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Actually, the dramatic cooling over the last year was due to the transition from warm El Nino to cool La Nina conditions:
http://www.skepticalscience.com/global-cooling-january-2007-to-january-2008.htm

The problem is when you use Dennis Avery as a source against global warming he taints the picture. His foundation is funded in part by the Oil and petroleum industry and that taints his position. As a science teacher I have come to realize that the environmental extremists will fall on one issue as a cause and that is greenhouse gas emissions while the anti side fall into it is not real or it is cyclic. The reality is that some places on this planet are showing a significant melt. That is why countries are all trying to claim the area of ocean above the arctic circle as theirs so that they can begin drilling. You need only ask an Alaskan that lives in Fairbanks if they have seen a significant change and they will tell you yes. As a science teacher who teaches his students research methods the solution to the question is far more complex then both sides of the issue would indicate. In science we deal with variables. Scientists will say that the air filtering system of this planet are the trees. If we look at how many trees and forests were on this planet when I graduated the University of Maine Forestry School in 1977 as compared today one would see a significant decline. Some of the largest declines have been in our rain forests. On top of the decline in forest environments there has been a tremendous increase in human population numbers. What goes hand in hand wit population growth is habitat destruction and urbanization. The more roads cities, homes, parking lots that are created the more heat that we hold. In some parts of the US communities are literally putting a stop to their increased sprawl because they have come to realize that they are changing their local climates.

The fact that we are in a warming trend can not be challenged. In the 1950′s there were those who said that even a few degrees would change this planet. The question then comes down to the cause. What we don’t have are vast amounts of volcanic activity that have caused other periods of global warming but we do have are huge growths in human population along with habitat destruction. We do have the decline of forests our global filtering system. We do have increased urbanization, buildings, roads and parking lots and local climate changes as the result the heat that is stored in these areas. On top of this if all you do is go into the major cities in the world you will see a brownish haze in the summer ands in some cases year round round.

Hi all,

I really don’t see the problem in trying to clean up our planet and lower emissions and slow pollution rates. I like the idea of keeping larger portions of natural habitat and keeping the sprawl of humanity in some kind of order. However, I really don’t see any evidence showing that global warming has anything to do with people. I think the results of people being active against global warming are fairly positive, but I also think they are being done over a misconceived idea. I’m in college right now and I have to say that half of my professors think it’s nothing more than poor research, much like a new drug that gets fast-tracked onto the market by the FDA only to be taken off the market once people start dying from its side-affects. Global warming will be taken off the market soon because people will start realizing someone didn’t do their homework. One of my professors who is completely unconvinced about global warming is a geologist and meteorologist. If anyone should know something about it, he should. I think the issue here is politics, and the environment is simply a stepping stone for certain political parties. I am open to any evidence, but I’m not going to take it on faith from Al Gore. Some other posts spoke negatively about people’s associations and reputations, but is Al Gore really all that great? He did invent the internet after all.

Hi everyone, my class is doing a project on Global warming and what we can do to stop this from happening ( since it’s obviously our fault)… I want to do my project on all the facts disclaiming global warming, as I think it is a load of b.s. to think that we could change the climate. We have to use measurable, identifiable and available sources of data, and of course I want the facts to be legit, and convincing. If anyone cold help me compile a good set of data to present to those suckers I would really appreciate it. It seems like there is a lot of evidence against it but I need to pick and choose the most prominent and substantial. Ideas? Links? Thanks.

Man-made global warming is a farce. My favorite question to the global warming lemmings is: “What is the number one factor that influences the weather?” Usually, after responses such as “carbon dioxide” – which is about 12th on the list – or blank looks, I point them to that orange orb in the sky; yes, the Sun.