SOMETHING AFOOT September 29, 2005
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Lowest Artic ice levels in 100 years (via ABC TV) 
As noted previously, the shrinking of the Artic icecap is a strong indication that climate change seems now to be occurring outside the expected normal range of variability. Greenhouse gases are a possible cause. If so, it seems these changes and their multiple implications will continue. ABC News carries a report of these developments with the opinions of concerned scientists.
Here is an issue that should be at the top of the agenda for all the Earth’s people and for all their governments. Other matters must be of lesser significance.
Kevin Drum, at Washington Monthly, has more with a categorical assertion that greenhouse gas is an underlying cause and shows the trend in the data.
Medical doctors are trained scientists so they should be qualified to comment on the patient Gaia. Michael Crichton is a global warming denier, and has written a novel, State of Fear:
“a heart-pounding, edge-of-your-seat story about its hero’s struggle against those who are trying to dupe the world into thinking global warming is a real problem.”
The question as implied by Brad Delong and his commentators is whether he is qualified to appear before a congressional committee as an expert, or as a junk scientist. As I have learnt from writing here, contrarian and contradictory opinions may often inform arguments, so the real question is who else appeared. The data on the changes to the polar caps, and evidence such as the change in ocean salination, is I expect decisive.
Jamie Wilson, for The Guardian, reports on Michael Crichton’s appearance before the Senate committee. It appears as if Brad Delong is pretty much up to speed as to what this is about.
30/09/2005 – Tim Lambert, at Deltoid, actually watched the Senate Committee meeting, and its seem some are malaria prevention deniers. But as we all know, smoking does not cause cancer, or is associated with those diseases in any way.
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