Wednesday, April 06, 2011

New York Times 1881 : Walrus, Seal, Bison, Elk, Fish, Reindeer – Soon To Be Extinct | Real Science

Pawlenty: Science divided on human contribution to climate change | Iowa Independent
Science is still unclear how much humans contribute to global climate change, but the consensus seems to be “it’s a modest amount,” former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty said Friday in an interview with WHO-AM’s Jan Mickelson.

“I think climate change occurs, but the bulk of it is natural, historic trends in the climate,” Pawlenty said. “There is some suggestion that humans have caused some of it, but the answer is not a government, top-down scheme.”
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The global scientific community is overwhelmingly unified in the belief that the climate is warming as a result of human actions, among them the release of greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere.
Global Warming Petition Project
31,487 American scientists have signed this petition,
including 9,029 with PhDs

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