More information on NASA’s temperature data, and why it points to a major global warming trend despite the Earth actually being in a twenty-year-long “cooling period.”
More information on NASA’s temperature data, and why it points to a major global warming trend despite the Earth actually being in a twenty-year-long “cooling period.”
You realize of course, this will produce global warming from the flame-war that will result in the comments section?
That’s okay, it can counteract the global cooling that’s actually happening. 😉
The consensus is otherwise. So far you’ve only pointed out the opinion chiefly of a Canadian climatologist, and Canadians have a vested interest in not interfering with global warming. 😉
Hmm, I notice this is a new story. Never mind, I won’t pay any attention to facts! I know that Al Gore, who invented the internet, is an expert on everything. 😉
The “consensus,” from every scientific source except NASA, is that the Earth has been cooling for the past two decades. NASA’s data disagrees. Canadian or not, I think he’s right to question the discrepancies in the data.
And if you refuse to pay attention to the facts, at least you’re in good company: a lot of people are doing that on the subject. Politicians especially, though that’s nothing new, they’ve had practice ignoring the facts on any number of other subjects as well.
I’m willing to doubt global warming. The climate seems to be more chaotic where I live than either warmer or cooler. However, how do you explain the polar ice shrinkage?
I don’t know about the north pole, but if you look at the article, you can see that most of the south pole is actually colder than it was previously. It’s only warmer along the edges, and even there it’s questionable just how much warmer it actually is.
On the other hand, there is some evidence that glaciers are melting faster than before in several parts of the world, which would suggest global warming, or at least warming in certain areas.
My point isn’t to refute global warming, it’s to question the evidence that has been provided so far, especially when that evidence is so blatantly out of line with other sources due to questionable revisions.
Please, read the article, and maybe the one I mentioned previously (also referenced at the beginning of this one). Then make up your own mind.
But Head Geek, today was a very warm day, and I voted for Al Gore vs. Bush!