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Old 11-22-2009, 09:41 AM   #58
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Originally Posted by Devils'Advocate View Post
HAH..... I'm reading this morning that the "disparaged" scientists; the ones that were not unified... were researchers John Christy and Roger Pielke Sr.. These researchers DO believe, based on their scientific studies, that global warming is real AND man-made.
I'm not sure where you're getting this, but John Christy does not attribute global warming to human activities (assuming we're talking about the same John Christy). See a clip of him debating the issue on youtube here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0ml9zs9aZQ. It's quite long, but a very good debate, IMO.

In one of the parts of that debate, Dr. Christy takes the rather pragmatic viewpoint that while human activities have some impact (which I don't believe anyone on this board has argued) the magnitude of human contribution to the current warming trend is minimal when compared to other factors.
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