Global warming has quickly become one of the most heated issues in America (pun intended). Rising temperatures and melting icebergs are indisputable evidence that the Earth is warming, but is this global heat wave a man-made crisis or just overblown hype?
The most important thing to understand about global warming is the extent to
which there is that there is a lot of disagreement in the scientific community
about what's going on. An international survey of climate scientists conducted
in 2003 by German environmental scientists Dennis Bray and Hans von Storch
uncovered many interesting results. Specifically, most scientists don't believe
scientific knowledge is sufficient to predict future climate.
They also found most scientists don't believe computer models
"accurately verify climate conditions." Most scientists believe
global warming would have some positive as well as negative effects. And most
scientists believe the science is too unsettled to form a basis for public
policy.
An even more recent survey, conducted in 2006, of members of the National
Registry of Environmental Professionals, uncovered similar results.
Fully 34 percent of environmental scientists and practitioners disagree that
global warming is a serious problem facing the planet. Moreover, 41 percent
disagree that the planet's recent warmth "can be, in large part,
attributed to human activity." An overwhelming 71 percent disagree that
recent hurricane activity is significantly attributable to human activity.
Fully 47 percent disagree that international agreements such as the Kyoto
Protocol provide a solid framework for combating global climate change.
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