I think by design or not (although the Repubs are truly guilty of this, by design) there has been a concerted attack on science especially starting wtih Bush Jr. or Shrub as we like to call him. Maybe it will turn out to be a good thing, maybe science needed a wake up call to keep them honest. I doubt this because there are many honest scientists out there still. Money has corrupted science, but not for a Liberal bias, but the opposite. but those that have been attacking it have gone too far, of course, and now just about everyone, myself included, barely believes anything any more. It is a very strange place for supposedly modern intelligent humans to be in. I dearly hope we get thru this period relatively unscathed. This worries me a lot however because there is real science out there that is being either ignored or drowned out with bad science. We can’t exist very long (at least in a healthy way) in this mess we are in.

Not to mention the magnitude of data in support of climate change.

There isn’t really that much original data/research to support global warming. There’s Mann et-al’s work on constructing the (now debunked) “hockey-stick chart,” some (fudged, inaccurate) climate modelling software, and a whole bunch of studies that just rehash and repackage previous work. There’s a lot written about these few things but very little original data.

How about this for a conspriacy theory? (Disclaimer: my own, I just made it up) – All these elitist Leftys (mostly) created a false doctrine (global warming) so as to make people around the globe become VERY dubious if not out-right skeptical of ANY further major (or minor) claims made by the scientific community, once the truth makes itself known (it will either get arming, cooler or stay the same). Why would they go to all that trouble and risk their own reputations like that? They only thing I can think of is this: So They (and their private worker bees) can control and manipulate the flow of information to us peons because no one will believe the”experts”. This is, of course, already occurring; but bits and pieces of real and raw data still slip thru to the huddled and dirty masses. Not a bad conspriacy theory if I do say so myself…! Any one have a better one?

You’re new here, so I’ll cut you some slack and allow you some time for everything to sink in. I know it’s probably hard to accept new information that contradicts a decade or more of steady indoctrination. Let me help you piece this all together. The earth is not presently on a warming trend. It WAS. When it was, it was probably due to solar activity above all else. Nobody is saying the Earth is getting hotter because of clouds. The articles say that the most potent greenhouse gas is water vapor, accounting for something like 90% of the earth’s ability to retain heat. It’s insulation.

Anthropogenic (man-caused) CO2 emissions have been on the rise for the past 60 years or so – this isn’t in dispute, but it’s still a tiny, tiny amount compared to natural forces and now it seems that the Earth is fully able to deal with the tiny rise in emissions. (note emissions and atmospheric proportions are not the same thing).

The Earth is indeed cooling. It has been for years. By that, I mean average global temperatures. To summarize: man-made CO2 emissions are up. Atmospheric concentrations of CO2 are not. The earth was warming. Now it’s cooling. This is natural, normal, and there’s little, if anything we can do to alter he natural warming and cooling cycles of the Earth. I hope that helps put the articles in context. Good luck.

What a joke! CO2 has not been increasing, you say! How can anybody write that????? Mauna Loa’s CO2 measurements are determined by its own volcanic emissions! Wow!!!!! These are astounding and incredibly ridiculous statements! Ignorance of a magnitude never previously seen!

One article on this web site claims the earth is cooling. The next article claims it’s warming because of clouds. One says CO2 isn’t increasing (an amazing statement). Another says CO2 is increasing but that doesn’t affect the climate.

Wow! Wow! Wow! What a way to spend your time on this earth! Go take that article down, Dan. Be a man, for heavens sake! Take down the lies, write about what is true. Shave, take a shower, breathe the air, start a new and honest life.

You posted a lie (claiming that CO2 hasn’t been rising) and have refused to remove your lie from the internet.

Please do so promptly.

Mariza