Study the planets and how they have increased in brightness and how the sun has increased in activity and you will see that the warming up of the planet would be happening even if there were 0 humans here. We are polluting the environment but we are but a small cause of global warming. All the planets are warming up and getting brighter.
A 410-percent increase in the overall number of natural catastrophes on Earth between 1963 and 1993 (Dmitriev 1997)
A 400-percent increase in the number of quakes on Earth (over 2.5 on the Richter scale) since 1973 (Mandeville 1998)
A ~500-percent increase in Earth's volcanic activity between 1875 and 1993 (Mandeville 2000)
9 out of the 21 most severe earthquakes from 856-1999 AD occurred in the 20th century (Russian National Earthquake Information Center, 1999)
A 230-percent increase in the strength of the Sun's magnetic field since 1901 (Lockwood, 1998)
A 300-percent increase in the amount of "severe" solar activity than what was formally predicted for the year 1997 alone (NASA 1998)
400-percent or higher increases in the speed that solar particle emissions are capable of traveling through the energy of interplanetary space (NASA 1997-2001)
Recent magnetic pole shifts of Uranus and Neptune, as Voyager 2 observed their magnetic axes being significantly offset from their rotational axes (Dmitriev 1997)
Visible brightness increases now being detected on Saturn (Dmitriev 1997)
200-percent increase in the intensity of Jupiter's magnetic field from 1992-97 (Dmitriev 1997)
200-percent increase in the known density of Mars' atmosphere encountered by the Mars Surveyor satellite in 1997 (NASA 1997)
Significant melting of Martian polar icecaps in just one year, clearly seen in satellite photography (NASA 2001)
Significant physical, chemical and optical changes on Venus, including a sharp decrease in sulfur-containing gases in its atmosphere and increasing brightness (Dmitriev 1997)
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Study the planets and how they have increased in brightness and how the sun has increased in activity and you will see that the warming up of the planet would be happening even if there were 0 humans here. We are polluting the environment but we are but a small cause of global warming. All the planets are warming up and getting brighter.
A 410-percent increase in the overall number of natural catastrophes on Earth between 1963 and 1993 (Dmitriev 1997)
A 400-percent increase in the number of quakes on Earth (over 2.5 on the Richter scale) since 1973 (Mandeville 1998)
A ~500-percent increase in Earth's volcanic activity between 1875 and 1993 (Mandeville 2000)
9 out of the 21 most severe earthquakes from 856-1999 AD occurred in the 20th century (Russian National Earthquake Information Center, 1999)
A 230-percent increase in the strength of the Sun's magnetic field since 1901 (Lockwood, 1998)
A 300-percent increase in the amount of "severe" solar activity than what was formally predicted for the year 1997 alone (NASA 1998)
400-percent or higher increases in the speed that solar particle emissions are capable of traveling through the energy of interplanetary space (NASA 1997-2001)
Recent magnetic pole shifts of Uranus and Neptune, as Voyager 2 observed their magnetic axes being significantly offset from their rotational axes (Dmitriev 1997)
Visible brightness increases now being detected on Saturn (Dmitriev 1997)
200-percent increase in the intensity of Jupiter's magnetic field from 1992-97 (Dmitriev 1997)
200-percent increase in the known density of Mars' atmosphere encountered by the Mars Surveyor satellite in 1997 (NASA 1997)
Significant melting of Martian polar icecaps in just one year, clearly seen in satellite photography (NASA 2001)
Significant physical, chemical and optical changes on Venus, including a sharp decrease in sulfur-containing gases in its atmosphere and increasing brightness (Dmitriev 1997)