Since there be recent talk here at the OT, and several books and a movie (Winds of Change, Field Notes from a Catastrophe, The Weather Makers and An Inconvenient Truth) on the topic of anthropogenic global warming. Thus, IIHO, it is time to start an "official" type thread (in the vein of Perfection KO Creationism). Also is a simple poll: Do you believe that anthropogenic global warming is occurring and will have a major impact on human life in the 21st century and beyond?
I been somewhat of a skeptic, but upon closer examination, my answer to my question is a definite yes. I noticed the winters here becoming warming, and summers hotter; the glaciers and ice caps of the world are shrinking; and the biogeographical distribution of species are shifting, etc. While all these events separately may have better answers than a general warming trend, they are occurring all the same time. The evidence is convergent; the scientific community is in almost total agreement. To quote Roger Ebert:
Global warming is real.
It is caused by human activity.
I been somewhat of a skeptic, but upon closer examination, my answer to my question is a definite yes. I noticed the winters here becoming warming, and summers hotter; the glaciers and ice caps of the world are shrinking; and the biogeographical distribution of species are shifting, etc. While all these events separately may have better answers than a general warming trend, they are occurring all the same time. The evidence is convergent; the scientific community is in almost total agreement. To quote Roger Ebert:
Global warming is real.
It is caused by human activity.