The global temperature empirical evidence is so clear cut, and verified, that two of the most prominent climate scientists on opposing sides of the global
warming issue agree on the science fundamentals: there has been no statistically significant warming over the last 15 years.
Not exact matches
Despite what officials described as a
warm meeting, China and the European Union could not
agree on a broader final communique meant to focus on a range of other
issues discussed at the talks, including a commitment to free trade and measures needed to reduce a global steel glut.
He suggested that «most people are
warming to the idea that whilst we've come together to govern in partnership together in the national interest, of course there are
issues where we do not
agree — and are going to be quite open and relaxed about it».
«If it's conservative white males on global
warming, pick a different
issue and you'll find another group that has trouble thinking in a way that
agrees with experts.»
And shouldn't it have helped reduce the element of surprise that a National Academy of Sciences study already concluded that the
warming seen in the surface station record was «undoubtedly real,» that Menne et al showed that highly touted station siting
issues did not in fact compromise the record, that the satellite record
agrees with the surface record in every important respect (see Fig. 7 here), and that numerous independent studies (many of them by amateurs) also confirmed the
warming trend?
Without diminishing the reality of the
issues around global
warming, I
agree that there needs to be less hysterical approach towards solutions.
How to arrange global
warming is a complex problem.I
agree to Dave Robert's some view that we should not only action to reduce greenhouse gas even it is most important
issue.
If a preponderance of left wing people
agree we are
warming the climate, maybe they are simply correct on the
issue.
Edward Lendner, who was director of climate
issues in a previous White House administration, wrote last week: «In what would be the single most important contingency that could impact civil society in the United States and other nations around the world, there is no
agreed upon plan for how to deal with a collapsing world in the distant future if climate change and global
warming get out of control and mass migrations northward create chaos in both wealthy and poor countries.»
So should I call your «denier» stance «junk conspiracy science» even though we
agree on the
warming issue?
Just over half in the survey, 51 percent, say there is «a lot of disagreement among scientists» over the existence of global
warming, down 11 points from 2009 but still higher than the share who say scientists
agree with one another on the
issue, 43 percent.
It seems the problems began when the journal's editors
agreed to a special
issue on «Pattern in solar variability, their planetary origin and terrestrial impacts,» in which the
issue's editors had the temerity to «doubt the continued, even accelerated,
warming as claimed by the IPCC project.»
I
agree that it is a well - reasoned look at recent temperature records, but the missing
issue is the anecdotal evidence that exists to suggest that the planet has had major periods where is has been as
warm, if not
warmer, than it is today.
I
agree with you, Donn, that the CO2 and global
warming issues have been politicized, and I think you win the day on your assertions that present policies will cause great economic harm to the U.S.
I
agree with lolwot that the
warming trend has accelerated, it's just the direction I take
issue with...
Only 39 percent of the public believes that scientists think global
warming is an
issue, compared with 97 percent of scientists publishing in the field who
agree that the earth's climate is
warming and the trend in human - induced.
I totally
agree Jennifer; when the
issue theme was «Global
Warming» sceptics said NO, the climate is always changing.
In short, Tol
AGREES with the idea at
issue - namely, that an overwhelming number of those in climate science and related fields accept global
warming as real and occurring.
Democrats also are more likely to perceive a scientific consensus on the
issue; 59 % say most scientists
agree that the earth is
warming mostly due to human activity, while 32 % think scientists do not
agree.
Its supplemental online interview of the late IPCC scientist Dr Stephen Schneider quoted his opinion about the Global Climate Coalition as being «a coalition of liars and spin doctors to reposition the debate onto the
issue of uncertainty, way beyond [what] the scientific community
agreed with» (he probably meant to say it was the Western Fuels Association, out to «reposition global
warming as theory rather than fact», an error I note at item 17 here).
Former U.S. Senator Timothy Wirth (D - CO), then representing the Clinton - Gore administration as U.S Undersecretary of State for global
issues, addressing the same Rio Climate Summit audience,
agreed: «We have got to ride the global
warming issue.
A hard core of global
warming catastrophists are socialists who support global
warming abatement not because they understand or
agree with the science, but because they like the cover the
issue gives them to pursue their historic goals.
Having debated this
issue with British Antarctic Survey scientists and found astonishingly that they had no evidence for the hypothesis that CO2 amplifies the orbital - induced
warming once it has begun — they were left lamely saying that the data «is entirely consistent with» that hypothesis — I have to
agree with Willis's characterisation of the very weak video above: it amplified rather than damped my doubts about that hypothesis.
In the case of the global
warming issue, a person having either a set position or no position at all becomes corrupted by industry money the moment he or she
agrees to engage in dishonest behavior prompted from that payment.
It is often the case that the old
warmer / denier categories split people who
agree with each other on a certain
issue.
First, in regard to Ross Gelbspan, it appears Blakemore has a backpedal situation that most people would
agree a reporter should never be caught doing, then there is a problem with a particular line in Blakemore's ABC News bio, and finally there is the larger problem of how the global
warming issue seems to owe its life to the sheer lack of rigorous journalism about it.
With climate change talks running into their second week, the International Energy Agency (IEA)
issued a statement directed to the negotiators, warning that its analysis «shows achieving the internationally
agreed climate goal of limiting
warming to two degrees Celsius is becoming more difficult and more expensive with every passing year».
Surprisingly, the statement by the sixteen scientists that «CO2 is not a pollutant» is defended by reference to a common dictionary rather than to a scientific source.d But in the end they
agree that the real
issue is whether this «component» will «cause significant and destructive global
warming.»
What we should do is identify the most ambitious mitigation scenario in AR5 and, based on this,
agree a global budget to 2050, as well as
agreed levels of emissions for 2020, 2025 and 2030, all consistent with a reasonable chance of keeping
warming below 1.5 C. Subsequently, we should identify a methodology based on historical responsibilities and respective capabilities, and which is adjusted for development needs, to define developed countries» commitments on key
issues such as mitigation and finance for 2020, 2025 and 2030.
On the global
warming issue posted by Justin, I can't say that I
agree with his observation.
The other
issues contribute to the range of uncertainty in projections of future
warming projected by the IPCC and others, but this range does not include zero, a point which is
agreed by most or all of those working on these topics as I've noted.
I
agree that there are semantic
issues, but I don't think heat storage in the oceans or
warming ice are among them.
I
agree that Alex Jones is wrong on a number of
issues and dangerously wrong on the
issue of global
warming, but it should also acknowledged that he reports a lot of truth that the mainstream media won't report, the latest example, being the gaping holes in the official story about the story of Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab and Flight 253, «Authorities Quietly Reverse Underwear Bomber Official Story».