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Global Warming is a fact. Man's involvement is not so clear.

More to muddy the waters -- a solar study.

The upshot -- The sun makes the earth warmer or cooler in a very recognizable way. We are currently in a solar warming trend, so any changes we see have to be colored by THAT fact before assumptions about greenhouse gases and particulate pollution. Yes, the ice-caps are retreating. And, had we not been here, they'd probably still be retreating.

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entropic-om.livejournal.com

Greenhouse gasses and particulate pollution still make it hard to breathe and play fast and loose with our health. ;(

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dwivian

Particulates, yes. The worst, of course, is caused by the warmth -- pollen from those icky plants. The warmer it gets, the happier they are to spooge everyone. Ugh.

Greenhouse gases, though, aren't quite as bad. Jury is still out past their warming issues. Ozone, in fact, is used locally to help clear particles out of the air! A fact that I hate, since I can 'taste' ozone when I breathe it in any quantities....

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low-delta.livejournal.com

I've heard evidence suggesting that the warming is happening *faster* than has ever happened before.

Just saying.

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dwivian

A Harvard study disproved the general evidence of the hocky-stick rise in thermals.... it's not as fast as the past cooling, or a previous heat cycle. And, that cycle was hotter than this one, so until we pass the high temp, we're still in a mediocre phase of heating and cooling, possibly related to ourselves, but most likely external in origin.

There's still no excuse for polluting, though.