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'Is there scientific consensus? The 2007 report from the IPCC, a group of scientists from 113 countries who studied the peer-reviewed research, concluded they are 90 percent confident that global warming is caused by humans. Scientific research does not claim anything with absolute certainty, but this is about as close as it gets.
The conclusion that humans are causing global warming also is shared by the National Academy of Sciences, the nation's leading scientific advisory body, and similar academies in 18 other countries.'
from a recent article in the Chicago Tribune
I guess all of the 'scientists' posting here know better than the actual scientific community-
'Nor have the stolen e-mails or IPCC errors revealed much beyond the intemperate language some climate scientists used to describe their critics, and the human fallibility of others.
The debate reflects how politicians and activists tend to speak in black and white, while most scientists speak in shades of gray and temper their complex findings in degrees of uncertainty.
"There have been some mistakes by scientists, but they have been blown completely out of proportion," said John Cook, an Australian physicist who writes the popular blog and iPhone application Skeptical Science, which catalogues peer-reviewed climate change studies. "Skeptic arguments typically are based on one small part of the puzzle, rather than the broader picture." Lost amid the ruckus is the widespread agreement, even among many skeptics, that greenhouse gases pumped into the atmosphere, largely from the burning of fossil fuels, are driving up global temperatures. That remains one of the core conclusions from the IPCC's landmark report, and was echoed repeatedly by the Bush administration even as it was criticized for failing to do anything about it.'
perhaps it is better to post a link where people are provided summary answers to AGW skeptic "arguments" and are directed to peer-reviewed science that supports AGW
'Is there scientific consensus? The 2007 report from the IPCC, a group of scientists from 113 countries who studied the peer-reviewed research, concluded they are 90 percent confident that global warming is caused by humans. Scientific research does not claim anything with absolute certainty, but this is about as close as it gets.
The conclusion that humans are causing global warming also is shared by the National Academy of Sciences, the nation's leading scientific advisory body, and similar academies in 18 other countries.'
from a recent article in the Chicago Tribune
I guess all of the 'scientists' posting here know better than the actual scientific community-
Many years ago scientist also concluded that they were 90 percent confident that the earth is flat.
RAZ: Give us a sense of how much ice has been lost over the past, say, 10 years.
Ms. FERRIGNO: I think I'll go back 20 years, and in the last 20 years, I would say at least 20,000 square kilometers of ice has been lost, and that's comparable to an area somewhere between the state of Texas and the state of Alaska.
RAZ: So about the size of the state of Texas in terms of ice has been lost in the past 20 years.
First one to point out the problem with this statement gets an honorary doctorate from UT Knoxville. *chuckle*
And no, there is no possible way to explain the error made, it is without a doubt a very ignorant remark to make considering who is making it and the field it is made in. Climate science at work!
'Is there scientific consensus? The 2007 report from the IPCC, a group of scientists from 113 countries who studied the peer-reviewed research, concluded they are 90 percent confident that global warming is caused by humans. Scientific research does not claim anything with absolute certainty, but this is about as close as it gets.
The conclusion that humans are causing global warming also is shared by the National Academy of Sciences, the nation's leading scientific advisory body, and similar academies in 18 other countries.'
from a recent article in the Chicago Tribune
I guess all of the 'scientists' posting here know better than the actual scientific community-
Anyone who quotes the 2007 IPCC reports must be completely ignorant of the news of late....
Its kind of like quoting Bill Clinton on the subject of fidelity.
First one to point out the problem with this statement gets an honorary doctorate from UT Knoxville. *chuckle*
And no, there is no possible way to explain the error made, it is without a doubt a very ignorant remark to make considering who is making it and the field it is made in. Climate science at work!
LOL! Well Texas is about 270,000 square MILES! that works out to almost 700,000 square kilometers!
New Jersey is a bit over 20,000 sq. kilometers.
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