Same Old Same Old

I recently encountered a blog post which expressed concern about, and the need for action on, global warming, while objecting to the demonization of conservatives on the issue, and expressing distaste for Al Gore and his approach. What caught my eye was not the post itself, but a comment made by a reader, denying the reality of global warming, the science behind it, and the danger inherent.

The arguments given are basically the same-old-same-old denialist arguments I’ve heard for years. But just as they are repeated again and again and again, it’s important for them to be refuted again and again. So, here goes.

Breaking the Ice

Before getting to the main topic of today’s post, I’ll mention that there’s a terrific story from a Belgian who attended the training session to become a presenter of Al Gore’s slide show about global warming: http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/005588.html. Quite a good read! The cavalry is coming — and we’re it.

A few days ago I posted about ice-out (day of breakup of the ice) on Moosehead Lake. I pointed out that it’s far too easy to get the wrong idea from a cursory look at data, that in fact the data presented did not show signs of global warming, but that more up-to-date data actually does. When I went hunting for ice-out data for Moosehead Lake, I actually found data for 29 lakes in New England. So I’d like to discuss what the data show.