Athletics Illustrated, I challenge you to answer one question that I believe you will NOT answer. There is much we could both present, we can cherry pick data, we can chose to attack Al Gore or some other individual source and I think you would prefer to do that. I just have one question for you and truthfully you seem to have good reasoning skills so I'm curious how you will handle this question. After your post I have listed quotes from 18 highly esteemed scientific societies indicating that they believe in Global Warming due to human activities. Do you honestly believe that these 18 esteemed scientific groups are wrong and you are right? (I guessing either no response or an evasive response)C
Athletics Illustrated wrote:
This is a general response, as there are few to answer to.
1.) It is easy to poke holes in sources that those who do not accept the theory of AGW utilize, but somehow it is not relevant to discuss Climategate 1 and Climategate 2 or the fact that Al Gore flunked the only science course he ever took and the man who taught it, does not accept AGW any longer (forget his name, look it up).
Gore is no more valid as many of the people who do not accept AGW that also do not have degrees in science, so that argument is totally moot.
2.) The process to get the so-called 97% consensus from the scientific community has already been shredded as not valid and many of the scientists who signed their names have since rescinded.
UN data graphs show NO WARMING in 18 years.
The Arctic was to be 100% ice-free by summer of 2013? or was it 2014? That was the prediction. It has not come to pass.
Hundreds of urban thermometers have been found to be situated next to warm buildings, heat vents and other heat sources. Apparently big city urban temperatures have gone up as much as 10F, however, this is not AGW, but situational localized warming that influences thermometer readings.
The Arctic has begun its typical refreeze sooner. The Antarctic is at modern records that we know of.
Hurricanes have almost completely disappeared.
What else? The Himalayan mountains that had glaciers disappear, is not from AGW, but from tree clearing, causing wind to reach areas that normally they cannot.
Shall I go on?
You can't throw slings and arrows at the right-sided politics and yet not accept slings and arrows back regarding the left-sided politics.
As I said in my first post, seek and you shall find. There are so many scientists arguing against AGW, all you have to do is search for them, because the mainstream media is certainly not spoon feeding you that side of the debate - therefore you are not going to hear or see it, unless you look.
following is a partial list of these organizations, along with links to their published statements and a selection of related resources.
AMERICAN SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES
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Statement on climate change from 18 scientific associations
"Observations throughout the world make it clear that climate change is occurring, and rigorous scientific research demonstrates that the greenhouse gases emitted by human activities are the primary driver." (2009)2
American Association for the Advancement of Science
"The scientific evidence is clear: global climate change caused by human activities is occurring now, and it is a growing threat to society." (2006)3
American Chemical Society
"Comprehensive scientific assessments of our current and potential future climates clearly indicate that climate change is real, largely attributable to emissions from human activities, and potentially a very serious problem." (2004)4
American Geophysical Union
"Human‐induced climate change requires urgent action. Humanity is the major influence on the global climate change observed over the past 50 years. Rapid societal responses can significantly lessen negative outcomes." (Adopted 2003, revised and reaffirmed 2007, 2012, 2013)5
American Medical Association
"Our AMA ... supports the findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s fourth assessment report and concurs with the scientific consensus that the Earth is undergoing adverse global climate change and that anthropogenic contributions are significant." (2013)6
American Meteorological Society
"It is clear from extensive scientific evidence that the dominant cause of the rapid change in climate of the past half century is human-induced increases in the amount of atmospheric greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide (CO2), chlorofluorocarbons, methane, and nitrous oxide." (2012)7
American Physical Society
"The evidence is incontrovertible: Global warming is occurring. If no mitigating actions are taken, significant disruptions in the Earth’s physical and ecological systems, social systems, security and human health are likely to occur. We must reduce emissions of greenhouse gases beginning now." (2007)8
The Geological Society of America
"The Geological Society of America (GSA) concurs with assessments by the National Academies of Science (2005), the National Research Council (2006), and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, 2007) that global climate has warmed and that human activities (mainly greenhouse‐gas emissions) account for most of the warming since the middle 1900s." (2006; revised 2010)9
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SCIENCE ACADEMIES
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International academies: Joint statement
"Climate change is real. There will always be uncertainty in understanding a system as complex as the world’s climate. However there is now strong evidence that significant global warming is occurring. The evidence comes from direct measurements of rising surface air temperatures and subsurface ocean temperatures and from phenomena such as increases in average global sea levels, retreating glaciers, and changes to many physical and biological systems. It is likely that most of the warming in recent decades can be attributed to human activities (IPCC 2001)." (2005, 11 international science academies)10
U.S. National Academy of Sciences
"The scientific understanding of climate change is now sufficiently clear to justify taking steps to reduce the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere." (2005)11
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U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
U.S. Global Change Research Program
"The global warming of the past 50 years is due primarily to human-induced increases in heat-trapping gases. Human 'fingerprints' also have been identified in many other aspects of the climate system, including changes in ocean heat content, precipitation, atmospheric moisture, and Arctic sea ice." (2009, 13 U.S. government departments and agencies)12
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INTERGOVERNMENTAL BODIES
-Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
“Warming of the climate system is unequivocal, as is now evident from observations of increases in global average air and ocean temperatures, widespread melting of snow and ice, and rising global average sea level.”13
“Most of the observed increase in global average temperatures since the mid-20th century is very likely* due to the observed increase in anthropogenic greenhouse gas concentrations.”14
*IPCC defines ‘very likely’ as greater than 90 percent probability of occurrence.
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OTHER RESOURCES
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List of worldwide scientific organizations
The following page lists the nearly 200 worldwide scientific organizations that hold the position that climate change has been caused by human action.
http://opr.ca.gov/s_listoforganizations.phpU.S. agencies
The following page contains information on what federal agencies are doing to adapt to climate change.
http://www.c2es.org/docUploads/federal-agencies-adaptation.pdf.
Read more:
http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=6046504&page=3#ixzz3FUnq0lCWSaying this, I am all for doing things that are better for the planet making sacrifices and enjoying the planet in a responsible manner. I just don't buy the religious-like position of AGW, from the first time I saw the moving, I thought, what a sales pitch. I was correct. Al Gore has gotten quite rich from it.