Right now I'm researching hydro-geological issues, specifically how to artificially re-charge aquifers in our nation using various engineering methods.

The reason it applies to your topic is because in all the literature (geological, engineering, management, social sciences) written in the last three years..."global warming" references became "climate change."

The thing is, the climate is changing.

It's ALWAYS changing.  It's SUPPOSED to change.  I don't understand why real scientists can't say, oops, we bought into bad theory and were wrong, now lets move on and start working on real issues, like polluting and depleting aquifers.

These scientists?

Fifty-nine additional scientists from around the world have been added to the U.S. Senate Minority Report of dissenting scientists, pushing the total to over 700 skeptical international scientists – a dramatic increase from the original 650 scientists featured in the initial December 11, 2008 release. The 59 additional scientists added to the 255-page Senate Minority report since the initial release 13 ½ weeks ago represents an average of over four skeptical scientists a week.  This updated report – which includes yet another former UN IPCC scientist – represents an additional 300 (and growing) scientists and climate researchers since the initial report’s release in December 2007. 

The over 700 dissenting scientists are now more than 13 times the number of UN scientists (52) who authored the media-hyped IPCC 2007 Summary for Policymakers. The 59 additional scientists hail from all over the world, including Japan, Italy, UK, Czech Republic, Canada, Netherlands, the U.S. and many are affiliated with prestigious institutions including, NASA, U.S. Navy, U.S. Defense Department, Energy Department, U.S. Air Force, the Philosophical Society of Washington (the oldest scientific society in Washington), Princeton University, Tulane University, American University, Oregon State University, U.S. Naval Academy and EPA.  

http://www.epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Minority.Blogs&ContentRecord_id=10fe77b0-802a-23ad-4df1-fc38ed4f85e3

You can't be serious? There are 3 year drops in temperature all the time, but the overall trend is upwards. See this NASA graph: http://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/graphs/Fig.A2.lrg.gif

More info here.

I note that data even shows temperatures rose in 2007. Where are you getting your data?

heated DEBATE? you mean destruction of economy that has been ongoing for many years? bankrupting the USA, and ruining lives and livelihood of many citizens.

Well... global climate change advocates said that humans caused the earth to cool down with pollution and we need to shut down the industry in the 1970s... then the sun activity picked up and it started heating up, so suddenly humans were causing that with the same pollution and the solution was still destruction of industry... i think that they renamed it "climate change" from the previous "global cooling" and "global warming" names is an indication of where it is going... any climate change is man made in their minds, and must be combatted with more socialism and more shutting down of industry.

The economy seems to be doing pretty well again, all things considered, even despite the most recent global financial crisis. The USA is not bankrupt because of that.. don't you know that there is a war going on? It might have something to do with your huge national debt, which was around even before Obama was sworn in.

WOW.

That's what the news are saying: the banks are making profit again, export in Germany is increasing again for example and  economic spokesmen here are cautiously optimistic that the worst is over. Doesn't really paint a bleak future for the next decade

You know, none of this really will change my belief on the enviroment; I'm still going to do everything I can to take care of it and lessen my impact. It's just what I feel is right.

~A

AJ, I and no one I know is arguing against doing what is right and good for your local area. I remember when lake Michigan was so polluted that people joked and atheist can walk across it. Back in the 60’s and 70’s people did not understand the impact of pollution. Once it was understood people and local governments acted and began to clean up their local environment. We can pollute so much that we could wipe man off most of the planet. But that is about the extent of our power. People no longer as a group toss trash out their car window as they did in the 60’s What irks most people on my side of the isle is the myth that man is single handedly destroying the planet. Or that what we do is the cause of global warming. We are not that powerful and we have very little impact on the planet. On people yes, one the environment that we need to survive yes, so it is good that you do your part. Everyone does for the most part but the nuts on the environmental side want to take it several steps across the line of sanity to say that we need to stop all industry to save the planet. Kill the economy to save the environment.

Then do me a favor, look up the H-bomb tests of the 50's and 60's. The biggest bombs and destruction man can toss around. Where it was used live came back within a few growing seasons, the fish are still around the Bikini islands, those test areas are still too dangerous for man but everything else is back to normal. We destroyed nothing of import other than one more place man can not live. Chernobyl is back to normal as far as plant and animal life other than it is unsafe for humans. The areas that are polluted by man has not killed off the wildlife although some animals have mutated or evolved due to our pollution but we have not hurt nature. Nature is not stopped by man; it is not even slowed down by man. As I wrote before, we can destroy man the rest of the planet will keep on humming and not even notice we are gone. Man has been trying to get rid of the flea, the mosquito, and the roach for 5 thousand years, add to that rats and other vermin and they are still around, There is not a race of humans that has not tried to destroy these pests yet they are not just surviving they are thriving. Coral is dying world wide for two reasons both of which have nothing to do with mankind. Not enough carbon in the oceans to feed them and the oceans are getting warmer because of the Sun. Our lack of pollution and their appetite has depleted their food supply (carbon) and the Suns expansion causing the water to get too warm for them. Man got the blame for killing off the coral 30 years ago but science has proven it was not us. We have so little impact on this planet that what little we have is laughable. Can we hurt a local area for a short time? Yes, but only a short time.