Global Warming

[Chuck Britton <britton@ODIE.NCSSM.EDU>]

The scientific consensus DOES seem to be pointing toward Global
Warming but he jury is still out as to whether it is 'manmade' AND
(if it is) that we can or SHOULD stop the development of third world
countries in an effort to stop it.

Quite likely, the earth is still swinging out of the last period of glaciation.


At 11:17 AM -0700 9/16/99, Leigh Palmer wrote:
> I have never "railed against
> the notion of global warming". In point of fact I told my astronomy
> students just yesterday* that there is scientific consensus that the
> Earth has warmed over the last century by a half degree Celsius, plus
> or minus a half degree or so. I hope any readers who have joined the
> group since that discussion will recognize the nature of his claim.
>
> Leigh
>
> *This was in response to a question about the relative severity of
> winters and summers in the northern and southern hemispheres of
> Earth. I wanted to emphasize the fact that it was more difficult to
> determine the global temperature history of Earth than it is to
> determine the global temperature history of Mars.

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