The 7 biggest myths about climate change


	The 7 biggest myths about climate change

invictus

5-17-2007 11:24 AM

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climate change, earth sciences, myths

invictus says:

I could only a clip a tiny part of the source. More detailed explanations are in the original article.

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5-17-2007 1:13 PM

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*Disclaimer: I popped this clip as newsworthy. Will read entire article at my leisure. Am not prepared to enter into debate on this subject.

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does not cause warming</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.climateark.org/shared/reader/welcome.aspx?linkid=75223"><DIV>
We know CO2 is a greenhouse gas because it absorbs and emits infrared. Fairly 
basic physics proves that such gases will trap heat radiating from Earth, and 
that the planet would be a lot colder if this did not happen.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.climateark.org/shared/reader/welcome.aspx?linkid=75223"><DIV>
Half-truth: It has been warmer in the past, so what's the big deal?</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.climateark.org/shared/reader/welcome.aspx?linkid=75223"><DIV>
FIRST, it needs to be said that everything we think we know about global 
temperatures before about 150 years ago is an estimate - a reconstruction based 
on second-hand evidence such as ice cores and a set of assumptions. The further 
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Half-truth: Human carbon dioxide emissions are tiny compared with natural 
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