IQS.RLOW wrote:PS... I note you still ignore there has been no warming for 16 years when we should have been cooking.
Why do you ignore the science?
Faith?
Nice try but no cigar.
16 years ... so what.... this is what they said 2 weeks ago about that point.
The scientists, whose findings are reported in a draft summary of the next big United Nations climate report, largely dismiss a recent slowdown in the pace of warming, which is often cited by climate change doubters, attributing it most likely to short-term factors.
The report emphasizes that the basic facts about future climate change are more established than ever, justifying the rise in global concern. It also reiterates that the consequences of escalating emissions are likely to be profound.
And the THEY are: The IPCC who are:
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the leading international body for the assessment of climate change. It was established by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in 1988 to provide the world with a clear scientific view on the current state of knowledge in climate change and its potential environmental and socio-economic impacts.
I look a the science, read the reports and articles and form my own view. I look to the credentials of the authors of what I read. The sceptics are not really challenging the science through any scientific process of their own. The are acting more like the creationists. They just disbelieve the evidence and result some of the biggest brains on the planet and their conclusions.
Look at the process these guys follow and the number of people involved. I look forward to the next report that will be completed and published next year. Look here:New York time 28-Aug-2013 like 2 weeks ago
An international panel of scientists has found with near certainty that human activity is the cause of most of the temperature increases of recent decades, and warns that sea levels could conceivably rise by more than three feet by the end of the century if emissions continue at a runaway pace.
The level of carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas, is up 41 percent since the Industrial Revolution. Emissions from facilities like coal-fired power plants contribute.
The scientists, whose findings are reported in a draft summary of the next big United Nations climate report, largely dismiss a recent slowdown in the pace of warming, which is often cited by climate change doubters, attributing it most likely to short-term factors.
The report emphasizes that the basic facts about future climate change are more established than ever, justifying the rise in global concern. It also reiterates that the consequences of escalating emissions are likely to be profound.
“It is extremely likely that human influence on climate caused more than half of the observed increase in global average surface temperature from 1951 to 2010,” the draft report says. “There is high confidence that this has warmed the ocean, melted snow and ice, raised global mean sea level and changed some climate extremes in the second half of the 20th century.”
http://www.ipcc.ch/activities/activitie ... jHod-5waM8
Here is the process.... read the site. The scientific process in action.
