Global Warming 101 (2 of 5) - The Human Impact

The actions of mankind often are accompanied by unforeseen and unintended consequences. Now, human activities have pushed atmospheric CO2 content to its highest level in 650,000 years and at an unprecedented rate.

SOURCES
Bagger 288: Bucketwheel Excavator
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagger_288

U.S. Coal Mining
http://www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/1605/flash/pdf/flash.pdf
http://www.nma.org/pdf/c_most_requested.pdf

Deforestation
http://landsat.usgs.gov/documents/earth_shots_trading_cards.pdf
http://www.biology.duke.edu/jackson/ng09.pdf

Earth at Night
http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=1438

Oceanic Dead Zones
http://disc.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/oceancolor/additional/science-focus/ocean-color...

Forest Fires
http://www.nps.gov/pore/parkmgmt/upload/firemanagement_publications_pwr_rxfir...

Storm Surges and Wetlands Destruction
http://www.lacoast.gov/
http://ams.confex.com/ams/87ANNUAL/techprogram/paper_117370.htm

Landslides
http://landslides.usgs.gov/
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1067/508of05-1067.html#conchita05
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4KWxglDL3o
http://www.vcstar.com/news/2008/sep/08/settlement-reached-la-conchita-lawsuit/

Atmospheric CO2 Rise
http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/science/pastcc_fig1.html
http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/pd/climate/factsheets/areincrease.pdf
http://www.pnas.org/content/104/47/18866.full.pdf+html

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[T0B0KKE]

@Viracocha711 I think you're suporting Obama because from your point of view he is the least bad of the bads! But that doesn't make him good... Just slightly less worse...

[Viracocha711]

@T0B0KKE Defending? You asked WHY did Obama sign the NDAA Bill...And I explained why he signed it...I did not defend anything. You are creating your own reality which says more about YOU than what I wrote. Drones are new technology & like new technology can be in the military they are controversial...There have been some mistakes but for the most part they have been a huge success. War is NASTY & DISGUSTING! I know Drone Pilots in the Air Force & they are good guys.

[T0B0KKE]

@Viracocha711 You sound ludicrous for defending the NDAA bill. What about drones flying around now legally and spying and shooting people? You like that too?

[Viracocha711]

@T0B0KKE NO, the stimulus did EXACTLY what it was meant to do...The growth now is ALL private sector! The FED has done a good job as well & Bernanke deserves praise. STOP drinking the Ron Paul KOOL-AID! NDAA: To fund the military, address national security programs, DoD health care costs, counter-terrorism within the U.S. and abroad, & military modernization, imposes new economic sanctions against Iran & refocuses strategic goals of NATO towards energy security.

[T0B0KKE]

@Viracocha711 Quick recovery? The so called recovery you're having now is nothing but phony and baloney short term apparent growth because of the temporary money that was dumped in the system. If you do the math a big portion of the stimulus packages wasn't applied where it should be. The federal reserve is deeply corrupted. Bernanke has no idea of what he's doing! Bailouts of big too big to fail corps is WRONG! Answer me: Why did Obama signed the NDAA bill?

[Viracocha711]

@T0B0KKE It is intellectually LAZY to say Obama has spent money for the hell of it. Without TARP, the Auto Bailout & the Stimulus we would not be having the quick recovery we are having right now. Ron Paul is ANTI-SCIENCE! He claims science cannot know the age of the Earth much less that humans evolved! He denies Climate Change is happening & that humans have the ability to affect the climate. RP's foreign policy ideas sound nice but everything else about him is WRONG! Continued...

[Viracocha711]

@T0B0KKE Ron Paul is probably the biggest threat to personal liberty out of all the GOP Candidates! I have followed him since the early 90s & he has RAGED against what is called the "Incorporation Doctrine" that forces States to comply with the Bill of Rights. He thinks ONLY the Federal Government is bound to the Bill of Rights & States should be able to determine what rights their citizens have. Most Ron Paul fans are shocked to hear this but he has written about it for decades!

[T0B0KKE]

@Viracocha711 You also know that Obama has been spending more than he can and he is probably planing a war against Iran as we speak. I rather have Ron Paul being elected, balance the budget and then impose private property rules.

[Viracocha711]

@T0B0KKE Go to 350(dot)org and register with them...Very good website dedicated to the environment. Not sure if you are an American but if you are register to vote& VOTE! Obama tried to get climate legislation passed but was blocked by the Republican Party. If we want legislation passed our only hope is reelect Obama & vote out the Republicans in the House. If you are not an American then you are kinda screwed because without America the climate is doomed! I will try & do my part in Nov

[T0B0KKE]

@Viracocha711 I understand that and agree with you. But they rather be talking about ways to censor the internet, create more spending and wars overseas than actually solving the real problems we have got.