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Last Bastion For Climate Dissenters Crumbling
Layzej writes "The New York Times reports: 'For decades, a small group of scientific dissenters has been trying to shoot holes in the prevailing science of climate change, offering one reason after another why the outlook simply must be wrong.' Initially they claimed that weather stations exaggerated the warming trend. This was disproven by satellite data which shows a similar warming trend. Next, solar activity was blamed for much of the warming. This looked like a promising theory until the '80s, when solar output started to diverge from global temperatures. Now, climate contrarians are convinced that changes in cloud cover will largely mitigate the warming caused by increased CO2. The New York Times examines how even this last bastion for dissenters is crumbling. Over the past few years, Several papers have shown that rather than being a mitigating factor, changes in cloud cover due to warming may actually enhance further warming."
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The nonsensical arguments the new york times refers to I've rarely heard. When I did it was usually from the uneducated and foolish. It seems the NYT has it's own view on the subject and are trying to spin the story in such a way that if anyone disagrees with them they are stupid.
Very few people disagree with the premise that the climate is warming. Where the disagreement is, is if that warming is a natural part of earths long term weather patterns and how much effect CO2 is having on speeding up the process. Also, they question the results of the warming... predicted increased hurricane strength and frequency have not come about as we'd expected.
Before anyone attributes those views to me, my position is this: We will never stop using fossil fuels. Human nature will win, and we will burn them all. It's too late. Whatever global warming is going to do, we'd better prepare for it. The only optimism I have is in that the one thing scientists have a proven track record of if being absolutely lousy at predicting the weather.
Evolution is STILL a theory. Even Darwin acknowledged this. It is not and can not hold a candle to the proof of the historicity of the Bible.
Do some personal and open-minded research (don't take other peoples word for it!) and you'll be amazed.
Outside of that, 90% of people (Even those that believe in the Bible!) do not want to believe that there is someone that they need to answer to. They think god is unloving and uncaring. When you do an in depth study of the Bible, it's historicity and canonicity, it's amazing.
Not to mention, the Bible gives hope to people. What hope does evolution give? None...we came about by chance, live, then die, and eventually we may be overtaken by another more dominant type of being.
By the way, the Bible foretold THOUSANDS of years ago that the earth was round: Isaiah 40:22