May 12, 2004

Global Warming and a Wetter World

While activists and politicians attempt to stem the tide of global warming through regulations, the "Earth" is changing, showing a robustness with respect to "greenhouse gases".

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian scientists have found the Earth may be more resilient to global warming than first thought, and they say a warmer world means a wetter planet, encouraging more plants to grow and soak up greenhouse gases.

As a child in the 1970s I recall being warned about the coming ice age due to pollution. On this basis laws were enacted and regulations imposed that changed the course of business and effected the world economy. One has to wonder about the true extent of the global warming crisis given the exaggeration of activists, the complexity of the world environment, the limited data and our track record of prediction.

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March 20, 2004

Global Warming

Resources on Global Warming from Skepticism.net:

If some environmentalists are to be believed, we are on the verge of massive global climate change which will see a significant rise in sea levels, chaotic weather patterns, and catastrophic droughts all caused by small increase in global average temperature.

This site provides links to resources skeptical of those sort of doomsday scenarios. The articles linked to here are written by a wide variety of people, from scientists to laypeople, and their inclusion here should not be read as an endorsement of their positions.

Just as when dealing with things coming out of the environmentalist camp, you need to use your brain and decide for yourself to what extent global warming poses a threat to humanity.

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February 05, 2004

Weakening Greenhouse Effect

A new study appearing in the January 10 issue of Geophysical Research Letters has found that the greenhouse effect may be weakening due to changes in cloud cover that do not correspond with climate model predictions.

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