Massive Government Report Says Climate Is Warming and Humans Are the Cause (npr.org)

An anonymous reader quotes a report from NPR: It is "extremely likely" that human activities are the "dominant cause" of global warming, according to the the most comprehensive study ever of climate science by U.S. government researchers. The climate report, obtained by NPR, notes that the past 115 years are "the warmest in the history of modern civilization." The global average temperature has increased by about 1.8 degree Fahrenheit over that period. Greenhouse gases from industry and agriculture are by far the biggest contributor to warming. The findings contradict statements by President Trump and many of his Cabinet members, who have openly questioned the role humans play in changing the climate. The report states that the global climate will continue to warm. How much, it says, "will depend primarily on the amount of greenhouse gases (especially carbon dioxide) emitted globally." Without major reductions in emissions, it says, the increase in annual average global temperature could reach 9 degrees Fahrenheit relative to pre-industrial times. Efforts to reduce emissions, it says, would slow the rate of warming.

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You don't say...

[PopeRatzo]

"It is "extremely likely" that human activities are the "dominant cause" of global warming, according to the the most comprehensive study ever of climate science by U.S. government researchers. "

I'm shocked, I tell you. Shocked. How has this been allowed to go on without anyone warning us?

Re:You don't say...

[Anonymous Coward]

And of course the solution will be to increase the size of government in order to tackle this difficult problem. We'll need committees drawn up, departments formed, companies owned by politicians' relatives hired, and new taxes implemented on the middle class to pay for all this.

It's all on the up-and-up! Trust Us(tm)!

Re:You don't say...

[Anonymous Coward]

And we know we can trust this report because it's from The Government(TM), and they never lie or have alternate agendas from what they profess publicly.

Damn right. What we need to do is take the job of telling The Truth (TM) away from The Government (TM) and put it where it belongs: in the hands of Big Business (TM). /sarcasm

Re:Retard news.

[Anonymous Coward]

I thought he was being generous with 'third grader'.

Debate..

[Anonymous Coward]

Cue the level headed debate with a focus in facts, solutions and mutual respect.

Re: Got lucky!

[espenskaufel]

Using facts as an argument... How rude.

Re:That's an interesting statement to make now

[Barsteward]

my heart bleeds for the oil companies who have poisoned the world for decades and kudos to the renewable industry for picking up those profits (mind you oil companies are getting into renewables to keep themselves relevant)