If you think global warming is a myth, read a different article, this one contains facts

3/8/2013

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href="http://www.economist.com/node/14447171">less felt than in many other parts of the world, everyday folk are puzzling over prolonged droughts and severe weather outbreaks.

One of the curious effects of global warming isn't so much warmer temperatures, but rather more violent weather. Global warming can actually cause lower temperatures in places, as well as more violent weather. The reason is the planet now holds more energy within the atmosphere, which is expressed via extreme weather.

Storms such as Superstorm Sandy, massive tornado outbreaks across the Midwest, and prolonged droughts in the west, are all features of climate change. Scientists predict more of these events as the climate continues for the worse.

The scientific consensus concerning global warming is beyond question. Every major, credible scientific research body that has objectively examined the question has concluded the planet is warming unnaturally as a result of human activity.

In the United States, climate change denial is deeply rooted in political and religious convictions, which makes persuading the American people of its reality a challenge, despite the scientific consensus. The lack of scientific literacy in the United States is also part of the problem. According to Michigan State University professor and researcher, Jon Miller, "We should take no pride in a finding that 70 percent of Americans cannot read and understand the science section of the New York Times."

Only 28 percent of Americans qualify as "scientifically literate."

They aren't helped by pseudo-scientists and politicians who persuaded by deeply held convictions resulting from misinterpreted Bible verses, that climate change isn't real, despite the fact that their "science" doesn't hold up to the standard of real science.

It must be understood that climate change is real, that it is being unnaturally caused by humans, and that it represents a danger to the status quo.

Of course, Americans, affluent and secure in their air-conditioned homes don't like being told they should evaluate their behavior. It's easier to blame other culprits such as China than to change behavior because it's simply the right thing to do. Let them remember that during the next superstorm, for such is the legacy we bestow upon our children with our willful ignorance.

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Pope Benedict XVI's Prayer Intentions for January 2013
General Intention: The Faith of Christians. That in this Year of Faith Christians may deepen their knowledge of the mystery of Christ and witness joyfully to the gift of faith in him.
Missionary Intention: Middle Eastern Christians. That the Christian communities of the Middle East, often discriminated against, may receive from the Holy Spirit the strength of fidelity and perseverance.

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Greg
1 month ago
Trying to find facts and scientific truth from a group of people that spend their Sundays worshipping deities they can't scientifically prove. Is anyone else getting the irony here? Word of advice. Look for your truth elsewhere. I actually made the mistake of reading the entire article before I noticed the source.
udont needtoknow
1 month ago
122 million is a paltry little sum compared to the BILLIONS spent by governments to fund research that has the pre-ordained goal of finding evidence of man made global warming. oh, and by the way, if the data doest support the theory. then the government agencies can (and have) change the raw data to support their theory.
Rob
2 months ago
I am no scientist and because this issue has been hiacked by politics, we will never know the truth. But it does stand to reason that perhaps our activity is having some effect. How much I have no idea. What you do about I also do not know.

But the best way to bury something, good or bad, is make it political. Once that happens we can rest assured nothing ever will become of it.
John Symes
2 months ago
Unscientific facts, piled on alarmist nonsense, built upon humanist pride.

I am annoyed that Catholic Online not only hosts this rubbish, but propagates it as some kind of "truth". As they used to say in The X Factor: the truth is out there. It can be found with a simple Google search.

It is NOT to be found in this childish video.
Julius
2 months ago
From the abstract of the actual study, published in 'Science'

"Current global temperatures of the past decade have not yet exceeded peak interglacial values but are warmer than during ~75% of the Holocene temperature history."

In other words, (with no help from humans) about 2700 years out of the last 11,000 years have been warmer than the last decade.

That does not disprove human involvement in the current warming, it does demonstrate the 'selective' reporting that unfortunately is so common.
Diana Mae Hunter
2 months ago
"Spike of 1.5 degrees"!!!!! OMG!!!
Whoever decided to add the picture of the polar bears on the ice floe - nice touch.
Henry Barth
2 months ago
For a different view than this article presents visit:

http://wattsupwiththat.com/
ike
2 months ago
No, this article is liberal bias, and created by someone with an agenda that socially irresponsible. Global warming is pseudo science.
judy claar
2 months ago
A Very Warm Hello. I present to you A valid statement: Ever since Earth's beginning, it has been birthing through atmospheric changes. Volcanic eruptions released poisonous gases into the atmosphere; gigantic meteorites, supposedly disintegrated dinosaurs, thereby causing at least one giant tsunami that covered the earth, (this being of course before Noah's time); then there is the evidence and facts of ice ages. These are the most pertinent to mention. In conclusion, it is my opinion, and theory, that Mother Earth has entertained quite a few "global warmings," as well as "hot and cold spells." And yes, Mother Earth responds like we do, our temp going up or down, for one reason or the other, due to changes in our body, but we usually come back to normal. And not everyone has the same normal. My "normal" is much lower than 98.8 and always has been. The fact that her temp is on the rise, could also be due to the volcanic eruptions she has had recently, and that she is revving up (according to scientists) to release pent up gases yet again. This is Natural. Like the ebb and flow of the tide. How can man interfere with the Natural world? And when he can and does, he usually ends up throwing Life, things, off balance. Nature aside, facts are that 99.9% of species that have lived on this earth have died. Now we ask the question: Is mankind doing what he can to promote peace, love and harmony among his specie And Mother Earth? (No, I am not a wacky far out liberal. I consider myself "normal" by Christ's teaching, lost in a crowd.)
Brad
2 months ago
Down on my level of living, we have to treat most media proclaimations on global warming as so much pabulum. First, we are told who the "authoritative" voices are. Then we witness the clashes between them. For my part I'm going to do two things:
1) Stop sitting in fast food drive-thru's behind fifteen other cars, engines running, to buy something to eat which will probably kill me.

2) Cancel my Natural Beographic magazine. They're cutting down many thousands of trees to print the news that trees are being cut down, which harms the atmosphere. How much fossil fuel is used in delivering these publications is not reported.

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