Its not time to focus on causes, we have strong correlative support for = at least one anthropogenic cause, and I do not believe we have any = statistical support for any other causes (including changes in the = earth's orbit, sunspots, natural fluctuations, increased volcanic = actions, aliens, etc). Lets face it. We know through laboratory = experimentation that increased greenhouse gas concentrations result in = raised temperatures. Furthermore, we have observational evidence that = the temperature differences among earth, venus and mars are better = explained by their greenhouse gas levels than by their distance from the = sun. Finally, we have the observations that greenhouse gases have and = are increasing in direct proportion to increases in global temperature = trends. =20 =20 Saying this isn't proof is kin to swallowing a bottle of hallucinagens, = having hallucinations, and then saying "it wasn't the pills, it was a = spiritual experience." =20 =20 Arguing the causes or the presence of a problem are both past us and the = time to start doing somethign about it was back about 20 years ago when = the first data started rolling in. Time to get off our backsides! =20 VISIT HERPETOLOGICAL CONSERVATION AND BIOLOGY www.herpconbio.org = <http://www.herpconbio.org>=20 A New Journal Published in Partnership with Partners in Amphibian and = Reptile Conservation and the World Congress of Herpetology. =20 Malcolm L. McCallum Assistant Professor Department of Biological Sciences Texas A&M University Texarkana 2600 Robison Rd. Texarkana, TX 75501 O: 1-903-223-3134 H: 1-903-791-3843 Homepage: https://www.eagle.tamut.edu/faculty/mmccallum/index.html =20
________________________________ From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news on behalf of = [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thu 6/29/2006 8:33 AM To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU Subject: Re: Wall Street Journal op-ed on "An Inconvenient Truth" Dear Paul, I appreciate your optimism, but I fear it is misplaced. No where in our = past records of atmospheric chemistry do we have an atmosphere like we = have now. The concentrations of CH4, CO2, NOx and CFC are higher than = ever found before, indeed CFCs have never been in the atmosphere = previously. It is time to focus on causes and not symptoms. Dr. Linda Wallace Director, Kessler Farm Field Lab Professor of Botany Dept. of Botany/Microbiology University of Oklahoma Norman, OK 73019 Phone 405 325 6685 Fax 405 325 7619 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: Paul Cherubini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 6:45 pm Subject: Re: Wall Street Journal op-ed on "An Inconvenient Truth" > My point, like Lintzen's, is that another 30+ year period of > stable or > declining global temperatures, like we experienced between 1939-1972, > http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y189/mastertech/ustemp.jpg > might be just around the corner. > > I don't see anything on the UCS website that explains why > it's inconceivable that a decades long period of stable or > declining global temperatures might be just around the corner. > > Paul Cherubini > El Dorado, Calif. >
