I love websites like these:
http://www.globalclimatescam.com/ -- "a project of the Minnesota Majority"
Especially when they're countered by articles like this:
"Scientists are more confident than ever that climate change is real and caused largely by human activities."
"About 97 percent of American scientists say that climate change is happening."
"Most Americans are unaware that the National Academy of Sciences, known for its cautious and even-handed reviews of the state of science, is firmly on board with climate change. It has been for years."
"That's not just the view of the U.S. National Academies. There's also a consensus statement from the presidents of science academies from around the world, including the academies of China, the United Kingdom, India, Japan, Russia, France, Brazil, the list goes on."
Apparently, the common American and Minnesota Majority know more about climate change than 8+ Science Academies. In fact, if you search Climate Change Hoax on Google, you will find that almost all results are .com (in other words, not governmental or official in nature, as would be .edu, .org, .gov, . info, etc -- anyone can get a .com, and anyone can write what they would like without being accounted for. As far as legitimate research goes, .coms should be avoided). The ones I could find that were affiliated to some sort of legitimate group included http://www.sierraclub.ca/national/programs/atmosphere-energy/climate-change/ten-myths.html and http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2005/01/senator-inhofe/
Neither of which actually believe climate change is a hoax.
The majority of the rest are the random news article or privately owned sites.
Which I probably won't believe over a site directly affiliated with the actual scientists and their data.
Where, exactly, is the doubt coming from? Why, exactly, are we fighting this so much?
What about articles like these?
"They (the International Programme on the State of the Ocean) conclude that issues such as over-fishing, pollution and climate change are acting together in ways that have not previously been recognised."
"The report also notes that previous mass extinction events have been associated with trends being observed now - disturbances of the carbon cycle, and acidification and hypoxia (depletion of oxygen) of seawater.
Levels of CO2 being absorbed by the oceans are already far greater than during the great extinction of marine species 55 million years ago (during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum), it concludes."
I just don't get it.
It's actually happening. Could we just go ahead and actually do something, instead of waiting until we can't anymore before we try?
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