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TL;DR: Graphs show that humans are the cause of global warming, not natural effects.
Happy Earth Day!
sauce: https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2015-whats-warming-the-world/
TheCriticsWereConciseItOnlyTookFourLines
Eek! Global warming clearly causes higher greenhouse gas levels.
b1ggusd1ckus
News at 11: science fails to convince 50% of 'muricuns yet again.
MistaJinxy
S-so.. we burn more coal!
Apeofdeath
Cow farts?
emteecee
Sure, if you want to use facts to make an argument. But what about my vague gut feeling based on political rhetoric and bad information?
HectoProtecto
Touché
lGneousMlracIe
One word of caution, and bring the downvotes, Hansen (2010), the model where the "observed" temp comes from, has been under fire for (1/7)
lGneousMlracIe
(2/7) failing to disclose some questionable methodology with regard to station selection. When sharing these data, you should add the caveat
lGneousMlracIe
(3/7) or you're just giving ammunition to the rabid climate deniers. While the skepticism (against Hansen) has been mostly debunked, this
lGneousMlracIe
(4/7) study did drop thermo stations when they showed a downward temperature trend & did use later-added stations with higher baseline
lGneousMlracIe
(5/7) temperatures which may have artificially increased the upward trend. None of these methods were disclosed in the original publication.
lGneousMlracIe
(6/7) https://www.skepticalscience.com/surface-temperature-measurements-advanced.htm (this is NOT a climate change skeptic or denier site,
lGneousMlracIe
(7/7) it's a very well-documented climate-change-acceptance site with a dumb name). The Hansen issue is oft cited as "climate conspiracy."
benovere
I can back up that this site is legit with a very poor choice of domain name.
benovere
Additionally, MOST of the comments aren't absolute cancer, you can find a decent debate with sources from both sides.