Climate change in action in Greenland

Seems simple enough a concept, and it is. One made very simple for the masses to understand by Al Gore in An Inconvenient Truth, which earned him the scorn of those in the oil and coal industry and their shills who up to that point had literally banked on the "scientific" explanations going over the heads of Americans who in many cases innocently and oblivious to the dangers continued to support their industries to the tune of BILLIONS in profits at the expense of our health and environmental safety. And it is still going on even in the face of the most urgent crisis we have ever faced as a civilization. And yet, people would call that last sentence "shrill" even seeing the effects of what we have caused and the more important aspect of all of this, the speed at which these changes are taking place.

So again, for those who clearly cannot accept personal responsibility so would rather think it is OK for islands of people to be sunk because "they" didn't do it... it is happening whether you believe you are part of it or not. And you will not be morally absolved for allowing it to happen regardless of the cause.

There is not one scientist I have read on this crisis who has ever denied that natural variations in temperature take place around the globe. It has been happening for eons, and even in An Inconvenient Truth this was not dismissed. However, the point that is getting lost in lieu of mindless propaganda being spewed on the Internet and in the media now is that NOW the changes are becoming more intense and are escalating far faster than scientists predicted... Indeed, many even now admit the models used by the IPCC, NASA, and other scientific agencies may have been too soft on the true effects we are now experiencing due in great part to the burning of fossil fuels which is also causing ice to melt faster in places such as Siberia with larger methane emissions also now occurring.

Greenland is one example of the effects of the greenhouse effect. The Arctic is another. The Himalayas are another. The glaciers of Peru and South America are another. The glaciers of Africa are another... even the glaciers in our own Washington state are another. ALL melting NOW in sync faster than predicted... That my friend is NOT just natural variability no matter how you slice it. It is climate change being excelerated by human behavior and the overload of the climate system.

It is then time to move on from these flatearthers with personal agendas who want to hold up action by keeping people arguing over whether they are responsible in any way or not simply to protect their own egos and profit sheets. Climate change is upon us, and regardless of what you believe the effects of it are REAL, and are affecting and will affect REAL LIVES. The fact that people can actually argue that they really don't care what happens to this planet or our and other species simply because they are not responsible for it is to me the height of willful immoral ignorance.

So again, see it with your own eyes, arm yourselves with knowledge, and realize that at this point in history if you would rather sit and continue with your petty arguments and vendettas while the future of this planet and its inhabitants is at stake just to protect what you have, you are simply part of the problem, and I might add the minority.

Yes, and the misinformation that to do something would cost us more than it would cost for us to do nothing is criminal. We can have renewable energy in 10 years that is competitive in pricing and is cleaner and safer for our planet as a whole. That would reduce global warming/climate change pollution to a level we could hopefully handle. The effects this planet are experiencing now are due to GHGs that have been in our atmosphere since the Industrial Revolution. To continue to spew fossil fuels in the air at the rate of millions of tons a day knowing that is simply immoral and irresponsible. 350 is the magic number and we are now past that... Going anywhere near 440 or above will surely make arguing over this look as petty as it is.

The alarm has sounded. I wonder how many people are going to wake up?

More are but we must make people understand that this is about more than petty political bickering that is nothing but a distraction from the big picture.

And just an observation... only a few seconds ago the voting on this was 80% and 20% and was number 25. Only a few seconds after that it was 67% and 33% and is nowhere to be seen. Don't tell me that is the work of a couple of "sockpuppets." And again, whoever is removing my tags, please stop it. Thank you.

I was just noticing that myself. Current is not what it used to be. There are some strange goings on here!!!

Jan, how can people remove tags? One can add tags, but remove them?

Better ask Mario.

I don't know. It has happened to me more than once here. I had the tag "see it with your own eyes" originally, and it was removed. I am guessing only staff can do that. Why they would then remove that is beyond me, but it was gone so I put it back. I am actually getting tired of it.

Those who are voting such posts down are murderous psychopaths, I reckon. They are probably paid by oil and other polluting corporations.

I endured the 3-month heatwave of 2003 - it was hellish. No wind, no breeze, not fresh air, it was absolutely ghastly. I do not wish such a heatwave on anyone.

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This article explains a great deal and makes sense. Thanks for finding this and placing it in the news.

As always time will tell..the earth was once flat you know?

To reiterate from the video regarding the Mauna Loa Climate Observatory: the chemical makeup of CO2 spewed from a volcano or plant is different than the chemical make up of CO2 spewed from an automobile and can be read as such. That is what is being read in Mauna Loa.

Fossil fuel emissions from cars and power plants are rising and therefore so is CO2 and other GHGs and therefore so is temperature. That in turn is causing climate change to be excelerated at a more precipitous rate than anticipated by scientists. Unless we then begin to seriously limit fossil fuel/power plant Co2 emissions along with cutting the rate of deforestation, the effects of climate change will progressively get worse. I will believe a scientist from Mauna Loa far faster than I ever will a Fox News/Washington Times shill or oil/coal shill with a political vendetta.

May i quote you? "You can sit and go on all you want about whatever distractionary bit of information you can find to escape the fact that your assertion was disproved."(you just did exactly that with my piece)
Garbage because it totaly unmounts your US department of COMMERCE financed research center analysis?
Interesting that one of the main issues in this documentary goes completely against the original subject of this post..GREENLAND.For those of you following this thread please watch the documentary i just posted above..let us know your opinions.