Natural vs. Man-Made Causes?
The main global warming controversy is centered around the cause of it. There are many causes to global warming, some natural and some man-made. It is the ratio between these two categories that is at the heart of this issue. The following perspectives are provided, which include views from both sides.
Perspectives:
NASAThe National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is the agency of the United States Federal Government responsible for the civilian space program as well as aeronautics and aerospace research. NASA has an extensive website on climate change and global warming issue (climate.nasa.gov).
On their website they collect and present scientific data proving global warming is a man-made phenomena. |
Al GoreAl Gore is an American politician and environmentalist who served as the 45th Vice President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 under President Bill Clinton. He is the founder and current chair of the Alliance for Climate Protection. He has received a number of awards including the Nobel Peace Prize (joint award with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 2007), a Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album (2009) for his book An Inconvenient Truth. Gore was also the subject of the Academy Award-winning (2007) documentary An Inconvenient Truth in 2006. In 2007 he was named a runner-up for Time's 2007 Person of the Year.
|
Lord Christopher MoncktonMonckton's opinions conflict with the scientific opinion on climate change, where there is overwhelming consensus for anthropogenic global warming, and show a decisive link between carbon dioxide concentration and global average temperatures.
|
Geoffrey PohankaGeoffrey Pohanaka is a global warming alarmist, who has done a lot of research on global warming and does not believe man is causing global warming. Here is a link to his website and you can find out more about his research and conclusion on this site.
|
Smithsonian InstituteThe Smithsonian Institution Announces an Official Climate Change StatementIn October 2014, the Smithsonian Institution released its first official statement on climate change. The bold statement acknowledges that the global climate is warming because of human activities. Smithsonian Secretary G. Wayne Clough lends perspective to this landmark statement, and explains the valuable role that the Institution can play in research and education around this important issue.
|
Ben DavidsonBen Davidson is the head of group called Suspicious Observers. They have over 200,000 members and have numerous sites. His group monitors all kinds of activities and produce daily videos on the latest events every morning.
Sun and solar activity is at the center of their monitoring. They monitor and report on solar activities, events in solar system, Earth's climate, earthquakes, and much much more. They are firm believers in climate change, but contribute it to the Sun and not human activities. |