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ÿþU n d e r s t a n d i n g t h e P r o o f o f G l o b a l W a r m i n g
from: A n c i e n t H i p p yG l o b a l w a r m i n g i s a t e r m w h i c h i s u s e d t o r e f e r t o t h e i n c r e a s e i n t h e a v e r a g e t e m p e r a t u r e o f t h e E a r t h s s u r f a c e , a n d i t i s a n i s s u e w h i c h h a s c o m e i n t o g r e a t d e b a t e a n d c o n t r o v e r s y , e s p e c i a l l y o v e r r e c e n t y e a r s i n p a r t i c u l a r . A l t h o u g h t h e r e a r e o f c o u r s e t h o s e c r i t i c s w h o b e l i e v e t h a t t h e e n t i r e g l o b a l w a r m i n g c o n c e p t i s i n f a c t a f r a u d , t h e r e i s s t i l l t h e p r o o f o f g l o b a l w a r m i n g t h a t r e m a i n s , a n d o f w h i c h i s i n c r e d i b l y i m p o r t a n t t o r e c o g n i z e a n d t a k e i n t o c o n s i d e r a t i o n i n o r d e r t o h a v e a n i n f o r m e d u n d e r s t a n d i n g o f t h e m a t t e r o v e r a l l .
T h e V a r i o u s P r o o f o f G l o b a l W a r m i n g
O v e r t h e y e a r s s c i e n t i s t s h a v e u s e d m a n y d i f f e r e n t m e a n s a n d m e t h o d s i n o r d e r t o c o m e u p w i t h p r o o f o f g l o b a l w a r m i n g , a n d i n p a r t i c u l a r , p o w e r f u l e v i d e n c e f o r g l o b a l w a r m i n g w a s d i s c o v e r e d b y s c i e n t i s t s f u n d e d b y t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s g o v e r n m e n t i n t h e y e a r 2 0 0 4 , a s a n e w a n a l y s i s o f s a t e l l i t e d a t a a c t u a l l y r e v e a l e d t h a t t e m p e r a t u r e i n a c r i t i c a l p a r t o f t h e a t m o s p h e r e a r e r i s i n g m u c h f a s t e r t h a n p r e v i o u s l y t h o u g h t , t h u s r e s u l t i n g i n s t r e n g t h e n i n g t h e s c i e n t i f i c c o n s e n s u s t h a t t h e w o r l d i s w a r m i n g a t a n u n n a t u r a l r a t e .
B a s i c a l l y , w h i l e i t i s g e n e r a l l y a c c e p t e d t h a t s u r f a c e t e m p e r a t u r e s o f t h e E a r t h a r e i n c r e a s i n g b y a n a v e r a g e o f 0 . 1 7 C p e r d e c a d e , s a t e l l i t e s h a v e b e e n u n a b l e t o d e t e c t a p a r a l l e l t r e n d i n t h e t r o p o s p h e r e , w h i c h i s t h e l o w e s t l e v e l o f t h e a t m o s p h e r e , e x t e n d i n g 7 . 5 m i l e s a b o v e t h e g r o u n d , i n w h i c h m o s t w e a t h e r o c c u r s .
M o r e P r o o f o f G l o b a l W a r m i n g
T h e r e a r e e v e n m o r e i n s t a n c e s o f p r o o f o f g l o b a l w a r m i n g , i n c l u d i n g a n e w r e p o r t t h a t w a s c o m p l e t e d r e c e n t l y , w h i c h w a s b a s e d o n a n a n a l y s i s o f i n f r a r e d l o n g - w a v e r a d i a t i o n d a t a f r o m t w o d i f f e r e n t s p a c e m i s s i o n s . T h e u n i q u e s a t e l l i t e s p e c t r o m e t e r d a t a t h a t w a s c o l l e c t e d 2 7 y e a r s a p a r t s h o w s f o r t h e f i r s t t i m e t h a t r e a l s p e c t r a l d i f f e r e n c e s h a v e b e e n o b s e r v e d , a n d t h a t t h e y c a n b e a t t r i b u t e d t o c h a n g e s i n g r e e n h o u s e g a s e s o v e r a l o n g t i m e p e r i o d .
T h e P r e m i s e o f G l o b a l W a r m i n g
B a s i c a l l y , a s t h e s u n s r a d i a t i o n h i t s t h e E a r t h s s u r f a c e , i t i s r e e m i t t e d a s i n f r a r e d r a d i a t i o n , a n d t h e n t h i s r a d i a t i o n i s t h e n p a r t l y t r a p p e d b y t h e s o - c a l l e d g r e e n h o u s e g a s e s , w h i c h a r e : c a r b o n d i o x i d e , m e t h a n e , a n d c h l o r o f l u o r o c a r b o n s , a s w e l l a s w a t e r v a p o r . S a t e l l i t e s a r e a b l e t o m e a s u r e c h a n g e s i n t h e i n f r a r e d r a d i a t i o n s p e c t r u m , a n d t h i s e n d s u p r e s u l t i n g i n a l l o w i n g s c i e n t i s t s t o b e a b l e t o d e t e c t c h a n g e s i n t h e E a r t h s n a t u r a l g r e e n h o u s e e f f e c t a n d a l s o t o b e a b l e t o d e d u c e w h i c h g r e e n h o u s e g a s c o n c e n t r a t i o n s h a v e c h a n g e d i n g e n e r a l .
The Affects Of Global Warming News
Dry, hot weather threatens California fire gains - Newsday
LOS ANGELES - Firefighters on Tuesday faced worsening weather conditions that pushed flames across firebreaks in parts of inland California and chased residents out of one small community. Along the coast, however, an evacuation order was lifted for ...
Read more...ND tornado victims get lots of volunteer help - Newsday
ROLLA, N.D. - Scores of volunteers Tuesday helped tornado-damaged communities in northern North Dakota clear away debris from a storm that destroyed six homes and seriously injured one man. A preliminary report from the National Weather Service said ...
Read more...Weird Weather Watch: Lightning - San Francisco Gate
A reader asked me to look at historical lightning data to see if the June lightning storms that caused many of the wildfires now blazing were unusual. As best I can tell from a quick look at state data is that the lightning itself wasn't that unusual ...
Read more...Dry, Hot Weather Threatens California Fire Gains - FOX News
July 5: Firefighter's work to contain brush fires out of control in the Santa Ynez Mountains near Goleta, Calif. July 5: Firefighter's work to contain brush fires out of control in the Santa Ynez Mountains near Goleta, Calif. LOS ANGELES ...
Read more...Texas Crop, Weather - AgNews
COLLEGE STATION – Much of West Texas and the Panhandle received rain, but the drought isn't officially over, said Dr. Billy Warrick , Texas AgriLife Extension Service agronomist based in San Angelo . "For this part of Texas, the statement generally ...
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