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launchmagonline.com — NASA should be at the forefront in the collection of scientific evidence and debunking the current hysteria over human-caused, or Anthropogenic Global Warming (AGW). Unfortunately, it is becoming just another agency caught up in the politics of global warming, or worse, politicized science.
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- greenfyre, on 08/01/2008, -1/+4NASA IS at the forefront of debunking the Denier Hysteria. You see, NASA is dedicated to good science, not substantiating politically motivated bunk like denying anthropogenic climate change.
For example, once again debunking the repeated attempts to blame climate change on some form of solar activity Sunspots and solar cycles repeatedly debunked by scientists
http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2007 ...
http://www.desmogblog.com/global-warming-deniers-f ...
http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2006 ...
http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2006 ...
http://www.malaya.com.ph/jul13/envi1.htm
Sun Could Cause 15% To 20% Of Effects Of Climate Change, http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/08071 ...
and ludicrous claims like "but there is no way that humans can influence the temperature"
How much of the recent CO2 increase is due to human activities? http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2005 ...
The Human Hand in Climate Change http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2007 ...
Myth 'Natural emissions dwarf human emissions'http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2006/12/17/233610 ...
My God, this thing actually refers to Inhofe's 400 bogus list ... how embarassing for the author http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2007/12/26/1971/6 ...
http://www.thedailygreen.com/environmental-news/la ... http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=James_I ...
And of course the incredible revelation that the climate has always changed! Really? Of course there has been climatic variation throughout the Earth's history. I know, the climate scientists know, it's very simple basic stuff. It's taught in bloody grade 4 for crying out loud. It's in every 'How and Why' Book that a 6 year old reads, so stop pretending it's some freaking great revelation.
The scientists know about it, it is part of the science, It's accounted for in the models. They know far more about it than the author or I and they are the ones saying that this is NOT part of the same patterns
There has always been variation, and all climate events have causes. Orbital variations, sun cycles, volcanoes ... there is always causes.
No one is saying those things have stopped happening. Of course they are happening. How in God's name would anthropogenic climate change stop all other climatic factors? Those variations are still happening, and anthropogenic climate change is happening as well. It is _on top of_ not instead of. No one ever claimed different, so the author saying this as if they had is absurd.
"Even though CO2 ... alarmists have made it the whipping boy for global warming"
Not alarmists, scientists. Empty claims that deny the science are just perpetuating ignorace.
All of the ignorance being touted in this article are debunked by these sources.
http://gristmill.grist.org/skeptics How to talk to Global Warming Skeptic
http://environment.newscientist.com/channel/earth/ ... Climate Change: A guide for the perplexed
http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2004 ... Response to common contrarian arguments
http://www.nerc.ac.uk/about/consult/debate/climate ... Climate change debate summary
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/corporate/pressoffice/ ... Climate Change Myths
http://scholarsandrogues.wordpress.com/2007/07/23/ ... A Thorough Debunking
http://www.skepticalscience.com/ Skeptical Science
http://www.logicalscience.com/skeptic_arguments/sk ...
http://environment.newscientist.com/climatemyths
http://www.sierraclub.ca/national/programs/atmosph ...
http://www.desmogblog.com/slamming-the-climate-ske ...
http://royalsociety.org/page.asp?id=6229
The skeptics, who are they http://www.davidsuzuki.org/Climate_Change/Science/ ...
Who funds them? http://www.enn.com/ecosystems/article/37379 92% of "neutral" Eco-skeptics turn out to be industry shills, http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2006/sep/19/ ... and http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/campaigns/global-war ...
How did all this come about? see http://www.scienceprogress.org/2008/05/manufacturi ...
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