FACT!
We never had this warm winters here before... about 20 celsius too warm for normal winter

FINLAND Lappeenranta

Janne \"Lgr\" the flying Finn!

Fact - there is enough evidence around to support it, certainly more than enough to convince even the most hardened naysayer (if they weren't so against the idea of it being true that is!)

People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people. - V

I agree - FACT! not fiction.

He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose - Jim Eillot

Global warming is a fact. If humans caused it or not is still a bit unclear tho.

"If we are going to teach creation science as an alternative to evolution, then we should also teach the stork theory as an alternative to biological reproduction." (Judith Hayes)

It is a fact for sure and I agree with the theory.

FACT!

I wasn't meant to walk this world without you - Kelly Clarkson - Maybe.

Fact

"I pity people who don't drink. When they wake up feeling good in the morning, that is the best they are going to feel" Frank Sinatra

Fact

"I pity people who don't drink. When they wake up feeling good in the morning, that is the best they are going to feel" Frank Sinatra

I don't believe..if you read different studies...that they have enough evidence to confirm that what we do or don't do...have that much to do with it.
I'm not saying that we have no affect...just that realistically...we have no certain proof of the degree...if any..

This has turned into a political tool...and the absolutes on both sides really aren't helping anything.

The best way to cheer yourself up...is to cheer somebody else up..
MT

Global warming is most definately a FACT. My husband's company flies up many groups of environmental scientists as well as many universities students from all over the world every year to different sections of the Arctic. They are very verbal about their findings to the people they work around. Many shake their heads with their overwhelming findings from year to year. The amount of icebergs breaking off and floating into warmer waters are more evident every year. Our glaciers are in fact shrinking at an alarming rate. They say, they record all their findings, but if all facts reach the public they are not certain. Most people as well as politicians just hide their head in the sand, saying if we don't think about it, it doesn't exist and we won't have to deal with it.

The un-inspirational behavior of others determines our willingness to believe their words. Their life and truths then become like wind, collecting dust in its passing. -lea

Its mid February in Sweden and its freakin +5C, it should be like -5C, well the positive thing is we will have spring a whole month earlier this year

frewurny glirt ptohtsm!

My question is not that we are warming...but how much we are contributing..
The world has had been serious variances in temperature long before we could possibly be a contributing factor..
From the reports I have read from both sides...there is no overwhelming evidence that we are any driving force.
In fact...the truth is..they simply don't know.

The best way to cheer yourself up...is to cheer somebody else up..
MT

I think we should be very wary about any studies that hit society saying there is no real problem. Governments have the power to allow people to see exactly what they want them to see. The amount of dollars the government would have to sink into, cutting down pollution in every way and the amount of very unhappy contributors(companies)to deal with..they would never admit this is a major problem. When it comes to environment issues(big bucks), how many facts do you think we actually know about.

The un-inspirational behavior of others determines our willingness to believe their words. Their life and truths then become like wind, collecting dust in its passing. -lea

here is one view..
fun facts..
http://www.geocraft.com/WVFossils/ice_ages.html

The best way to cheer yourself up...is to cheer somebody else up..
MT

I guess it all depends on who you want to believe and their expert's ongoing findings. It is also quite interesting to note where some of these sceptical groups funding comes from.

http://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/science/ipcc-highlights3.html

The un-inspirational behavior of others determines our willingness to believe their words. Their life and truths then become like wind, collecting dust in its passing. -lea

And I don't think there would be much doubt of where the supporters funding comes from either..

The truth is..cleaning up the environment would have positive effects in so many directions..
and who would not realistically prefer that greenhouse gases and global warming were something that we all could control..something we could all change.
But I think we all should keep an open mind before we plunge all our time, money and effort into one single direction..

The best way to cheer yourself up...is to cheer somebody else up..
MT

Ditto!

It is a fact.That many reason.In bible there is also written as earth was sink by sea .
And experimentally.....in antartica ,the ice hill is also melting due to increase in temprature.
if all glacier melt,then our planet will again sink by sea.there is no doubt.

Fact.

We should be in a cold freeze now, if it wasn't for our polluting......

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Fact.

Je grimperai sur l'espace lumineux,
Je traverserai l'esprit de la terre,
Je cheminerai dans la lumière
Et j'atteindrai l'étoile.

Fiction..

Because they had a record warm weather in Finland means nothing. Finland is one small part of the earth.

"According to the US National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), the average temperature of the global land surface in January 2008 was below the 20th century mean (-0.02°F/-0.01°C) for the first time since 1982.

Although some areas of the Northern Hemisphere experienced record cold, other areas experienced recorded above average temperatures

Temperatures were also colder than average across large swathes of central Asia, the Middle East, the western US, western Alaska and southeastern China."

Science is like religion. it's for sale and it's being forced on those who do not believe in it. science is the new religion. interesting that the founder of the Weather Channel here in the USA doesn't even buy into this propaganda.

Weather Channel Founder Blasts Network; Claims It Is 'Telling Us What to Think'
TWC founder and global warming skeptic advocates suing Al Gore to expose 'the fraud of global warming.'

http://www.businessandmedia.org/articles/2008/20080303175301.aspx

I can only please one person a day and today isn't your day. Tomorrows not looking to good either !

The whole climate change debate misses the real point: It doesn't matter if humans contribute or not to the global warming. Fact is that it's getting warmer and that we have to do something about it if we want to live like we are used to. If we don't do anything, there will be around 1 billion refugees in 2050 who have no place to live. THAT's the real point.

"Vor allem bewahrt Euch stets die Fähigkeit, jede Ungerechtigkeit, die irgendwo auf der Welt begangen wird, aufs Tiefste zu empfinden. " Che Guevara

It is not just a matter whether the weather is constantly changing or if the temperatures cool down or rise up. You only have to look at a few regions in the world, where you can observe in a shorter time than previously, that the whole habitats are or will be destroyed, just by some climatic effects ... then one can gladly tend to continue to denying the fact.

There are in fact four very significant stumblingblocks in the way of grasping the truth, which hinder every man however learned, and scarcely allow anyone to win a clear title to wisdom, namely, the example of weak and unworthy authority, longstanding custom, the feeling of the ignorant crowd, and the hiding of our own ignorance while making a display of our apparent knowledge. (Roger Bacon)

Before pangeia there was an ice age which alledgedly covered the globe 1.3 kilometres thick,the cold comes and goes..

Actually it doesn't matter. The environment should be protected anyways.
Fact is, there are many hints and many facts that underline the existance of global warming and its consequences.
If you believe in it, or not, the question that is important is: WILL we do something against it, OR NOT?
We have these two options, do something, or do nothing.
Now let's weigh the consequences.

IF we do SOMETHING:
Case 1: There is no global warming, we spent lots of money on more environment-friendly measures and methods of protection and production. Maybe there is a crisis, but in the end, we might even profit because staying outdoors doesn't involve your lung to turn black.

Case 2: There is global warming, we spent lots of money and we're glad we did it.

IF we do NOTHING:
Case 1: There is no global warming. Gee, we saved a lot of money. We still have some more time to exploit natural resources and we can pollute the world we live in so one day we can all have fun in the mud.

Case 2: There is global warming. Ooops. Doomed.

SO... the final question is, which risk is worse? Accidentally overprotecting the environment, or accidentally disturbing the natural cycles beyond repair? I think the answer and the CHOICE should be pretty clear. At least if you're not living after the concept "devil-may-care".

The economic anarchy of capitalist society as it exists today is, in my opinion, the real source of the evil. We see before us a huge community of producers the members of which are unceasingly striving to deprive each other of the fruits of their collective labour. I am convinced there is only one way to eliminate these grave evils, namely through the establishment of a socialist economy, accompanied by an educational system which would be oriented toward social goals.
~ Albert Einstein

For all "its the suns fault"-theory-believers: Can someone explain to me why the sun should be responsible for the global warming when the warmth production of the sun decreases since the 1990ies? Why is it that the whole planet has the lowest average temperatures when Earth is at nearest to the sun (in January)?

"Vor allem bewahrt Euch stets die Fähigkeit, jede Ungerechtigkeit, die irgendwo auf der Welt begangen wird, aufs Tiefste zu empfinden. " Che Guevara

I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find out there isn't, than to live my life as if there isn't and die to find out there is.

Well they say that the pulverization of the molecules of NaCl coming from the oceans also help to destroy the Ozone. Still, we help this a little bit with our pollution! maybe we dont cause it entirely, but help it go faster with the tons of CFC's thrown to the skies.

Gee, i remember Paris. You only gotta go to a high place on a big city and you'll see this thick layer of pollution above, some meters up in the sky.

Little to the left.

Excuse my lack of knowledge, but isn't pollution, CFC's etc a seperate topic from global warming?

I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find out there isn't, than to live my life as if there isn't and die to find out there is.

Pollution partly (pollution isn't just greenhouse gases) and CFC's yes. CFC's are harmful to the ozone layer which protects us from UV radiation.

"If we are going to teach creation science as an alternative to evolution, then we should also teach the stork theory as an alternative to biological reproduction." (Judith Hayes)