We need to COMBAT terrorism. Global weather trends are acts of God, not man. We can’t do anything to prevent that (while we shouldn’t destroy our children’s environment).
Cuomo and Gore may be joined at the hip. How about paying some carbon tax to prevent Global Warming? I can certainly see why 500,000 New Yorkers are fleeing that state.
Like Germany’s, what ever fees are decided upon, are to be Absolute revenue neutral.
But feel free
to fret and incite fear of change.
…and by doing that, you can continue to PAY the OIL & COAL industry $1/3 TRILLION in earnings after taxes and another $600 BILLION in subsidies world wide…
AND
Continue to FEED CARBON into our atmosphere, everyday and every way contribute the END of our advanced interdependent civilization.
The current warming trend is of particular significance because most of it is very likely human-induced and proceeding at a rate that is unprecedented in the past 1,300 years.1
Earth-orbiting satellites and other technological advances have enabled scientists to see the big picture, collecting many different types of information about our planet and its climate on a global scale. This body of data, collected over many years, reveals the signals of a changing climate.
The heat-trapping nature of carbon dioxide and other gases was demonstrated in the mid-19th century.2 Their ability to affect the transfer of infrared energy through the atmosphere is the scientific basis of many instruments flown by NASA. There is no question that increased levels of greenhouse gases must cause the Earth to warm in response.
Ice cores drawn from Greenland, Antarctica, and tropical mountain glaciers show that the Earth’s climate responds to changes in greenhouse gas levels. They also show that in the past, large changes in climate have happened very quickly, geologically-speaking: in tens of years, not in millions or even thousands.3
The evidence for rapid climate change is compelling:
Republic of Maldives: Vulnerable to sea level rise.
Sea level rise
Global sea level rose about 17 centimeters (6.7 inches) in the last century. The rate in the last decade, however, is nearly double that of the last century.4+ more Global Temperature rise
All three major global surface temperature reconstructions show that Earth has warmed since 1880.5 Most of this warming has occurred since the 1970s, with the 20 warmest years having occurred since 1981 and with all 10 of the warmest years occurring in the past 12 years.6 Even though the 2000s witnessed a solar output decline resulting in an unusually deep solar minimum in 2007-2009, surface temperatures continue to increase.7
+ more
Warming oceans
The oceans have absorbed much of this increased heat, with the top 700 meters (about 2,300 feet) of ocean showing warming of 0.302 degrees Fahrenheit since 1969.8
+ more
Flowing meltwater from the Greenland ice sheet
Shrinking ice sheets
The Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets have decreased in mass. Data from NASA’s Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment show Greenland lost 150 to 250 cubic kilometers (36 to 60 cubic miles) of ice per year between 2002 and 2006, while Antarctica lost about 152 cubic kilometers (36 cubic miles) of ice between 2002 and 2005.
+ more
Visualization of the 2007 Arctic sea ice minimum
Declining Arctic sea ice
Both the extent and thickness of Arctic sea ice has declined rapidly over the last several decades.9
+ more
The disappearing snowcap of Mount Kilimanjaro, from space.
Glacial retreat
Glaciers are retreating almost everywhere around the world — including in the Alps, Himalayas, Andes, Rockies, Alaska and Africa.10
+ more
Extreme events
The number of record high temperature events in the United States has been increasing, while the number of record low temperature events has been decreasing, since 1950. The U.S. has also witnessed increasing numbers of intense rainfall events.11
+ more
Ocean acidification
Since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, the acidity of surface ocean waters has increased by about 30 percent.12,13 This increase is the result of humans emitting more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and hence more being absorbed into the oceans. The amount of carbon dioxide absorbed by the upper layer of the oceans is increasing by about 2 billion tons per year.14,15
+ more
Weather would have ups and downs….this event has UPS.
No
Global
COLD
RECORDS since 1911 !
The last 20 Years has been the HOTTEST 20 Years in recorded history…and if we use proxies (ice bores, tree rings) nearly 2000 years.
Warmer temps. Melting ICE SHEETS & GLACIERS…
ADDED to the already expanding oceans (because of the heat)
you have sea level rise….Miami, DC, Norfolk are already experiencing Sea Rise w/ tidal flooding….worming temps enable sea water to penetrate soil which contributes to sinking foundations.
Headlines:
“US east coast cities face frequent flooding due to climate change
From Miami to Washington DC, towns and cities on America’s east coast could see triple the number of tidal floods by 2030 as sea levels rise, say researchers”
***
Ronald Reagan led the world to fix the ozone hole with the Montreal Protocol. George H.W. Bush used free market policies to solve the acid rain crisis, cutting pollution by 80%, at one fourth the expected cost.( 4 ) America has successfully solved environmental problems with conservative ideas, and we can do so again.
***
Many correctly point out that America’s pollution is only a portion of global pollution. But America has always had the strength to lead other countries, and clean energy is no different. Helpfully, China and India have already begun to act. India is aiming to reach 100 gigawatts of solar power by 2022, 5 times as much solar as the U.S. has today. ( 5 ) And China is investing $470 billion clean energy, to produce enough clean power for 280 million people. ( 6 ) America can lead them even further, into a clean energy future.
***
America has better options than top-down climate regulations. Instead we can use free market policies, which rely on business innovation, not bureaucrats. With more competition, smarter incentives, and less red tape, we can cut pollution while cutting the size of governmen
***
The oil & Coal industry Cleared $1/3 TRILLION last year…
explain why we continue a Big Government dump of $600 BILLION in subsidies to that industry all over the world…
THAT is the money needed to incentivize the FREE ENTERPRISE SYSTEM to engage with Global Warming and DEFEAT IT !
Climate change is going to be, and probably already has been, responsible for far more damage and death than terrorism. Guns in the US are responsible for more deaths and murder than terrorism.
Al Gore said “The cumulative amount of manmade global warming now traps as much extra heat energy every day as would be released by 400,000 Hiroshima-class atomic bombs exploding every 24 hours,” he said, adding that most of the energy goes into the oceans.”
Really??? This is so much BS and people are going to believe it. How is this quantified, AL??? Cumulative from where and over what period of time? I think the cumulative effect of the hot air that Al Gore puts out is more dangerous that 400,000 Hiroshima A-bombs.
IT has been repeatedly
measured that in the last 40 Years of satellite measures, Increasing larger amounts of Solar Energy our entering our atmosphere than reflects away…and this had been in a WEAKENED SOLAR ENERGY CYCLE….Now that we are exiting this cycle, with the help of all the Carbon Dioxide our atmosphere
AND
YES!,
the energy stored up in our oceans (you remember that the oceans cover the vast majority of our world)…the prospects of an even warmer Earth are threatening.
*****WITH ALL THE TALK ABOUT the last 20 YEARS being the HOTTEST 20 year period in recorded history…and using proxies, in nearly 2 thousand years…
FORGOTTEN is the FACT, there has not been ONE GLOBAL COLD TEMPERATURE RECORD since 1911 !!
TODAY:
70,000++ Highly Trained and woefully under paid scientific Researchers are working over time to
fend off the worse aspects of Climate change.
(to save the world for their children)
…or more accurately
….anthropogenic ((man made))global warming.
Over the last 3 decades well over 250,000 scientists have been increasing concerned about this issue as they studied the trend.
The current warming trend is of particular significance because most of it is very likely human-induced and proceeding at a rate that is unprecedented in the past 1,300 years.1
Earth-orbiting satellites and other technological advances have enabled scientists to see the big picture, collecting many different types of information about our planet and its climate on a global scale. This body of data, collected over many years, reveals the signals of a changing climate.
The heat-trapping nature of carbon dioxide and other gases was demonstrated in the mid-19th century.2 Their ability to affect the transfer of infrared energy through the atmosphere is the scientific basis of many instruments flown by NASA. There is no question that increased levels of greenhouse gases must cause the Earth to warm in response.
Ice cores drawn from Greenland, Antarctica, and tropical mountain glaciers show that the Earth’s climate responds to changes in greenhouse gas levels. They also show that in the past, large changes in climate have happened very quickly, geologically-speaking: in tens of years, not in millions or even thousands.3
The evidence for rapid climate change is compelling:
Republic of Maldives: Vulnerable to sea level rise.
Sea level rise
Global sea level rose about 17 centimeters (6.7 inches) in the last century. The rate in the last decade, however, is nearly double that of the last century.4
+ more
Global temperature rise
All three major global surface temperature reconstructions show that Earth has warmed since 1880.5 Most of this warming has occurred since the 1970s, with the 20 warmest years having occurred since 1981 and with all 10 of the warmest years occurring in the past 12 years.6 Even though the 2000s witnessed a solar output decline resulting in an unusually deep solar minimum in 2007-2009, surface temperatures continue to increase.7
+ more
Warming oceans
The oceans have absorbed much of this increased heat, with the top 700 meters (about 2,300 feet) of ocean showing warming of 0.302 degrees Fahrenheit since 1969.8
+ more
Flowing meltwater from the Greenland ice sheet
Shrinking ice sheets
The Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets have decreased in mass. Data from NASA’s Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment show Greenland lost 150 to 250 cubic kilometers (36 to 60 cubic miles) of ice per year between 2002 and 2006, while Antarctica lost about 152 cubic kilometers (36 cubic miles) of ice between 2002 and 2005.
+ more
Visualization of the 2007 Arctic sea ice minimum
Declining Arctic sea ice
Both the extent and thickness of Arctic sea ice has declined rapidly over the last several decades.9
+ more
The disappearing snowcap of Mount Kilimanjaro, from space.
Glacial retreat
Glaciers are retreating almost everywhere around the world — including in the Alps, Himalayas, Andes, Rockies, Alaska and Africa.10
+ more
Extreme events
The number of record high temperature events in the United States has been increasing, while the number of record low temperature events has been decreasing, since 1950. The U.S. has also witnessed increasing numbers of intense rainfall events.11
+ more
Ocean acidification
Since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, the acidity of surface ocean waters has increased by about 30 percent.12,13 This increase is the result of humans emitting more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and hence more being absorbed into the oceans. The amount of carbon dioxide absorbed by the upper layer of the oceans is increasing by about 2 billion tons per year.14,15
+ more
Rick – I probably agree with what you’re trying to get across as I disagree with Agent’s views on this topic, but your copied & pasted posts are quite wordy (and that’s something coming from me :). Can you summarize your stance and be a little more succinct please?
Wow Integrity, we have one of those true Gore believers on the blog now spouting off in paragraph after paragraph. His post is sure to increase Global Warming. Perhaps he is the son of one of the failed scientists or is a nephew of Gore.
We need to COMBAT terrorism. Global weather trends are acts of God, not man. We can’t do anything to prevent that (while we shouldn’t destroy our children’s environment).
Cuomo and Gore may be joined at the hip. How about paying some carbon tax to prevent Global Warming? I can certainly see why 500,000 New Yorkers are fleeing that state.
Like Germany’s, what ever fees are decided upon, are to be Absolute revenue neutral.
But feel free
to fret and incite fear of change.
…and by doing that, you can continue to PAY the OIL & COAL industry $1/3 TRILLION in earnings after taxes and another $600 BILLION in subsidies world wide…
AND
Continue to FEED CARBON into our atmosphere, everyday and every way contribute the END of our advanced interdependent civilization.
The current warming trend is of particular significance because most of it is very likely human-induced and proceeding at a rate that is unprecedented in the past 1,300 years.1
Earth-orbiting satellites and other technological advances have enabled scientists to see the big picture, collecting many different types of information about our planet and its climate on a global scale. This body of data, collected over many years, reveals the signals of a changing climate.
The heat-trapping nature of carbon dioxide and other gases was demonstrated in the mid-19th century.2 Their ability to affect the transfer of infrared energy through the atmosphere is the scientific basis of many instruments flown by NASA. There is no question that increased levels of greenhouse gases must cause the Earth to warm in response.
Ice cores drawn from Greenland, Antarctica, and tropical mountain glaciers show that the Earth’s climate responds to changes in greenhouse gas levels. They also show that in the past, large changes in climate have happened very quickly, geologically-speaking: in tens of years, not in millions or even thousands.3
The evidence for rapid climate change is compelling:
Republic of Maldives: Vulnerable to sea level rise.
Sea level rise
Global sea level rose about 17 centimeters (6.7 inches) in the last century. The rate in the last decade, however, is nearly double that of the last century.4+ more Global Temperature rise
All three major global surface temperature reconstructions show that Earth has warmed since 1880.5 Most of this warming has occurred since the 1970s, with the 20 warmest years having occurred since 1981 and with all 10 of the warmest years occurring in the past 12 years.6 Even though the 2000s witnessed a solar output decline resulting in an unusually deep solar minimum in 2007-2009, surface temperatures continue to increase.7
+ more
Warming oceans
The oceans have absorbed much of this increased heat, with the top 700 meters (about 2,300 feet) of ocean showing warming of 0.302 degrees Fahrenheit since 1969.8
+ more
Flowing meltwater from the Greenland ice sheet
Shrinking ice sheets
The Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets have decreased in mass. Data from NASA’s Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment show Greenland lost 150 to 250 cubic kilometers (36 to 60 cubic miles) of ice per year between 2002 and 2006, while Antarctica lost about 152 cubic kilometers (36 cubic miles) of ice between 2002 and 2005.
+ more
Visualization of the 2007 Arctic sea ice minimum
Declining Arctic sea ice
Both the extent and thickness of Arctic sea ice has declined rapidly over the last several decades.9
+ more
The disappearing snowcap of Mount Kilimanjaro, from space.
Glacial retreat
Glaciers are retreating almost everywhere around the world — including in the Alps, Himalayas, Andes, Rockies, Alaska and Africa.10
+ more
Extreme events
The number of record high temperature events in the United States has been increasing, while the number of record low temperature events has been decreasing, since 1950. The U.S. has also witnessed increasing numbers of intense rainfall events.11
+ more
Ocean acidification
Since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, the acidity of surface ocean waters has increased by about 30 percent.12,13 This increase is the result of humans emitting more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and hence more being absorbed into the oceans. The amount of carbon dioxide absorbed by the upper layer of the oceans is increasing by about 2 billion tons per year.14,15
+ more
too long; didn’t read
Weather would have ups and downs….this event has UPS.
No
Global
COLD
RECORDS since 1911 !
The last 20 Years has been the HOTTEST 20 Years in recorded history…and if we use proxies (ice bores, tree rings) nearly 2000 years.
Warmer temps. Melting ICE SHEETS & GLACIERS…
ADDED to the already expanding oceans (because of the heat)
you have sea level rise….Miami, DC, Norfolk are already experiencing Sea Rise w/ tidal flooding….worming temps enable sea water to penetrate soil which contributes to sinking foundations.
Headlines:
“US east coast cities face frequent flooding due to climate change
From Miami to Washington DC, towns and cities on America’s east coast could see triple the number of tidal floods by 2030 as sea levels rise, say researchers”
***
Ronald Reagan led the world to fix the ozone hole with the Montreal Protocol. George H.W. Bush used free market policies to solve the acid rain crisis, cutting pollution by 80%, at one fourth the expected cost.( 4 ) America has successfully solved environmental problems with conservative ideas, and we can do so again.
***
Many correctly point out that America’s pollution is only a portion of global pollution. But America has always had the strength to lead other countries, and clean energy is no different. Helpfully, China and India have already begun to act. India is aiming to reach 100 gigawatts of solar power by 2022, 5 times as much solar as the U.S. has today. ( 5 ) And China is investing $470 billion clean energy, to produce enough clean power for 280 million people. ( 6 ) America can lead them even further, into a clean energy future.
***
America has better options than top-down climate regulations. Instead we can use free market policies, which rely on business innovation, not bureaucrats. With more competition, smarter incentives, and less red tape, we can cut pollution while cutting the size of governmen
***
The oil & Coal industry Cleared $1/3 TRILLION last year…
explain why we continue a Big Government dump of $600 BILLION in subsidies to that industry all over the world…
THAT is the money needed to incentivize the FREE ENTERPRISE SYSTEM to engage with Global Warming and DEFEAT IT !
again – too long; didn’t read
Climate change is going to be, and probably already has been, responsible for far more damage and death than terrorism. Guns in the US are responsible for more deaths and murder than terrorism.
Al Gore said “The cumulative amount of manmade global warming now traps as much extra heat energy every day as would be released by 400,000 Hiroshima-class atomic bombs exploding every 24 hours,” he said, adding that most of the energy goes into the oceans.”
Really??? This is so much BS and people are going to believe it. How is this quantified, AL??? Cumulative from where and over what period of time? I think the cumulative effect of the hot air that Al Gore puts out is more dangerous that 400,000 Hiroshima A-bombs.
IT has been repeatedly
measured that in the last 40 Years of satellite measures, Increasing larger amounts of Solar Energy our entering our atmosphere than reflects away…and this had been in a WEAKENED SOLAR ENERGY CYCLE….Now that we are exiting this cycle, with the help of all the Carbon Dioxide our atmosphere
AND
YES!,
the energy stored up in our oceans (you remember that the oceans cover the vast majority of our world)…the prospects of an even warmer Earth are threatening.
*****WITH ALL THE TALK ABOUT the last 20 YEARS being the HOTTEST 20 year period in recorded history…and using proxies, in nearly 2 thousand years…
FORGOTTEN is the FACT, there has not been ONE GLOBAL COLD TEMPERATURE RECORD since 1911 !!
TODAY:
70,000++ Highly Trained and woefully under paid scientific Researchers are working over time to
fend off the worse aspects of Climate change.
(to save the world for their children)
…or more accurately
….anthropogenic ((man made))global warming.
Over the last 3 decades well over 250,000 scientists have been increasing concerned about this issue as they studied the trend.
The current warming trend is of particular significance because most of it is very likely human-induced and proceeding at a rate that is unprecedented in the past 1,300 years.1
Earth-orbiting satellites and other technological advances have enabled scientists to see the big picture, collecting many different types of information about our planet and its climate on a global scale. This body of data, collected over many years, reveals the signals of a changing climate.
The heat-trapping nature of carbon dioxide and other gases was demonstrated in the mid-19th century.2 Their ability to affect the transfer of infrared energy through the atmosphere is the scientific basis of many instruments flown by NASA. There is no question that increased levels of greenhouse gases must cause the Earth to warm in response.
Ice cores drawn from Greenland, Antarctica, and tropical mountain glaciers show that the Earth’s climate responds to changes in greenhouse gas levels. They also show that in the past, large changes in climate have happened very quickly, geologically-speaking: in tens of years, not in millions or even thousands.3
The evidence for rapid climate change is compelling:
Republic of Maldives: Vulnerable to sea level rise.
Sea level rise
Global sea level rose about 17 centimeters (6.7 inches) in the last century. The rate in the last decade, however, is nearly double that of the last century.4
+ more
Global temperature rise
All three major global surface temperature reconstructions show that Earth has warmed since 1880.5 Most of this warming has occurred since the 1970s, with the 20 warmest years having occurred since 1981 and with all 10 of the warmest years occurring in the past 12 years.6 Even though the 2000s witnessed a solar output decline resulting in an unusually deep solar minimum in 2007-2009, surface temperatures continue to increase.7
+ more
Warming oceans
The oceans have absorbed much of this increased heat, with the top 700 meters (about 2,300 feet) of ocean showing warming of 0.302 degrees Fahrenheit since 1969.8
+ more
Flowing meltwater from the Greenland ice sheet
Shrinking ice sheets
The Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets have decreased in mass. Data from NASA’s Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment show Greenland lost 150 to 250 cubic kilometers (36 to 60 cubic miles) of ice per year between 2002 and 2006, while Antarctica lost about 152 cubic kilometers (36 cubic miles) of ice between 2002 and 2005.
+ more
Visualization of the 2007 Arctic sea ice minimum
Declining Arctic sea ice
Both the extent and thickness of Arctic sea ice has declined rapidly over the last several decades.9
+ more
The disappearing snowcap of Mount Kilimanjaro, from space.
Glacial retreat
Glaciers are retreating almost everywhere around the world — including in the Alps, Himalayas, Andes, Rockies, Alaska and Africa.10
+ more
Extreme events
The number of record high temperature events in the United States has been increasing, while the number of record low temperature events has been decreasing, since 1950. The U.S. has also witnessed increasing numbers of intense rainfall events.11
+ more
Ocean acidification
Since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, the acidity of surface ocean waters has increased by about 30 percent.12,13 This increase is the result of humans emitting more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and hence more being absorbed into the oceans. The amount of carbon dioxide absorbed by the upper layer of the oceans is increasing by about 2 billion tons per year.14,15
+ more
Rick – I probably agree with what you’re trying to get across as I disagree with Agent’s views on this topic, but your copied & pasted posts are quite wordy (and that’s something coming from me :). Can you summarize your stance and be a little more succinct please?
Wow Integrity, we have one of those true Gore believers on the blog now spouting off in paragraph after paragraph. His post is sure to increase Global Warming. Perhaps he is the son of one of the failed scientists or is a nephew of Gore.