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Human activities have led to large increases in heat-trapping gases over the past century. The global warming of the past 50 years is due primarily to this human-induced increase. Global average temperature and sea level have increased, and precipitation patterns have changed. Human “fingerprints” also have been identified in many other aspects of the climate system, including changes in ocean heat content, precipitation, atmospheric moisture, plant and animal health and location, and Arctic sea ice.

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TANG SOO!

because that is what they are told.

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Watch out where the huskies go, don't you eat that yellow snow

The alarm isn't over a few degrees of temp change but rather a warning of perhaps irreversible damage to our environment caused by us. Global warming and ice ages have occurred in the past but the right now the science is telling us of our role in causing damage to the climate equilibrium and indirectly to the ecosystems of our planet.

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"With every decision, think seven generations ahead of the consequences of your actions" Ute rule of life.
“We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children”― Chief Seattle
“Those Who Have the Privilege to Know Have the Duty to Act”…Albert Einstein

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TANG SOO!

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"With every decision, think seven generations ahead of the consequences of your actions" Ute rule of life.
“We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children”― Chief Seattle
“Those Who Have the Privilege to Know Have the Duty to Act”…Albert Einstein

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TANG SOO!

If I may put in my two-pennoth, try this...

http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/data/usclimate/

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TANG SOO!

I see the graphs are from 2006 and not the report for the last 2000 years from a few months ago. Still, that darn "hockey stick" of exponential change is there. The middle link in my post above is Mann's response to the so-called "climate-gate", from November 28 of this year, with more vindication of the "hockey stick".
The question is; can we stop the AGW and, if not reverse it, hold it to a minimal amount, and get off the exponential trend?
It also has a parallel with human overpopulation, because if we can't also stop that, we can't stop thermageddon.

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"With every decision, think seven generations ahead of the consequences of your actions" Ute rule of life.
“We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children”― Chief Seattle
“Those Who Have the Privilege to Know Have the Duty to Act”…Albert Einstein

What if every man,woman,child planted a tree?
A single tree per person
do the math - approx.: at ten year maturity a tree can sequester one ton of Co2 emissions.

Well the job got done
http://www.unep.org/Documents.Multiling ... =en&t=long

should be annual..

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"With every decision, think seven generations ahead of the consequences of your actions" Ute rule of life.
“We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children”― Chief Seattle
“Those Who Have the Privilege to Know Have the Duty to Act”…Albert Einstein