KaiserJeep wrote:I don't believe that you can even prove that the Earth is warming overall..... you are a long long way from proving AGW when you can't even prove warming.
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Of course warming is proved. What are you talking about?
Are you familiar with a scientific instrument called a thermometer? They were invented about 400 years ago and are the device used to measure temperature. For centuries data has been collected on atmospheric temperatures around the planet. More recently, the network of meteorological stations collecting temperature data has been greatly expanded and efforts began to collect data on ocean temps well.
NASA and NOAA collect and tabulate all this data. Other agencies in the EU and elsewhere collect their own data sets. The data can be interpolated to give a planetary average, and it shows warming in many local areas and a significant overall warming trend affecting the planet.
met stations around the globe show warming of the atmosphere and oceans.
In addition to direct measurements of air and ocean temperatures using those instruments called thermometers I've been telling you about, there is also satellite data and other data summarized here
There really isn't any doubt the planet is warming. As the IPCC review of earth's climate said:
Scientific evidence for warming of the climate system is unequivocal.
- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
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