Apparently not ALL scientists agree with Gore

[Norlamand]

Science is very political.

 

[batteryacid]

@solar activity vs. surface temperature

There is a correlation and its relatively interesting- I recenly was in a lecture about it:
1) sunspots means solar activity that means attack on the magnetic field of the earth
2) Less magnetic shielding means more cosmic radiation
3) more cosmic radiation means more secondary ions means more particle formation in the upper atmosphere
4) this leads to a change of the clouding of the earth and thus a change in the average climate

One could now say that because of this all discussion on climate change is irrelevant, BUT and this is the point, what happens during these solar events is exactly what I wrote about as secondary aerosol effect, thus extra polution of the Atmosphere HAS an efect, and it shows that a SMALL CHANGE in the cascade of climate formation has a NOTICEBLY BIG EFFECT

@to those people discussing about politics here:
Why can´t you properly distinguish between scientific theories and what politicians make with it ? Politicians will ALWAYS take the INTERPRETATION they need, but that has nothing to do with the RAW DATA or scientific opinion
Today there is the discussion not about the EFFECT but about the MOST PROBABLE SCENARIO - why is this so hard to understand ?

 

[Atlas14]

You are mixing up CO2, CFCs and O3.

And weather has never been constant. It always changes. There are too many factors involved. Like Pboily says, where scientists don't agree, or don't know exactly, is how much is mankind to blame.

And since nobody knows exactly how big is the man's part in the global weather equation, or whether the "solutions" to the global warming issue are gonna be better or worse that the problem itself, then the issue gets contaminated with politics, and the contamination corrupts scientists and politicians on both sides.

I wasn't mixing them up, but rather explaining that ALL contribute in some way, and in different levels to Global Warming. However I should have added as you said that scientists do disagree about how much each is having an effect and how much warming is due to mankind.

 

[pboily]

scientists are political, science is not.

I'd say in much the same way that Christians are political, but Christianity isn't.