Quote Originally Posted by 68Charger View Post
besides any arguing over who/what is responsible for any possible warming trend (part of a natural cycle, possibly), please back this specific statement up with FACTS
you clearly don't know anything about the process of global warming, let alone the scientific method. Allow me to make it about as easy as a coloring book to understand.

The earth has warming cycles.
We are currently in a warming cycle. There is no doubting that. (It is how nature works, it has happened throughout history as soil tests will show. Most of these are available through academic journals).
Warming cycles produce co2 trapped in permafrost, releasing it into the atmosphere.
Human factor has been proven to accelerate the natural course of the warming by several factors.
1)Massive dirty energy plants(usually in upcoming 3rd world countries, since the US generally has cleaner burning coal.
2)Less rain forest density, meaning less absorption of co2 from the atmosphere.
3) Unregulated burning of fossil fuels, without paying the costs for damaging the environment (you can't drive a car without insurance, why should you be able to burn fuel without paying for the damage its caused)

So, more co2 (from both human and natural causes) + less absorption = more warming of the earth. Hence, sea levels rising, ice shelfs melting at a far accelerated rate.


Its funny because, I don't have to do in-depth research to find evidence of it happening, and yet you can't find any evidence to prove that it isn't happening. It has already been proven, you now have to disprove it.

More evidence that Greenlands density (In case you weren't aware, Greenland is largely permafrost, and contains huge amounts of trapped co2), as well as rising ocean levels

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0323161819.htm
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0713101412.htm
http://www.agu.org/journals/ABS/2010/2010GL042460.shtml
http://www.upi.com/Science_News/Reso...8081279213064/


This image, created with sea surface height data from the Topex/Poseidon and Jason-1 satellites, shows how ocean surface heights have changed from 1993 to now.

Now, Global Warming isn't the kill all for the world. Yes it is happening, but we have already adapted to it and are already reversing the effects. The next step on the course of the earth is a magnetic polar shift, which were are long overdue for. If you actually studied science, it would make sense. But it seems like you have no background at all in Biology, let alone Atmospheric Sciences. Let me guess, you also believe the earth was created ~6000 years ago, in 4004bc, the lunar landings never happened, evolution is false, and that all muslim's are evil?