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	Global warming controversy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Some opponents of global warming theory give more weight to data such as paleoclimatic studies, temperature measurements made from weather balloons, and satellites which they claim show less warming than surface land and sea records, though early balloon records have been shown to be possibly erroneous due to mechanical design flaws in the sensors.
		Global warming skeptics dispute the claim that (or relevance of) a consensus of scientists supports the view of global warming presented by the IPCC, and say that even the IPCC report authors do not all support the reports.
		Proponents of the view that greenhouse gases have caused recent global warming respond that correlation is not a significant part of the evidence.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Global_warming_skepticism (4327 words)

	Learn more about Global warming in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Global warming is an increase over time of the average temperature of Earth's atmosphere and oceans.
		Evidence of global warming is uneven with certain places, especially the north shore of Alaska, showing dramatic rises temperature far above the average for the globe as a whole [1].
		Global warming causes the sea level to rise mainly because sea water expands as it warms, but some scientists are concerned that in the future, the polar ice caps and glaciers may melt.
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /g/gl/global_warming.html (3074 words)

	Encyclopedia article on Global warming [EncycloZine] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Global warming is a term used to describe an increase over time of the average temperature of Earth's atmosphere and oceans.
		Global warming theories attempt to account for the rise in average global temperatures since the late 19th century (0.6 ± 0.2°C) [1] (http://www.grida.no/climate/ipcc_tar/wg1/figspm-1.htm) [2] (http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/06/20010611-2.html) and assess the extent to which the effects are due to human causes.
		Global warming from CO radiative forcing is expected (perhaps somewhat surprisingly) to cool the stratosphere.
	encyclozine.com /Global_warming (5839 words)

	Melissa Stern's Global Warming Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Of course there are skeptics out there who say that global warming is imaginary, and that the earth just has mood swings through temperature, and that global warming won’t be permanent.
		Global warming is the entrapment of heat in the atmosphere by "greenhouse gases", mainly carbon dioxide.
		Global warming is hot topic in today’s society, so click below to find out more about what global warming is, how its caused, what its effects are, what we can do about it, and more.
	www.geocities.com /RainForest/Andes/9520 (204 words)

	Lawrence Lessig (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		To properly account for global warming attributable to manking we would need to either 1) have confidence in our understanding of climate 2) have many different worlds to compare, as is the case with smoking studies (comparing mortality rates of average smoker to average non-smoker).
		Your argument is that because global warming could be really, really bad, and because mankind’s actions may be driving a substantial portion of that warning, that we must take action to prevent global warming.
		The problem with the global warming debate is that the inferences are not as strong as those with respect to, say, gravity.
	www.lessig.org /blog/archives/002129.shtml (2951 words)

	Search Tuna Report for global warming (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The early warning signs of global climate change are in -- heat waves and warmer weather, spreading disease, earlier spring arrival, plant and animal range shifts and population declines, sea level rise and coastal flooding, coral reef bleaching, glaciers melting, Arctic and Antarctic warming, downpours, heavy snowfalls, and flooding, droughts and fires.
		Global warming and the greenhouse effect refer to the warming of the lower part of the atmosphere also known as the troposphere due to increasing concentrations of heat-trapping gases....
		Global near-surface temperatures may also be given as the differences from the average values at the beginning of the 20th century....
	www.searchtuna.com /ftlive2/1031.html (3613 words)

	NASA GISS: The Global Warming Debate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Skepticism thus plays an essential role in scientific research, and, far from trying to silence skeptics, science invites their contributions.
		But some of the topics focused on by the skeptics are recognized as legitimate research questions, and also it is fair to say that the injection of environmental, political and religious perspectives in midstream of the science research has occurred from both sides in the global warming debate.
		As the opinions in the global warming debate do not seem to be converging, it seems to me that one useful thing that can be done is to clearly delineate the fundamental differences.
	www.giss.nasa.gov /edu/gwdebate (2049 words)

	9NEWS.com - Global Warming (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Global warming (or Global Climate Change) is a very controversial subject as skilled scientists lie on either side of the issue of whether we are changing the weather.
		The majority of climate scientists are in agreement that the overall warming of the planet (about 1 degree Fahrenheit since 1900), has been caused in part by mankind.
		This "carbon sink" capacity complicates the issue of global warming, because the oceans may continue to have a vast holding capacity for CO2.
	www.9news.com /weather/facts/warming.htm (792 words)

	NoodleFood: Global Warming Skepticism
		Basically, he argues that the global warming alarmists have distorted the science, and are suppressing the skeptics.
		Nor are the opponents of global warming hypothesis/Kyoto treaty necessarily stupid or corrupt.
		As has been pointed out, the current global warming debate is not about protecting individual rights and addressing provable significant injuries, but instead about strangling productive economic activities in name of goals that are (at root) anti-man.
	www.dianahsieh.com /blog/2006/04/global-warming-skepticism.html (754 words)

	The Online Magazine Formerly Known As Rob's Blog: Global warming and big storms
		Now one would think "conservative" and "conservation" would go hand in hand...but tell a "conservative" we need to start getting off the oil teat, that global warming may well be a major problem (that we may well have caused), and that we need to work toward sustainability without fossil fuels, and they get really pissy.
		See, I'd think that even if one didn't believe in global warming, one would want to cut pollution (look at the sky over Los Angeles and tell me if the conservative version of God would be happy), and cut the amount of money spent at the gas pump and on the heating oil in winter.
		Global warming is one of our most critical environmental problems, but it is surely the most misunderstood.
	robschumacher.blogspot.com /2005/09/global-warming-and-big-storms.html (1162 words)

	Global Warming/Climate Change Theme
		The possible effect of a global warming on forests, agriculture, health, wildlife, and the oceans are addressed."
		In "It is happening" students can get the historical perspective on global warming as well as information on what the issue is. There are also articles describing impacts, discussions of solutions, and games/puzzles for students.
		The observed evidence indicates that little or no global warming is happening and little should be expected.
	www.cln.org /themes/global_warming.html (1169 words)

	blogorithm: Global Warming Archives
		While activists and politicians attempt to stem the tide of global warming through regulations, the "Earth" is changing, showing a robustness with respect to "greenhouse gases".
		One has to wonder about the true extent of the global warming crisis given the exaggeration of activists, the complexity of the world environment, the limited data and our track record of prediction.
		If some environmentalists are to be believed, we are on the verge of massive global climate change which will see a significant rise in sea levels, chaotic weather patterns, and catastrophic droughts all caused by small increase in global average temperature.
	www.blogorithm.com /archives/environment/global_warming/index.php (328 words)

	Competitive Enterprise Institute
		The skeptics’ argument is that while temperatures measured on the Earth’s surface seem to indicate that global temperatures have increased at a rate of about 0.20 degrees Centigrade per decade (deg.
		The implication of the skeptics’ argument is that whatever warming seems to be happening on the Earth’s surface, similar warming isn’t happening in the atmosphere.
		This might mean that any observed surface warming is more likely due to the urban heat island effect -- where the heat-retaining properties of concrete and asphalt in urban areas artificially increase local temperatures -- rather than increasing atmospheric levels of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide.
	www.cei.org /gencon/019,04777.cfm (732 words)

	Global Warming
		Skeptics maintain that the climate change is a natural phenomenon, that man's effect on nature is largely overrated.
		The main cause of global warming seems to be the greenhouse effect, related to the byproducts of burning of fossil fuels for energy.
		There are two sides of the global warming argument: believers who think that global warming is a huge environmental threat, and skeptics who say that global warming doesn't even exist.
	www.42explore.com /globewrm.htm (892 words)

	Bogus Gold Global Warming Skepticism Considered at Scientific American (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The airing of doubts about global warming that I solicited last week has been remarkable: 169 blog comments (albeit with some repeats) and a number of private emails (including one from a college suitemate and engineering classmate I haven't seen in 18 years).
		The post goes on to lay out in some detail all the challenges to global warming (including the human causation aspect) which were collected in response to his request.
		This promises to be one of the better dialogues between the adherents of current global warming theory and their challengers in the coming weeks.
	bogusgold.com /posts/1142704926.shtml (308 words)

	Media Matters - In conservative NH newspaper, ABC anchor Stossel returned to promoting Crichton's global warming ...
		The Pew Center on Global Climate Change and the Union of Concerned Scientists both also note a "strong consensus" among climate researchers that global warming is a scientific reality.
		I heard a Government scientist a few years back state that the warming model at that time was unreliable because temperatures were taken from 1 spot in a 300 mile sq area around the world and to get an accurate model the temperature spots needed to be in a 30 mile sq area.
		Saying global warming is not a concern because the environment "has reacted to heal itself" is like saying you're not concerned about being in the path of a hurricane because at some point, it will pass.
	mediamatters.org /items/200504040007 (3675 words)

	Lawrence Lessig (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		At last, high-level Administration acknowledgment that global warming is real, and that human activity (mainly the burning of fossil fuels, principally oil, natural gas, and coal, and deforestation in Third World countries) is a principal cause because such activity emits carbon dioxide.
		In myy opinion global warming is also an issue about equity and ethics and it is small islands that are liklely to be the most affected although they have contributed almost nothing to this.so even if technical solutions are found these questions may not be answered adequately.
		Conversely, those on the ultraconservative side—no global warming, no evolution, etc etc (think abortion, gun control, etc) are generally unwilling to change their belief.
	www.lessig.org /blog/archives/002125.shtml (4543 words)

	Part 3 of Global Warming: Man-made Heat
		It is many times greater than global warming scenarios, which are in the 15 BTU/ft²/day range (for a 2 W/m² forcing).
		Concerning health risks with global warming, the city dwellers are the guinea pigs since they are already living with it.
		After months of research on “global warming,” I find that its proponents, such as the IPCC, may be overstating the problem by using incomplete analyses, laced with uncertainty, to support their scenarios.
	www.coolprofits.com /articles/Enviro/Part3Man-madeHeat.htm (2346 words)

	Global warming controversy - SourceWatch
		While some skeptics challenge a particular technical point or approach in the IPCC reports other have a more sweeping rejection of climate change science and proposed responses in general.
		Nevertheless, in this persistent and well-funded campaign of global warming denial they have become interchangeable ornaments on the hood of a high-powered engine of disinformation.
		Barrie Pittock, "In global warming war, may market forces be with you (http://www.theage.com.au/news/business/in-global-warming-war-may-market-forces-be-with-you/2006/01/13/1137118970711.html)", The Age, January 14, 2006.
	www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=Climate_change_skeptics (803 words)

	The Week That Was (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		"Personal beliefs and attitudes are the primary influences on television weathercasters' reporting on the scientific facts about politically charged environmental issues such as global warming," according to a study by the School of Journalism at The University of Texas at Austin.
		Most weathercasters (73 percent) were aware of the scientific consensus of a global temperature increase, yet only one third accurately identified the predicted temperature increase, as well as all models' agreement about increases in global cloud cover and precipitation that also result from increased greenhouse gases.
		Global warming skepticism seems to be increasing in Russia as that country wrestles with the decision of whether to ratify the Kyoto Protocol.
	www.sepp.org /weekwas/2003/April26.htm (2144 words)

	Conspiracy Of The Month - March, 1999 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Notable among these are the Marshall Institute, ECO, the Global Climate Coalition, Western Fuels Association, the Heartland Institute, the Science and Environmental Policy Project, and such individuals as Dr. Sherwood B. Idso and Professors Richard S. Lindzen, Patrick J. Michaels, and Robert C. Balling.
		F) warming observed over the past century occurred before 1940, while the bulk, approximately 80%, of the greenhouse gases added to the atmosphere were added after 1940.
		The warming observed has taken us about halfway from the cold temperatures of the Little Ice Age to the warm temperatures of the preceding Medieval Climatic Optimum of 950-1250 AD.
	home.comcast.net /~kelsung/xtra/conspiracy/mar99.htm (982 words)

	Global Warming and the Kyoto Protocol: Paper Tiger, Economic Dragon - by Patrick J. Michaels - The Heartland Institute
		Global Warming and the Kyoto Protocol: Paper Tiger, Economic Dragon - by Patrick J. Michaels - The Heartland Institute
		Global warming skepticism largely prevails in the Bush administration, which is why the President has outright rejected the Kyoto Protocol.
		This paper details the economic and scientific poverty of the Kyoto Protocol on global warming.
	www.heartland.org /Article.cfm?artId=9026 (64 words)

	Science Verifies Crichton's State of Fear Assertions - by James M. Taylor - The Heartland Institute
		In the "ludicrous plot," according to Kakutani, of "Crichton's ham-handed novel, the dangers of global warming are nothing but a lot of hype: scare scenarios, promoted by shameless environmentalists eager to use bad science to raise money and draw attention to their cause."
		Although atmospheric CO2 levels rose during this time period due to increasing global industrialization, global temperatures fell significantly--enough to raise fears that we were entering a new global ice age.
		Global warming alarmists freely proclaim Kyoto alone will have little impact on climate and is only a small "first step" along their desired path of energy suppression.
	www.heartland.org /Article.cfm?artId=16814 (1083 words)

	BBC News \| AMERICAS \| US scepticism over global warming
		On top of this scientific view that North Americans may well gain from global warming, American industry is also sceptical - a scepticism voiced long and hard to President Bush.
		Rick Wagener, the chief executive of General Motors, believes that it is wise to reduce emissions, but argues that the link to global warming is not proven.
		Professor Mendelsohn believes there will be winners and losers from global warming, and it would be better if the international community found some sort of scheme to compensate the countries that lose with money.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/americas/1822561.stm (594 words)

	Warming president dismissed report his Environmental ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Global Warming: Early Warning Signs Global Warming: Early Warning Signs The Earth is heating up.
		Global Warming: Undo It Global Warming: Undo It Global Warming: Undo It is a national campaign developed by Environmental Defense "to ramp up the fig Read about any subject in the free online encyclopedia and dictionary.
		Global warming refers to the increases in the average temperature of the Earth's atmosphere and oceans that has been observed in recent decades.
	warming.kondrashin.ru (495 words)

	American Prospect Online - ViewWeb (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		This is worth bearing in mind when we consider a series of op-eds about global warming written by James R. Schlesinger, former CIA director, secretary of defense, and the nation's first secretary of energy during the Carter administration.
		In the Los Angeles Times, for instance, he wrote that "satellite measurements over 35 years show no significant warming in the lower atmosphere, which is an essential part of the global-warming theory." As it happens, this month two papers came out in the journal Science explaining errors in these temperature records.
		When corrected, the lower atmosphere turns out to be warming after all, a devastating blow to one of the favorite greenhouse "skeptic" arguments.
	www.prospect.org /web/view-web.ww?id=10155 (866 words)

	Global Warming Skepticism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		There are two sides to any argument, and global warming is no exception.
		There are climatologists and environmentalists out there who believe global warming is just a blip in the earth's temperature change.
		Read on to find out what skeptic's arguments are all about.
	www.geocities.com /RainForest/Andes/9520/skept.html (281 words)

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