weren't exactly lying, but they had no mechanism to justify their enhancements. Bad science!) Dr. Gavin Schmidt from the NASA Goddard Institute was one of 11 authors who published a criticism Shaviv's paper and methods (EOS, vol 85, p 38). (cont.)

  • (cont.)

    The main reason Veizer was interested in this idea was that there seemed to be an inexplicably cool ocean temperature back in the Silurian when CO2 levels were very high. Veizer renounced this position in 2007 when he (and a group he was working with) found a better way to measure the ancient ocean temperature for that period, and learned that the ocean was indeed quite warm back then.

    (cont.)

  • (cont.)

    Anyone who cites Veizer as a denier, or who claims the climate was cool back when CO2 was even higher than now, needs to see Veizer's latest work. The paper is: Came RE, Eiler JM, Veizer J et al (2007) Coupling of surface temperatures and atmospheric CO2 concentrations during the Palaeozoic era Nature 449, 198-201. (cont.)

  • (cont.)

    Shaviv has pretty much no one left on his side in the science community. His idea is just too tenuous and when you explain it in full detail it's obvious why, just by Occam's razor: The AGW (anthropogenic global warming) model goes: CO2 traps heat from the sun; we're increasing CO2, so it's getting hotter. (Simple!) (cont.)

  • (cont.)

    The CRF model goes: Periodically increased solar wind (flares) stimulates the Earth's magnetic field, which in turn inhibits the penetration of cosmic rays from space into the atmosphere. Cosmic rays nucleate cloud formation, so fewer of them means less clouds. (cont.)

  • (cont.)

    However, low altitude clouds contribute to global cooling while high altitude clouds contribute to global warming, so somehow the low altitude clouds are not forming while the high altitude clouds are forming at least as well as normal. (cont.)

  • (cont.)

    Even when you say it, it sounds stupid. The cloud formation data does not support the theory, neither does the data on latitudinal differences in CRF. (More rays should be able to penetrate near the poles where the magnetic field is weaker.)

    This theory is pretty much dead to everyone but Shaviv and a few deniers who are desperate for any excuse to escape the conclusion Anthropogenic Global Warming is real!

  • Furthermore, to confuse the validity of the problem with the viability of possible solutions. Is just plain... dumb.

    btw, you might have a bit more credibility if you could spell.