Dichotomous Poll: Global Warming

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

Closer to option 1, but I'm a meteorology major, so that's to be probably to be expected.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

Closer to option 1, but I'm a meteorology major, so that's to be probably to be expected.

Oh, so you'll be the TV weatherman who gives me a forecast I can't rely on?   

No... Air Force or National Weather Service.  Or law school - I really need to figure that out soon.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

Closer to option 1, but I'm a meteorology major, so that's to be probably to be expected.

Not really.

American Meteorological Society, 2003: "The nature of science is such that there is rarely total agreement among scientists. Individual scientific statements and papers—the validity of some of which has yet to be assessed adequately—can be exploited in the policy debate and can leave the impression that the scientific community is sharply divided on issues where there is, in reality, a strong scientific consensus.... IPCC assessment reports are prepared at approximately five-year intervals by a large international group of experts who represent the broad range of expertise and perspectives relevant to the issues. The reports strive to reflect a consensus evaluation of the results of the full body of peer-reviewed research.... They provide an analysis of what is known and not known, the degree of consensus, and some indication of the degree of confidence that can be placed on the various statements and conclusions."

I don't now if referencing a 2003 claim of consensus is really valid considering recent revelations.

2005 maybe?

http://nationalacademies.org/onpi/06072005.pdf

How about 2007?

http://www.wmo.ch/pages/themes/wmoprod/documents/iwtc_statement.pdf

AMA didn't go all out and say global warming is definitely causing an increase in hurricaines, only that studies seem to preliminarily indicate some convergence. They sure as heck didn't switch their position about global warming however.

But there are a very large proportion of meteorologists who believe it to be cyclical.  Climatologists on the other hand largely agree that it's manmade.  I was merely pointing out that I'm often being talked to by people who would side with the cyclical hypothesis.