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Originally Posted by Jump
And on a side note, the US Government just reported that this past winter was the warmest winter on record globally:
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=2954374[/QUOTe
However, this is not quite true. It may be the warmest winter since they have been keeping records (who tures the US Government statistics??)/. However, it is clear to many scientists that the Earth has been much warmer in centuries gone by.
I HIGHLY recommend that you watch entire documentary that the BBC did and for which there is a link in my post above. |
I think you'd have to admit that your statement is a little confusing there Brucelee. It very clearly says "on record" yet you say "this is not quite true. It may be the warmest winter since they have been keeping records ". What isn't true?
Anyway, there is a warming trend. We don't know what is causing it for sure. We don't know what the long term effect of modern man continuing to throw crap into the environment/air is but it is hard to believe that it won't bite us in the ass eventually. There are scientists who believe it is biting us in the ass now. There are those that don't. It would be fun to continue this conversation in 20-30 years! I don't suppose you'd be willing to commit to keeping this forum up for that long
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I'll try to find time to watch the documentary.