Man Made Global Warming 101:
Consensus:
- 97% of climate scientists agree that climate-warming trends over the past century are very likely due to human activities
While many scientists are willing to go on record to point out trends in global warming, more than 17,000 scientists have signed a petition circulated by the Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine saying that they see no evidence of global warming at all.
Less formal surveys amongst climatologists have pointed in the same direction.
I think it already was warmer, and now it is getting colder.
Then you are wrong.
But, but, but, Kat don't you understand?
Rexlunae,
You're an atheist.
Since 99.99% of theologians are in agreement that God exists, why are you a denier?
I'm not sure I buy your statistic, but even if I did, their discipline is not a science, and it isn't one that can easily assert facts.
197 international scientific organizationsNot true.
"It originated from an endlessly reported 2009 American Geophysical Union (AGU) survey consisting of an intentionally brief two-minute, two question online survey sent to 10,257 earth scientists by two researchers at the University of Illinois. Of the about 3.000 who responded, 82% answered “yes” to the second question, which like the first, most people I know would also have agreed with.
Then of those, only a small subset, just 77 who had been successful in getting more than half of their papers recently accepted by peer-reviewed climate science journals, were considered in their survey statistic. That “98% all scientists” referred to a laughably puny number of 75 of those 77 who answered “yes”.
That Scientific Global Warming Consensus...Not!
I'm not sure I buy your statistic, but even if I did, their discipline is not a science, and it isn't one that can easily assert facts.
If you don't understand it well enough to present it here, how do you know they aren't just fooling you again?
I'm noticing the solar activity dropping, while the temps go up. That's the opposite of your belief.
You'll have to explain why you think solar output is driving warming, when solar output has been declining for a half-century, while global temps have been increasing.
Another fifty years, say?
Normally, sunspot minima have an almost immediate effect on climate.
If your belief was true, then the 50-year decline in solar output would be matched by cooler temperatures. But we see the opposite. Warming continues.
Well, let's take a look...
Cycle 24 still remains the weakest solar cycle in 100 years. It’s nowhere near NASA’s forecast smoothed peak. Data indicating weak sunspot activity over the next couple cycles remain strong.
Sorry, if they don't even have the record right, why would anyone want to go there?
It's been 50 years now. A few more decades, you think?
And the seventh hottest winter on record. You're confusing weather with climate.
If you're afraid that I'm tricking you into thinking for yourself, so that you'll come to agree with me, then we've uncovered another problem.
Sounds good to me. These you prefer are probably in the business of making global warming an issue?Kat writes:
And 39 of the 17,000 are actually real climatologists, with degrees and expertise in the field. Which is actually pretty impressive, given the evidence for anthropogenic warming. Something like 0.02 percent of all climatologists.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_Petition
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The Oregon Petition Project clarified their verification process as follows:
The petitioners could submit responses only by physical mail, not electronic mail, to limit fraud. Older signatures submitted via the web were not removed. The verification of the scientists was listed at 95%,[14] but the means by which this verification was done was not specified.
Signatories to the petition were requested to list an academic degree.[15] The petition sponsors stated that approximately two thirds held higher degrees.[14] As of 2013, the petition's website states, "The current list of 31,487 petition signers includes 9,029 PhD; 7,157 MS; 2,586 MD and DVM; and 12,715 BS or equivalent academic degrees. Most of the MD and DVM signers also have underlying degrees in basic science."[16]
Petitioners were also requested to list their academic discipline. As of 2007, about 2,400 people in addition to the original 17,100 signatories were "trained in fields other than science or whose field of specialization was not specified on their returned petition."[14] The petition sponsors state the following numbers of individuals from each discipline:[16]
Atmospheric, Environmental and Earth sciences: 3,805 (Climatology: 39)
Computer and Mathematical sciences: 935
Physics & Aerospace sciences: 5,812
Biochemistry, Biology, and Agriculture: 2,965
Medicine: 3,046
Engineering and General Science: 10,102
[197 international scientific organizations and their members beg to differ!
Then you are wrong. Simple as that.
They have Phd's in the study of God.
If that high of a percentage of them agree there is a God, why are you a denier?
If a climatologist loses their belief in global warming, they remain a climatologist.
That wasn't my point.
My point was that the 97% is a myth.
Everything about man made global warming is based on lies and/or myths.
Are you sure about that?
Do you know of any climatologists who work in the private sector?
They have Phd's in the study of God.
If that high of a percentage of them agree there is a God, why are you a denier?