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Graphs about Global Warming
A regular reader forwarded this link to me. The conclusion of the article summarizes the major points with this set of graphs:



Taken together, these graphs seem to indicate two important points:
  • Global warming (assuming it can be measured reliably) seems to move more closely with solar activity than with the burning of hydrocarbons.
  • Rising sea levels (albeit very small rises) and glacial shortening seem to have begun long before the major increases in the burning of hydrocarbons.
If these relationships continue to hold up, perhaps it is time to stop worrying about the possibility of human-induced global warming.

Perhaps, too, it is time to revoke Al Gore's Nobel Prize.

Category: Global Warming Posted on Tuesday, May 27, 2008 at 1:20pm
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doug rogers (mail) (www):
http://www.realclimate.org
5.27.2008 9:34pm
Mike Hart (mail):
John, nice try but correlation implies no causation either way. If it was not for the 'laws of thermodynamics' and concept of entropy it would almost be a plausible argument. If it were not for the different radiation patterns of energy arriving v leaving v stored and lost on a day to day basis you might say it was all due to solar forcing, again not to say it does not play a part, but its the gas/chemical mix that is the key and what it does to energy transfers not what the sun does.
5.29.2008 3:05am
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