Colagal,

Thank you for taking the time to look at the issue. Your post references recent news articles that support the idea of anthropogenic global warming. Unfortunately, these ‘expert reporters’ fail to look at the total picture. There is truth in what they report, but there is also deliberate overlooking of data that disagrees with their reports.

1. The report does not note that the Antarctic is coming to the end of summer and that the potential of sloughing off of icebergs that equate in total to the size of Rhode Island is normal.
2. While the spauning of even several iceberg the size of Rhode Island sounds like a big deal, it is important to note that the Antarctic ice sheet has grown by more than area of Texas and California combined. Anyone who has driven through these three states will appreciate the magnitude of the difference.
IMHO, we do not need to concern ourselves with global warming, but rather in preparing for the next glacial period. At the end of the last one, some 18,000 years ago, sea levels were more than 300 feet below where they are today and the average surface temperature was 16 degrees Fahrenheit below where it is today. The surface of the earth, outside of the ice fields consisted primarily of Tundra and deserts. In terms of history, we are much closer to a glacial period that we are to continuing our interglacial period. Interglacial periods typically have lasted for 15 to 20 thousand years. Glacial periods, on the other hand, typically last over 100,00 years!

I do believe that we need to prepare for a glacial period much more than a slight abnormality in our current interglacial period.

Just my thoughts,

Wayne