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by: Francita Active Indicator LED Icon 17 OP 
~ 8 years ago   Apr 1, '15 8:18am  
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Francita Active Indicator LED Icon 17 OP 
~ 8 years ago   Apr 1, '15 8:19am  
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Retired_Engineer Active Indicator LED Icon 13
~ 8 years ago   Apr 1, '15 7:10pm  
That article is a mish-mash of contradictory statements.  I've been a long-time subscriber to National Geographic, and the quality of their articles has gone downhill.  They have shifted from observation with some commentary to commentary with a lot of editorializing and even PC propaganda. 4951
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~ 8 years ago   Apr 1, '15 8:45pm  
It is a Mish-Mash because it the scientist don't understand what is going on. They know that Global warming is "real" but they can't seem to get the model worked out so it agrees with what is happening. JJ 4951
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~ 8 years ago   Apr 1, '15 8:51pm  
There is no such thing as global warming. 4951
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ProblemAgain Active Indicator LED Icon 10
~ 8 years ago   Apr 1, '15 8:57pm  
"The science is particularly complex because the ozone hole
continues to affect the region's climate in ways that aren't well
understood. And global circulation of winds and currents remains a
challenge for scientists to grasp.
 
"One record warm temperature doesn't cut through all that complexity," says Schmidt. (Learn about the recent cold snap in the U.S.)
 
When it comes to the whole planet, the Earth remains on track to warm
by an average of at least two degrees C (3.6 degrees F) by the end of
the century, scientists report,
although precisely how much is expected to depend on countries'
abilities to reduce emissions of heat-trapping greenhouse gases."the point is that, for example, while we had record cold in some eastern areas of the us this winter, there were records being set in the western areas for dryness and warmer temperatures. it is a hugely complex model with large numbers of variables which in turn affect other variables. at the base of it all is the agreement by 97 per cent of climate scientists that the climate change is real and the impetus to try to alter that before we reach a tipping point and will alter our world in ways which are detrimental to life itself by changing the climate to the extent that it alters the food supply and fresh water resources 4951
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~ 8 years ago   Apr 1, '15 9:01pm  
I don't think anybody can argue that climate change is occurring. It always has been changing and it always will. The question is whether man is changing it faster and globally in one direction, warmer. I personally don't think that has been proven either way yet.JJ 4951
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BusyMommy Active Indicator LED Icon
~ 8 years ago   Apr 1, '15 11:12pm  
Whether or not we are causing warming, we are causing damage. The focus should be minimizing the damage we cause and placing this priority above corporate interests. ALWAYS. 4951
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~ 8 years ago   Apr 1, '15 11:43pm  
It is a Mish-Mash because it the scientist don't understand what is going on. They know that Global warming is "real" but they can't seem to get the model worked out so it agrees with what is happening. JJ
 
@jj17:  They stopped using the term "Global Warming" after some areas on this planet had record LOW temperatures.  They now use "Climate Change" because they don't fully understand what is happening or why.@ProblemAgain:  I know that most climate scientists think the planet is warming, but they certainly don't know for sure or why.  At one point in time, around 99+% of the world's "scientists" thought the world was flat and that the sun revolved around the earth.  A consensus of agreement does not make it true.  Climate Change is a big bandwagon (political and environmental) and many are jumping on board.  These scientists today can't possibly know exactly what the temperatures were all over the world 100 years ago.  So they are comparing what they think they know from the past to better measurements now.  I don't doubt that the world's climate is changing, but I haven't seen unequivocal evidence that it is being caused by mankind. Look back 100 years and industry had ZERO controls/limits on their emissions, almost every home was heated by burning coal/wood/natural gas. There was a freak summer blizzard last year in Russian Siberia.  Snow and hail fell on July 12, 2014.  In a matter of minutes, the temperature dropped from 68F (20C) to around 32F (0C).In Sept 2014, a freak blizzard hit Alberta, Canada.  The temperatures had been in the 80s the week before.  The sudden snow storm decimated the tree canopy of Calgary and most of southern Alberta. They reported:    In the past ten years we have seen the greatest floods, droughts, blizzards, hail storms and fires in Alberta's history.  No one knows what caused those events.The summer of 2014 is widely believed to be the coolest summer the USA has experienced since they started keeping some records in the 1880s.Top 10 Extreme Weather Anomalies:   listverse.com/2011/0 7/15/top-10-extreme- weather-anomalies/My point in all of these examples is that the earth's climate has gone through many "climate changes" and even some significant extremes (both hot and cold).   Meteorologists/climate scientists can't give us an accurate 7-day forecast, but we're supposed to believe their predictions for the end of this century?!?I agree with you on many things, but on this issue, we'll just have to agree to disagree.  Emoticon
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ProblemAgain Active Indicator LED Icon 10
~ 8 years ago   Apr 2, '15 12:34am  
oh crap i typed a whole response in and it vaporized...i'll get back to it aanother time...in the meantime  4951
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