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NASA Says Hotter Summers Since 1980 Caused by Global Warming: Is Global Warming Man-Made?

mrosen814 2012/08/07 21:00:00
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The study leader from NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, James Hansen, as well as researchers Makiko Sato and Reto Ruedy, have concluded that U.S. summer heat waves (mainly in the Midwest) "have become the norm over the last 30 years compared to a base period 30 years before 1980 -- and it's because of global warming." Do you agree with NASA? You can read more about the study by clicking the 'DAILYTECH.COM' link below.

DAILYTECH.COM reports:
Hotter summers have become the norm from 1980 to present compared to 1951 to 1980 (the base period)
reports hotter summers norm 1980 compared 1951 1980 base period

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  • Kigan 2012/08/07 22:04:50 (edited)
    No
    Kigan
    +44
    The same cycle of heating and cooling the planet has gone through for years.

    Your comparing two 30 year periods. It's the same moronic crap as local weather people calling 105 degree the hottest day ever in Georgia, yet when I was a kid I remember it hitting at least that much. Anyone that has lived her long enough remembers it.

    Yet all the same they play on the hope that you have a short term memory.

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  • Icarus Soundstorm 2012/09/03 05:44:55
    Icarus
    Now you're partly right. There is no credible solution. Fossil fuel combustion is the largest contributor to global warming but we can't do without it because there's nothing to replace it. We can't run global industrial society on wind turbines or solar panels.
  • Soundstorm Icarus 2012/09/12 20:58:28
    Soundstorm
    Obama doesn't seem to be letting that stop him from shutting down the coal industry, throwing even more people out of work and increasing energy costs. The alarmist scams run by the global warmists wouldn't be such a problem if our politicians didn't use them as an excuse for their destructive policies.
  • Icarus Soundstorm 2012/09/12 21:26:07
    Icarus
    Coal is the worst kind of fossil fuel in terms of pollution - it's not only a big contributor to global warming, but also mercury poisoning and air pollution in general, which gives rise to lung disease etc. Best to shut it down as much as possible.
  • Soundstorm Icarus 2012/09/12 21:34:37
    Soundstorm
    And that is what the game is all about! Shutting down our economy. You've indubitably proven my point.
  • Icarus Soundstorm 2012/09/12 21:56:08
    Icarus
    Can't it just be about the fact that we're trashing the planet and need to change?
  • Soundstorm Icarus 2012/09/20 08:29:15
    Soundstorm
    If you can come up with evidence that the planet is being trashed at all and that we're the culprits. WITHOUT manipulated data and irrelevant computer models funded by foundations with anti-capitalist political agendas.
  • Icarus Soundstorm 2012/09/20 11:15:08
    Icarus
    There is ample evidence for anyone who's prepared to look at it objectively.
  • Soundstorm Icarus 2012/09/20 23:18:31
    Soundstorm
    That's the problem for you. Objective analysis has revealed the widespread official corruption of global warming research.
  • Icarus Soundstorm 2012/09/20 23:38:07
    Icarus
    You've been reading too much fossil fuel industry fiction.
  • Soundstorm Icarus 2012/09/26 05:52:55
    Soundstorm
    I haven't the slightest idea. Can you give some titles or publications I might recognize? I've never been aware that the fossil fuel industry included publishing.
  • Manuel 2012/08/09 17:40:47
    Yes
    Manuel
    +1
    NASA sez it...then it's true. Simple.
  • Soundstorm Manuel 2012/08/21 23:21:08
    Soundstorm
    NASA sez it...then it's true. BAAA-AAA-AAA-AAA!

    Sheep
  • Manuel Soundstorm 2012/08/22 19:37:05
    Manuel
    +1
    lol...because the GOP says it,s not true.....talk about being a sheepie...
  • Soundstorm Manuel 2012/08/22 20:47:03
    Soundstorm
    What does the GOP have to do with anything I believe? It's not like they've ever cared about my opinions either. You are so behind the curve you probably think Eisenhower represented radical libertarianism. You may as well stink to your dumb laughing gifs if you can't get yourself up to speed about the important issues with people today.
  • Manuel Soundstorm 2012/08/25 04:22:24
    Manuel
    +1
    Sure...let the planet go...it's not important...
  • Soundstorm Manuel 2012/08/25 04:43:53
    Soundstorm
    The planet won't spin off it's axle if your blessed liberal establishment goes down. But a lot of you left wing cone heads will be feeling knocked out of your orbits for a while.
    Like you Manny, when I outted you as a defensive homophobic hypocrite recently and you went silent on me for a month. Remember? "I'm not gay! I have a family!" Whoa! As if there was anything wrong with it! I seemed to have touched a raw nerve like a cross eyed dentist on that one.
  • Manuel Soundstorm 2012/08/26 06:45:54 (edited)
    Manuel
    I have a life dude....you must be 300 pounds...
  • Soundstorm Manuel 2012/09/02 03:17:33
    Soundstorm
    Could've fooled me with all the time you spend starting memes on this site while running away from replies to your cheap shots. You come off as the drive-by type yourself.
  • Squatch 2012/08/09 17:17:46
    No
    Squatch
    +3
    Bunch of Hogwash - we have only had the technology to monitor such events for about 50 years and now we know everything - right
    Also, the end effect of the "warming" is glacier ice melts causing ocean levels to rise which cools the planet and causes an ice age.
    There have been several ice ages and even a "mini ice age" in the middle ages. I am a little rusty on my history but I do not think there were any cars or electricity plants back then.
  • ♥K14 2012/08/09 17:08:03
    No
    ♥K14
    +1
    Not entirely. We just massively increased the rate.
  • SavageS0ul 2012/08/09 16:29:15
    No
    SavageS0ul
    +1
    Not completely, since when R things black & white?
  • Keith 2012/08/09 16:18:46
    No
    Keith
    You can't have 30 to 40 years of data and call it fact if we had data for every year for at least a few thousand years then I might agree. It would be like after we invented microscopes and the technology improved and we started to see more and more germs and bacteria somebody saying we are increasing the number of them.
  • Icarus Keith 2012/08/09 16:29:06
    Icarus
    +2
    Actually we have data going back many millions of years - that's how we know that CO2 is the main driver of global climate, and how we know that fossil fuel combustion is changing the climate.
  • Magniloquence 2012/08/09 16:18:15
    No
    Magniloquence
    +2
    We've had Ice-ages coming and going for millenia. Global cooling followed by global warming, even before man was on the planet. Man's activities MAY have increased the rate this time by a very small amount.
  • Icarus Magnilo... 2012/08/09 20:07:18
    Icarus
    It's a bit worse than that. We've turned a long slow natural cooling trend into rapid warming.
  • Alien Ramone 2012/08/09 15:52:08 (edited)
    No
    Alien Ramone
    +2
    Maybe, maybe not, but I chose "No" out of the two answers, because It has appeared to me that the global warming warnings have been orchestrated to promote global governance, and Al Gore has even made the point that awareness of global warming will drive the change in approach through global governance. I don't like how the whole idea has appeared to have been orchestrated for control. Other solutions to possible global warming besides global carbon taxes, carbon credits, and mandatory inspections of homes for energy efficiency are going to need to be devised for me to support them.

    There have been cycles of heating and cooling during the history of Earth and, if the trend in the following chart continues the Earth will start heading for a mini ice age over thousands of years. There appears to be pressure on scientists related to funding and status to support the idea of man made global warming, but scientists don't really know which way the climate will head. Since the idea was first started, it seems that many people have been indoctrinated in schools to just take it as fact that carbon emissions are going to cause global warming. Even Climategate and other evidence of the skewing of the data won't cause many to take a second look at what is going on. The purpose of indoctrin...

    Maybe, maybe not, but I chose "No" out of the two answers, because It has appeared to me that the global warming warnings have been orchestrated to promote global governance, and Al Gore has even made the point that awareness of global warming will drive the change in approach through global governance. I don't like how the whole idea has appeared to have been orchestrated for control. Other solutions to possible global warming besides global carbon taxes, carbon credits, and mandatory inspections of homes for energy efficiency are going to need to be devised for me to support them.

    There have been cycles of heating and cooling during the history of Earth and, if the trend in the following chart continues the Earth will start heading for a mini ice age over thousands of years. There appears to be pressure on scientists related to funding and status to support the idea of man made global warming, but scientists don't really know which way the climate will head. Since the idea was first started, it seems that many people have been indoctrinated in schools to just take it as fact that carbon emissions are going to cause global warming. Even Climategate and other evidence of the skewing of the data won't cause many to take a second look at what is going on. The purpose of indoctrinating people to those types of ideas could explain why there was such a push to get a Federal Department of Education when the states already had them:

    ice age chart
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  • Elaine Magliacane 2012/08/09 15:47:46 (edited)
    No
    Elaine Magliacane
    +2
    It's caused by that STAR in the sky, NASA should KNOW better... it is called the SUN! WHO the hell decided that 1950 to 1980 was like the time frame to base ALL climate data? The leftist LOONS need to figure our a NEW scam to get our money... this one is NOT working any more.
  • Icarus Elaine ... 2012/08/09 16:29:41
    Icarus
    +3
    Perhaps NASA know more than you do, yes?
  • Dan der... Icarus 2012/08/09 18:33:38
    Dan der Mensch
    Yes I agree - they probably would know more about the issue than most of us. Here are 50 NASA scientists that disagree with you:

    1. Jack Barneburg, Jack – JSC, Space Shuttle Structures, Engineering Directorate, 34 years
    2. Larry Bell – JSC, Mgr. Crew Systems Div., Engineering Directorate, 32 years
    3. Dr. Donald Bogard – JSC, Principal Investigator, Science Directorate, 41 years
    4. Jerry C. Bostick – JSC, Principal Investigator, Science Directorate, 23 years
    5. Dr. Phillip K. Chapman – JSC, Scientist – astronaut, 5 years
    6. Michael F. Collins, JSC, Chief, Flight Design and Dynamics Division, MOD, 41 years
    7. Dr. Kenneth Cox – JSC, Chief Flight Dynamics Div., Engr. Directorate, 40 years
    8. Walter Cunningham – JSC, Astronaut, Apollo 7, 8 years
    9. Dr. Donald M. Curry – JSC, Mgr. Shuttle Leading Edge, Thermal Protection Sys., Engr. Dir., 44 years
    10. Leroy Day – Hdq. Deputy Director, Space Shuttle Program, 19 years
    11. Dr. Henry P. Decell, Jr. – JSC, Chief, Theory & Analysis Office, 5 years
    12. Charles F. Deiterich – JSC, Mgr., Flight Operations Integration, MOD, 30 years
    13. Dr. Harold Doiron – JSC, Chairman, Shuttle Pogo Prevention Panel, 16 years
    14. Charles Duke – JSC, Astronaut, Apollo 16, 10 years
    15. Anita Gale
    16. Grace Germany – JSC, Program Analyst, 35 years
    17. Ed Gibson ...







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    Yes I agree - they probably would know more about the issue than most of us. Here are 50 NASA scientists that disagree with you:

    1. Jack Barneburg, Jack – JSC, Space Shuttle Structures, Engineering Directorate, 34 years
    2. Larry Bell – JSC, Mgr. Crew Systems Div., Engineering Directorate, 32 years
    3. Dr. Donald Bogard – JSC, Principal Investigator, Science Directorate, 41 years
    4. Jerry C. Bostick – JSC, Principal Investigator, Science Directorate, 23 years
    5. Dr. Phillip K. Chapman – JSC, Scientist – astronaut, 5 years
    6. Michael F. Collins, JSC, Chief, Flight Design and Dynamics Division, MOD, 41 years
    7. Dr. Kenneth Cox – JSC, Chief Flight Dynamics Div., Engr. Directorate, 40 years
    8. Walter Cunningham – JSC, Astronaut, Apollo 7, 8 years
    9. Dr. Donald M. Curry – JSC, Mgr. Shuttle Leading Edge, Thermal Protection Sys., Engr. Dir., 44 years
    10. Leroy Day – Hdq. Deputy Director, Space Shuttle Program, 19 years
    11. Dr. Henry P. Decell, Jr. – JSC, Chief, Theory & Analysis Office, 5 years
    12. Charles F. Deiterich – JSC, Mgr., Flight Operations Integration, MOD, 30 years
    13. Dr. Harold Doiron – JSC, Chairman, Shuttle Pogo Prevention Panel, 16 years
    14. Charles Duke – JSC, Astronaut, Apollo 16, 10 years
    15. Anita Gale
    16. Grace Germany – JSC, Program Analyst, 35 years
    17. Ed Gibson – JSC, Astronaut Skylab 4, 14 years
    18. Richard Gordon – JSC, Astronaut, Gemini Xi, Apollo 12, 9 years
    19. Gerald C. Griffin – JSC, Apollo Flight Director, and Director of Johnson Space Center, 22 years
    20. Thomas M. Grubbs – JSC, Chief, Aircraft Maintenance and Engineering Branch, 31 years
    21. Thomas J. Harmon
    22. David W. Heath – JSC, Reentry Specialist, MOD, 30 years
    23. Miguel A. Hernandez, Jr. – JSC, Flight crew training and operations, 3 years
    24. James R. Roundtree – JSC Branch Chief, 26 years
    25. Enoch Jones – JSC, Mgr. SE&I, Shuttle Program Office, 26 years
    26. Dr. Joseph Kerwin – JSC, Astronaut, Skylab 2, Director of Space and Life Sciences, 22 years
    27. Jack Knight – JSC, Chief, Advanced Operations and Development Division, MOD, 40 years
    28. Dr. Christopher C. Kraft – JSC, Apollo Flight Director and Director of Johnson Space Center, 24 years
    29. Paul C. Kramer – JSC, Ass.t for Planning Aeroscience and Flight Mechanics Div., Egr. Dir., 34 years
    30. Alex (Skip) Larsen
    31. Dr. Lubert Leger – JSC, Ass’t. Chief Materials Division, Engr. Directorate, 30 years
    32. Dr. Humbolt C. Mandell – JSC, Mgr. Shuttle Program Control and Advance Programs, 40 years
    33. Donald K. McCutchen – JSC, Project Engineer – Space Shuttle and ISS Program Offices, 33 years
    34. Thomas L. (Tom) Moser – Hdq. Dep. Assoc. Admin. & Director, Space Station Program, 28 years
    35. Dr. George Mueller – Hdq., Assoc. Adm., Office of Space Flight, 6 years
    36. Tom Ohesorge
    37. James Peacock – JSC, Apollo and Shuttle Program Office, 21 years
    38. Richard McFarland – JSC, Mgr. Motion Simulators, 28 years
    39. Joseph E. Rogers – JSC, Chief, Structures and Dynamics Branch, Engr. Directorate, 40 years
    40. Bernard J. Rosenbaum – JSC, Chief Engineer, Propulsion and Power Division, Engr. Dir., 48 years
    41. Dr. Harrison (Jack) Schmitt – JSC, Astronaut Apollo 17, 10 years
    42. Gerard C. Shows – JSC, Asst. Manager, Quality Assurance, 30 years
    43. Kenneth Suit – JSC, Ass’t Mgr., Systems Integration, Space Shuttle, 37 years
    44. Robert F. Thompson – JSC, Program Manager, Space Shuttle, 44 years
    45. Frank Van Renesselaer – Hdq., Mgr. Shuttle Solid Rocket Boosters, 15 years
    46. Dr. James Visentine – JSC Materials Branch, Engineering Directorate, 30 years
    47. Manfred (Dutch) von Ehrenfried – JSC, Flight Controller; Mercury, Gemini & Apollo, MOD, 10 years
    48. George Weisskopf – JSC, Avionics Systems Division, Engineering Dir., 40 years
    49. Al Worden – JSC, Astronaut, Apollo 15, 9 years
    50. Thomas (Tom) Wysmuller – JSC, Meteorologist, 5 years
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  • Icarus Dan der... 2012/08/09 19:00:58
    Icarus
    +1
    Except they're not actually NASA scientists, are they? And they don't agree with what NASA have to say, do they?
  • Dan der... Icarus 2012/08/09 19:13:25
    Dan der Mensch
    Engineers and scientists - JSC stands for Johnson Space Center.
  • Icarus Dan der... 2012/08/09 19:17:28
    Icarus
    +1
    Retired technicians and pen-pushers with precisely zero knowledge of climate science.
  • Dan der... Icarus 2012/08/09 19:22:02
    Dan der Mensch
    You must not have looked at the list very closely. Chief Engineers, Astronauts and Meteorologists are "pen-pushers" with zero knowledge of climate science?

    This guy is credible though right?

    closely chief engineers astronauts meteorologists pen-pushers climate science guy credible
  • Icarus Dan der... 2012/08/09 19:25:58
    Icarus
    +1
    Why do you victims of the global warming denial scam always roll out Al Gore as the whipping boy for your fantasies? Guess you don't have any actual science to support your position, right? Same as those 50 ex-NASA non-scientists.
  • Dan der... Icarus 2012/08/09 19:39:53
    Dan der Mensch
    Because Al likes it rough like that... just ask his massage therapists.

    Well ok... if being an ex-NASA astronaut / meteorologist / engineer disqualifies someone, then an ex-politician's viewpoint ought not even be considered right? You can't get any more useless than ex-politicians can you?
  • Icarus Dan der... 2012/08/09 19:41:41
    Icarus
    I agree, which is why I rely on real science from real scientists (you know, the people who actually publish papers on climate science).
  • Dan der... Icarus 2012/08/09 19:52:21
    Dan der Mensch
    Sounds more to me like you rather rely on scientists that agree with your preconceived opinions. Then when someone else comes by with a different idea...

    sounds rely scientists preconceived opinions
  • Icarus Dan der... 2012/08/09 19:59:32
    Icarus
    +1
    Actually my preconceived notion was "Global warming? Pah! What global warming?"

    Then I looked at the evidence.
  • Dan der... Icarus 2012/08/09 20:08:43
    Dan der Mensch
    And then you shut the door? Give it another look. I believed in this stuff too once, but when you follow the money, it becomes real clear what's really going on:

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/ea...
  • Icarus Dan der... 2012/08/09 20:10:33
    Icarus
    +1
    Back to Al Gore eh? You really don't have *any* science to support your view, do you?

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