Thread: Global warming pause explained

That makes the sudden recent jump to 400 ppm over the last two centuries really quite astonishing. In fact, in the year 2013, the carbon dioxide levels grew at the fastest rate ever measured since reliable global records began.

Now with us, and all of the EU involved in a carbon scheme shouldn't output have slowed?
Oops silly me let's just ignore carbon shedding and keep our heads in the sand. Keep on implementing a scam that encourages industry to move into the third world where a paper bag full of cash fixes any emissions issues.

Originally Posted by Basil135

I am of the opinion that yes, the climate is changing, and yes, maybe humans have something to do with it, but, where I have real issues, is with comments such as:

The current carbon dioxide levels are about 40% higher than they were in the 19th century. They are also at their highest levels for the last 800,000 years. Indeed, over the last 800,000 years, carbon dioxide levels stayed within the range of 170 - 280 ppm until the Industrial Revolution.

Can someone please give me a reasonable explanation as to how they measured the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, not only in the 19th century, but over the last 800,000 years, accurately as they are evidently measuring it today...


Only a few years ago, "Climate Change" was blamed on the Murray River levels dropping, and there being no water from Lake Alexandrina down to the mouth. I took the kids down there to show them what it looks like during a drought, and explained to them, that the river is a living thing. It has cycles, and goes thru flood & drought, and would be back to what they are used to seeing.

Sure enough, within 12 months, we were skiing on it again.

Ice cores have been correlated to known carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere, that scientific knowledge has been used to determine what the atmosphere's CO2 content was in the past.

People are right to be sceptical but you can't dismiss things on the basis of not understanding the science.

There are few things that are certain, taxes and death I've heard said are the exception. There are people that have managed to avoid taxes so nothing is certain. I would rather make evidence based decisions however some people will never have enough evidence to decide in the contrary to what they prefer to believe.