Agnes Said:

Are you aware of this study that proves the Medieval Warm Period was not just a regional anomaly?

We Answered:

Odd, very odd. Nowhere in the text of Dr. Chaujar's paper is the phrase "Medieval Warm Period" used, nor the abbreviation "MWP". So how is it that a paper that does not even discuss the MWP "proves" the MWP?

He does talk about the Little Ice Age a lot -- but that's not controversial among climate scientists.

Still waiting for your alleged "proof" that the MWP was both global and simultaneous. Wake me up when you have actual, you know -- evidence.

http://www.ias.ac.in/currsci/mar102009/7…

Melanie Said:

Did you ever read the Global Cooling article?

We Answered:

lmao

Humans like drama, remember? Or at least we're more apt to think of the worst possible consequence when something takes a turn.

I must say, though, I'm going to have to find that article on the Internet myself, soon.
Hopefully not copied from forwarded emails, though. xX;

Crystal Said:

Did you ever read the Global Cooling article?

We Answered:

So one magazine was wrong one time, therefore all scientists are wrong forever. I see.

Did you know that in the 1970's no one had cellphones. Therefore cellphones must not exist today, right?

Shawn Said:

Did you ever read the Global Cooling article?

We Answered:

There was some speculation about this in the 1970s. It was hardly the massive consensus and database that now supports global warming. A quote from your article states that pretty clearly:

“Our knowledge of the mechanisms of climatic change is at least as fragmentary as our data,” concedes the National Academy of Sciences report. “Not only are the basic scientific questions largely unanswered, but in many cases we do not yet know enough to pose the key questions.”

The National Academy of Sciences is not uncertain about global warming. They have stated clearly that it is happening. "The carbon cycle has recently become interesting to policy makers because human activities that release carbon-containing greenhouse gases are the primary source of the threat of global warming."

More about all that here:

http://www.realclimate.org/index.php?p=9…

It would be appropriate to compare the global cooling advocates of the 70s to the global warming skeptics today. Relatively few, generally not the top people in the field, and with little support from major scientific organizations.

Here's data showing what the "cooling" was (a slight pause in the warming) and the reasons why it occurred.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Clima…