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26 Common Climate Myths Debunked
holy_calamity writes to mention that New Scientist is revealing the truth behind the '26 most common climate myths' used to muddy the waters in this ongoing heated debate. "Our planet's climate is anything but simple. All kinds of factors influence it, from massive events on the Sun to the growth of microscopic creatures in the oceans, and there are subtle interactions between many of these factors. Yet despite all the complexities, a firm and ever-growing body of evidence points to a clear picture: the world is warming, this warming is due to human activity increasing levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, and if emissions continue unabated the warming will too, with increasingly serious consequences."
...that global warming is the real myth. Thank you New Scientist for bringing me down from the fence.
okay, normally I ignore most of the nonsense said here, but calmly and factually asserting Greenland was green a few centuries ago and hence the name is beyond false and transcends comical to a territory I dont even have a name for. Greenland was named as such to encourage colonists. Iceland was named as such to discourage travellers. During the middle age warming small coastal portions of Greenland were in fact moderately lush and viking colonists thrived there, however a return to more typical climate for the area and the colosts all perished. The majority of Greenland has been under an Ice Cap thousands of feet thick for many thousands of years. During the same time period that Greenland was "greener", Iceland was even more hospitable than it is now, yet somehow they avoided naming it Greenerland or Greenestland. Its REALLY bad factual assertions like "Greenland was named such because it was once green" that keep the whole discussion of climatology on shakey if not infirm ground. The search for useful information to base ideas upon becomes exceptionally fatiguing when every attempt to present an idea is demeaned by half truths, selective application of knowledge, or just damn lies purported to prove any particulare point. I blame Al Gore for this. Facts have become secondary to presentation almost universally now. Really people. Its fairly simple. Polluting less would be great, lets get on with it. The earth has been warmer, and its certainly reasonable to expect it will do so again no matter how many hybrids we buy or how much toilet paper Sheryl Crow saves. How about we all pay more attention to how to live through it and thrive. Even if we DO manage to undo any damage we might have done, the evidence that it will happen regardless is FAR AND BEYOND irrefutable. Its just the way the erath works. Thanks for showing us Polar Bear cartoons and fancy graphs, Al. Now shut the F**K up and let us get on with survivng as a race. Or we can all work on carbon trading pyramid scemes, growing ethanol that uses more energy that in produces, and shopping at Whole Foods because paying 7$ for a loaf of bread somehow makes me green.