Earth Warming History

True difficulty in assessing if the earth has warmed in the last 100 years is the lack of accuracy of the data of that earlier period.

Future global warming is profoundly changing many industries. Venting of refrigerants and fossil fuel burning among others is causing increases in greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has predicted up to a 10°F rise in earth’s surface temperature in one hundred years. Some refrigerants have been eliminated; alternative refrigerants are being studied. Automobiles are moving toward fuel cell power in an effort to stem this ever-increasing greenhouse gas concentration in our atmosphere.

There are also scientists who say that satellite temperature readings in the past three decades show almost no change in global temperatures, in fact the stratosphere at a 13-mile altitude has recently cooled about 3°F. They point out that plant growth has significantly increased as CO2 has increased helping to feed an ever-increasing population. The environmentalists have treated these people with disdain calling them shills for the fossil fuel industry. Until a few months ago, this writer, like most readers, believed that global warming was a done deal, especially with the media showing headlines such as:
• CO2 has hit record highs
• Warming oceans melting glaciers
• Barrier reefs gone in 50 years
• Health risks associated with global warming

The owner of a Michigan air conditioning installation and service business, Have been waiting for this global warming to bless his area with some hot summer temperatures reminiscent of the 1970’s and 1980’s. Michigan has had mostly cool summers since 1988 and a/c businesses have suffered accordingly. In fact, 1994 was the coolest in most of Michigan (1971-2000), long after CO2 increases started. Also, the northeast in the winter of 2003 had record cold weather.

This report started out as a simple explanation of factors involved in global warming. But after just a little research, He found himself questioning whether increasing CO2 is really causing cooling or warming of the earth. The mission of this article now is to get climate scientists to revisit assumptions used in their climate models. He concerned that what universities are teaching climatology students today may be greatly oversimplified, or worse yet, just plain wrong.

Several experiences from the 1980’s make him skeptical of scientific reports that have not had thorough peer review.