Good Question - Is “global warming” a hoax?

Is “global warming” a hoax? Here is one perspective:

The Scientific Evidence for Global Warming

From the article:

The objective evidence for global warming is not hard to find. Glaciers are disappearing all over the world. The hottest 22 years on record have occurred since 1980. Over the last 100 years, temperatures at the Earth’s surface increased by an estimated 1.4°F (0.8°C).

This last measure may not seem like much until you consider a tell-tale rise in temperature of the same magnitude and persistence in a human being: it would be cause for attention from a doctor. Like medical science, climate science advances through peer-review. In the U.S. and globally, there is unprecedented unanimity of pinion among scientists about what the accumulating symptoms of warming mean. Here are five stablished conclusions – around which there is no longer any debate – that provide an urgent scientific case for action.

And another more colloquial perspective:

Fibs, Frauds and Whoppers

From the article:

How the debate over global warming ever became an angry partisan affair, I will never know. Somehow it has become a hard right talking point that global warming is a hoax perpetrated by liberals. In reality the theory of global warming and man’s role in it is widely accepted both on the right and the left. It is acknowledged by every reputable scientific organization, government and corporation in the world including the United States where the official position reads: “warming of the climate system is unequivocal”. That’s not a political stance someone was forced into as a vote getting scheme; it’s the government’s official position. The deniers make a lot of noise but they are a dwindling population. What they have succeeded in doing is making enough of a fuss that a lot of lay people throw up their hands and say “how the heck should I know?”

I receive several e-mails a day from people indignant about the fact that I have said the debate over global warming is over. Almost every one of these e-mails mentions one or more factoids that are in fact provably wrong. So I decided to put together a point by point summary of the favorite talking points and why they are wrong…

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