I don't really think that many of the articles I've read on Climate Change ignore the ups and downs of the climate over history. Most of the more recent stuff I've read about has been specifically about Carbon in the atmosphere and it's impact on warming. It's entirely possible that the earth isn't warming just because of carbon, but there is overwhelming evidence that carbon does cause the earth to warm.
I think on the contrary, real scientists are debating what causes cycles in the earth's climate and attempting to measure mankind's impact on it. Ignorance comes into play when either side tossed up their hands and throws out all the evidence because there isn't enough. All scientific theories grow over time, that's part of the process. But tossing out the current theory in it's entirety is foolish. There is definite value in continuing to study climate change but waiting till we have enough evidence is gonna mean we need to wait a very very long time (very). The scary stuff comes with some of the studies of the earth's oceans and their ability to retain all the carbon they've been soaking up. If that changes, then carbon's gonna accelerate even more in the atmosphere. Even more reason to study it's effects even more vigorously. The bleaching of coral reefs is a good indicator that the ocean's acidity levels are getting dangerously high (absorbing carbon makes the ocean more acidic). -Cameron On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 12:08 AM, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The larger point is that, in order to arrive at predictions of catastrophic > man-made global warming, proponents must pretend that the natural warming > and cooling cycles of the planet do not exist, that, without mankind's > influence, the planet's atmosphere will remain exactly the same. That kind > of thinking demonstrates either ignorance or intentional disregard of our > knowledge of natural planetary climate change. > > > On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 5:47 AM, Cameron C wrote: > >> Why measure things over such long periods of time? It was cooler >> outside my house this morning than yesterday, therefore, climate >> change is a myth. >> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:261979 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
