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The term global warming is used to define periods of continual warming of Earth's climate. It is derived from paleoclimatology data, climate models and other data sets that reveal average temperatures of the atmosphere and oceans. Direct temperature measurement since 1960 has shown that within the last ten years a record warming period has occurred. [1] The conclusion of mainstream scientists have more specifically labeled this warming anthropogenic, or human induced. Institutions such as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) [2] or Climatic Research Unit (CRU) [3] support and conduct research with a presupposed cause and effect.

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Global Climate Models

Controversy

The view of anthropogenic warming rather then natural is at the crux of the debate. The anthropogenic conclusion has been accepted on such a scale that politicians and governments are implementing policies around the concept. It is concluded, largely without a need for debate or other sets of phenomenon taken into consideration that the cause is carbon dioxide produced by humans, and the effect is warming.

The anthropogenic global warming theory predicts future warming effects on the planet through climate models that bring about an Earth fundamentally different from the one we currently know. [4] Based upon IPCC assessments and other climatology institutions recommendations considering the cause and effect unequivocal coal, oil and natural gas industries are specifically targeted as culprits of this approaching devastation.

Scientists Speak Out

However mainstream science approaches this topic, there are dissenting scientists that are speaking out. [5] [6] [7] [8]

The green industry

The Financial Times launched an investigation that found widespread failings surrounding the emerging market of paying money to buy credits which then offset the carbon dioxide a person has emitted. What has been found is that people are paying for emissions reductions that do not take place while others receive big profits from carbon trading with very little expense.

The Financial Times investigation found [9] [10] [11]:

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  • Widespread instances of people and organisations buying worthless credits that do not yield any reductions in carbon emissions.
  • Industrial companies profiting from doing very little – or from gaining carbon credits on the basis of efficiency gains from which they have already benefited substantially.
  • Brokers providing services of questionable or no value.
  • A shortage of verification, making it difficult for buyers to assess the true value of carbon credits.
  • Companies and individuals being charged over the odds for the private purchase of European Union carbon permits that have plummeted in value because they do not result in emissions cuts.
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Data falsification

“ And to do so without declaring as such in a footnote on every chart in every report in every study in every book in every classroom on every website that such a corrupt process is relied upon is not just a crime against science, it’s a crime against mankind.

Indeed, miners of the CRU folder have unearthed dozens of email threads and supporting documents revealing much to loathe about this cadre of hucksters and their vile intentions. This veritable goldmine has given us tales ranging from evidence destruction to spitting on the Freedom of Information Act on both sides of the Atlantic. But the now irrefutable evidence that alarmists have indeed been cooking the data for at least a decade may just be the most important strike in human history.

Advocates of the global governance/financial redistribution sought by the United Nations at Copenhagen in two weeks and the expanded domestic governance/financial redistribution sought by Liberal politicians both substantiate their drastic proposals with the pending climate emergency predicted in the reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Kyoto, Waxman-Markey, Kerry-Boxer, EPA regulation of the very substances of life – all bad policy concepts enabled solely by IPCC reports. And the IPCC, in turn, bases those reports largely on the data and charts provided by the research scientists at CRU – largely from tree ring data -- who just happen to be editors and lead authors of that same U.N. panel.

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Bottom line: CRU’s evidence is now irrevocably tainted. As such -- all assumptions based on that evidence must now be reevaluated and readjudicated. And all policy based on those counterfeit assumptions must also be re-examined. [12]

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Publications and Media

An Inconvenient Truth

Among the most popular publications advocating global warming is politician Al Gore's documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, directed by Davis Guggenheim. [13] The film was highly acclaimed and recieved an Academy Award. Gore claims that global warming is very real and is human-caused. He has been both praised and criticized for his work.

The Great Global Warming Swindle

There is a counter-documentary entitled The Great Global Warming Swindle. [14] The documentary argues against prominent scientific views on global warming. It was broadcast on March 8, 2007, on Channel 4 in the UK. This is a great overview of the history and impact of the politics in todays culture.

IPCC

The 21 year old Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change or IPCC is the leading body that establishes assessments on climate change created by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). There have been four assessments published by the IPCC, the first in 1990 then in 1995, 2001 and 2007. [15]

The IPCC in 2007 states [16]:

“ The atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide in 2005 exceeds by far the natural range over the last 650,000 years (180 to 300 ppm) as determined from ice cores. The annual carbon dioxide concentration growth rate was larger during the last 10 years (1995–2005 average: 1.9 ppm per year), than it has been since the beginning of continuous direct atmospheric measurements (1960–2005 average: 1.4 ppm per year) although there is year-to-year variability in growth rates. {2.3, 7.3} ”

News

References

  1. ↑ IPCC, 2007: Summary for Policymakers. In: Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Solomon, S., D. Qin, M. Manning, Z. Chen, M. Marquis, K.B. Averyt, M.Tignor and H.L. Miller (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA.] By Dr. Thomas Stocker of Switzerland and Dr. Dahe Qin of China
  2. ↑ IPCC
  3. ↑ [1]
  4. ↑ How Good are Computer Climate Models at Prediction? A Berkeley Lab Researcher Tests Their Predictions
  5. ↑ [2]
  6. ↑ [3]
  7. ↑ [4]
  8. ↑ [5]
  9. ↑ [6]
  10. ↑ [7]
  11. ↑ [8]
  12. ↑ CRU's Source Code: Climategate Uncovered By Marc Sheppard; November 25, 2009
  13. ↑ An Inconvenient Truth
  14. ↑ [9]
  15. ↑ Publications and Data Reports By IPCC
  16. ↑ [10] A report of Working Group I of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - IPCC Summary for Policymakers

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