Looks like the global warming skeptics were right after all...

It's mother nature going through one of her many mood swings.

The vast majority of scientists have agreed that sunspots have no long term effect onclimate change lol......including the ones down the street from me in boulder at CU.

Solar storms have an effect on the earths climate but not sunspots....I think this aussy spent too much time in the heat of the "barby".

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Sun spots are ALWAYS there. You just can't see them.

I do believe it is a natural cycle which in this case, is sped up by human intervention. Ice ages have happened before and will continue to happen.

You're kidding, right?

Wow, this January was colder than last January. Global warming must be false!

Do you even know how it works?

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Did you listen to PM on ABC local radio? He got a towelling and rightly so.

This is NASA speaking about the planet and no, I did not listen to the ABC. My radio reception here is pathetic.

The fact is that the planet goes through many cycles including ice ages and global warming stages. You can't exactly blame dinosaurs for their warming by burning fossel fuel.

I do believe however that we have stuffed up many parts of the environment by removing far too many trees, removing natural wetlands and more. Both sides of the political fence keep trying to control the environment which is only going to stuff it up even more.

The first point is that it wasn't NASA making a comment, it was one man.

The second point is that he was pretty much taken to task by other scientists who pointed out his flawed interpretation of data.

Actually, it's a quirk of global warming that it will actually cause parts of the planet to get cooler. Much cooler.
The biggest change is the a shift in the Gulf Stream which brings warmer air and water from the equator up into northern parts. As it moves south, so will the basically temperate belt that parts of Europe, UK and North America enjoy.
It's ironic to say the least that Global Warming will actually see a return of the Thames in London freezing over in winter!

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