Nick Palmer
Oh, forgot to mention - Of course CO2 rising followed ocean temperature
changes (due to natural events) IN THE PAST. That is only to be expected.
Those who point to this as some sort of proof that CO2 has no effect on
global warming, and that the GW scientists have it back to front, are
verging on barking mad. It does not prove that the current temperature rise
has caused the elevated CO2 levels we see. That is highly illogical. In the
past there was no excess source of CO2 injected into the atmosphere over
hundreds of years at an increasing rate (along with increased deforestation
and disruption of CO2 sinks too...). Volcanoes only temporarily "out CO2"
us. In short, even if past records of ice cores etc of CO2 versus
temperature show that CO2 incerases do not naturally lead temperature that
is no "get out of jail free card" because forced injection of increasing
amounts of sequestered carbon into the atmosphere, over hundreds of years,
obviously can drive temperature... and is... and will...
