"Scientists" were clamoring for governmental action on global cooling 30 years ago. I'm just saying...
2007-12-12 13:15:13 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Environment ➔ Global Warming
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2007-12-12 13:15:33 · update #1
Right. And now that the climate is starting to cool off a bit, they insist on changing the name to "climate change", like the climate should be the same every year.....
2007-12-12 13:25:23 · answer #1 · answered by Dr Jello 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
In spite of a few predictably overblown articles in the popular press, there never was a scientific consensus on global cooling, nor on any global climate change prior to the existing consensus on warming (which formed in the mid 1990's).
http://www.wmconnolley.org.uk/sci/iceage/
2007-12-12 22:22:37 · answer #2 · answered by Keith P 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
"Scientists" weren't. Just a few with no good data and no backing from ANY major scientific organization.
They in no way resembled today's global warming scientists with a mountain of data, and backing from EVERY major scientific organization.
More details here:
http://www.realclimate.org/index.php?p=94
The global warming cooling guys were in fact, exactly like the "skeptics' of today.
Good websites for more info:
http://profend.com/global-warming/
http://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/science/
http://www.realclimate.org
"climate science from climate scientists"
http://environment.newscientist.com/channel/earth/dn11462
2007-12-12 21:22:56 · answer #3 · answered by Bob 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
"NOW we KNOW".
This quote is attributed to every leading scientist since Pliny the Elder.
2007-12-12 21:24:44 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋