I found a page with a bunch of NASA graphs too, but they trend upward *shrug*
http://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/graphs/
I also couldn't find a graph that had CO2 emissions trending down. And the only thing I'm pretty confident when reading about this stuff is that:
1. CO2 is a greenhouse gas.
2. Globally, CO2 emissions are increasing due to man's actions.
3. Greenhouse gasses trap heat.
What am I missing?
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Originally Posted by WarChild
Some inconvenient facts that Mr. Gore didn't see fit to bring to light:
- On CO2 emissions and raising temperatures, could somebody please explain this graph to me:
- From 1986 to 2000 central Antarctic valleys cooled .7 degrees C per decade with serious ecosystem damage from the cold.
- Both satellite data and ground stations show slight cooling over the last 20 years.
- Side-looking radar measurements show West Antarctic ice is increasting at 26.8 gagatons/yr. Reversing the melting trend of the last 6000 years.
- Antarctic peninsula has warmed several degrees while interior has cooled somewhat. Ice shelves have retreated but sea ice has increase.
- During the last four interglacials, going back 420,000 years, the Earth was warmer than it is today.
- Less Antarctic ice has melted today than occured during the last interglacial.
- Antarctic sea ice has increased since 1979.
- The greater part of Antarctica experiences a longer sea-ice season, lasting 21 days longer than it did in 1979. |