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Worldwide, 2012 was among the 10 warmest years on record according to the 2012 State of the Climate report released online today by the American
Meteorological Society (AMS). The peer-reviewed report, with scientists from NOAA’s National Climatic
Data Center in Asheville, N.C., serving as lead editors, was
compiled by 384 scientists from 52 countries (highlights, full report). It provides a detailed update on global
climate indicators, notable weather events, and other data collected by
environmental monitoring stations and instruments on land, sea, ice, and sky
Conditions in the Arctic were a major story of 2012, with the region
experiencing unprecedented change and breaking several records. Sea ice shrank
to its smallest “summer minimum” extent since satellite records began 34 years
ago. In addition, more than 97 percent of the Greenland ice sheet showed some
form of melt during the summer, four times greater than the 1981–2010 average
melt extent.
I really don't give a rats patoot. Seriously. It's not going to convince the believers and the non-believers that their theories are wrong.
Yes, the climate is changing. I don't need some scientist to tell me that. Instead of arguing about the cause, I think these "scientists" on both sides need to come up with a way to continue growing food and feeding people in spite of the change.
There are some scientists in the AGW movement who have written that it's already too late to fix the problem. They think that the focus should now be on adapting to a changing world. Very few scientists are in that consensus, but it's worth considering.
People are getting their "facts" from blogs that have no way of backing up any of the claims that are made? People will believe anything they read on the internet.
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You are proof of that
You certainly are proof of that, as you proved with your thread:
Even worse, the claim in your thread title is completely at odds with the original source article. So did you not bother to read the original source or are you deliberately lying?
There are some scientists in the AGW movement who have written that it's already too late to fix the problem. They think that the focus should now be on adapting to a changing world. Very few scientists are in that consensus, but it's worth considering.
Absolutely. If the climate is changing, then other ways to grow our food and get our water needs to be explored, tested, and implemented. This debate on whether man is responsible for it, and if so, how much, is ridiculous.
There are some scientists in the AGW movement who have written that it's already too late to fix the problem. They think that the focus should now be on adapting to a changing world. Very few scientists are in that consensus, but it's worth considering.
We need to do both, changing our lifestyle and adapting. Too much of our population lives within a few miles of the coastline, that needs to change. The most severe problems will occur in poorer nations that rely on glaciers for drinking water and don't have the resources to recover from a rising ocean and loss of food. There are many good reasons to reduce our consumption of fossil fuels aside from global warming.
We need to do both, changing our lifestyle and adapting. Too much of our population lives within a few miles of the coastline, that needs to change. The most severe problems will occur in poorer nations that rely on glaciers for drinking water and don't have the resources to recover from a rising ocean and loss of food. There are many good reasons to reduce our consumption of fossil fuels aside from global warming.
Absolutely, because fossil fuel is a finite source of energy.
A scam to some, a reality to others. Do you really think that all the pollutants we put into the air doesn't affect the atmosphere. I'm sorry but I want to protect the earth for future generations.
So you say its okay to lie, deceive, manipulate, and steal as long as it fits your agenda... Congratulations welcome to Global Warming RELIGION... NOT SCIENCE... The atmosphere is vast... and things don't stay in the atmosphere forever... have you tried to carbon date how old the atmosphere is? You can't because they don't stay very long and the amount that is there is so small you couldn't collect enough of it...
“Everyone who isn’t a blog scientist please leave the room”
"Even the guest posters are producing unbelievable sh-it" ... "It's not true, your post of climate elves was excellent"
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