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

Posted by BeauHD on from the comprehensive-studies dept.

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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  1. Re:That's an interesting statement to make now by Pikoro · · Score: 5, Informative

    Want to see something cool?

    Even with your cherry picked data, guess what?

    http://init.sh/wp-content/uplo...

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    "Freedom in the USA is not the ability to do what you want. It is the ability to stop others from doing what THEY want"
  2. Re: Got lucky! by ShanghaiBill · · Score: 5, Informative

    You realize the USA has some of the most aggressive environmental protection than all of the world, right?

    Do you realize that Americans emit twice as much CO2 per capita as China, and eight times as much as India? Expecting them to make equal cuts is ridiculous. The cuts need to be where the waste is.

    List of countries by per capita CO2 emissions

  3. Re: More bullshit. Right on time. As expected. by ShanghaiBill · · Score: 5, Informative

    As Einstein said, everything is relative...

    Einstein never said that. He said that inertial motion is relative. Rotational motion is not inertial, and is not relative. Objects move linearly relative to other objects. But objects rotate in an absolute sense.

    If you are locked in a black box, there is no way to determine if you have constant linear velocity. There is also no way to distinguish between gravity and acceleration. But you can detect rotation by using a Foucault pendulum or other scientific instruments.

  4. Links to sources by Geoffrey.landis · · Score: 5, Informative

    If you don't like NPR, here are some other sources:

    https://phys.org/news/2017-11-climate-real.html

    http://blog.ucsusa.org/rachel-licker/what-is-the-national-climate-assessment-the-most-comprehensive-report-on-climate-change-in-the-u-s

    http://www.themorningsun.com/article/MS/20170822/LOCAL1/170829886

    And links to the actual document:

    PDF file draft as of June 2017: https://assets.documentcloud.o...

    New York Times link to the draft report: https://www.nytimes.com/intera...

    National Academy of Sciences Review of the Draft report: https://nas-sites.org/americas...

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    http://www.geoffreylandis.com