This topic is far too important to ignore. Therefore,
a new category is needed on this forum to deal with
global warming which, with business as usual, will
eliminate life on Earth.

There is nothing in the text that infringes on copywrite.
A large part of the summaries on temperatures and
dewpoints was done by this author, on personal time.
The only advertisement is to save Panet Earth and to
reduce CO2 emission.

Rapid global warming is being driven by CO2 emissions.

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Hydrologist concludes: humans must reduce fossil fuel
emissions for the web of life to survive on Earth.
The only advertisement is to save Panet Earth.

by Patrick J. Neuman
February 25, 2004

Global studies point to fossil fuel emissions as the
main cause for rapid global warming,1970s to current:
http://www.giss.nasa.gov/research/intro/shindell_03/
http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/paleo/pubs/crowley.html
http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/stp/GOIN/NASA/JLean.htm

Global graphs of land/air temperatures and atmospheric
CO2 concentrations show high correlation 1970s to current:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Paleontology...gy_and_Climate/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ClimateArchive/

Global digital land-air temperature averages show increasing
rates of warming from late 1970s to current (table, averages):
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ClimateArchi...ive/message/464

Snowmelt runoff happening early in the season in North America:
http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/topstory/20...andfreeze.html
http://www.mnforsustain.org/climate_...ota_neuman.htm
www.kluweronline.com/issn/0165-0009/contents
http://www.usgs.gov/public/press/pub...s/pr1819m.html

Rural temperatures increasing at NOAA cooperative stations:
http://www.mnforsustain.org/mn_dewpo...ial_report.htm
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ClimateConce...rn/message/6175

Urban heat island effect found to be minor:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ClimateArchi...ive/message/473

Increasing annual and winter average dewpoints(humidity)
http://www.mnforsustain.org/climate_...ota_neuman.htm
http://www.mnforsustain.org/mn_dewpo...ial_report.htm

Glaciers and ice sheets
http://nsidc.org/glaciers/questions/climate.html
http://www.geo.unizh.ch/wgms/
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/...3120816303.html

Arctic and Antarctic rapid thaw
http://nsidc.org/news/press/20031219_speed_up.html
http://www.arcus.org/SEARCH/OSM/main_downloads.html

Dramatic changes in atmosphere boundaries
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/...40203234243.htm
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/...3010311038.html

CO2 emissions and atmospheric concentration increasing
http://www.cmdl.noaa.gov/ccgg/faq.html

Continent positions unchanged in last 50 million years
http://www.scotese.com/

Paleocene, Eocene ..50 million years of gradual cooling:
http://earth.usc.edu/geol150/evolution/cenozoic.html

Pleistocene-Holocene low CO2, highly variable climate
http://www.co2science.org/edit/v7/v7n4edit.htm

Species extinctions with rapid climate change
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3375447.stm http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,...,988380,00.html

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Based on personal research and study, there is no doubt:
- Fossil fuel emissions are causing rapid global warming
- Rapid global warming causes great harm to web of life
- Rapid global warming is happening and worsening

Hydrologist concludes: humans must reduce fossil fuel
emissions for the web of life to survive on Earth.

The World is in Crisis due to worsening global warming!
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Paleontology...gy_and_Climate/

Financial incentives to reduce vehicle miles traveled, energy use:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ClimateArchi...ive/message/229

Pat Neuman. (npat1@juno.com)
Hydrologist and Discussion Group
Owner of:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Paleontology...gy_and_Climate/

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Pat, you already started another discussion on this subject, and then another one, which was closed - not to mention, it violated 4 of the forum's rules. This is a space and astronomy discussion forum, so I'm not going to start another subject on global warming.

I understand and appreciate the threat of human impact on the global climate, and I think it's an enormous problem. It's just not the primary subject matter of Universe Today.

You've already got a previous thread going here:

http://www.universetoday.com/forum/index.p...?showtopic=1952

So please don't start new threads about it. You've already been warned once, do it again and I'll have to suspend your account.

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