http://www.nrdc.org/globalWarming/fcons.asp

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects_of_global_warming

http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/globalwarming.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/2023835.stm

(1.) Isnt the ice cap in the south pole thicker than it ever has been?

 

(2.)Also JimmyJack, I dont think that the temperature "rapidly" as you erroneously suggest(in fact, I think record highs in the 20s and 30s arent far off from the temperatures now). In the last 30 years, hasnt the average temp only changed a degree or two world wide?

 

Climates do change. In cycles. I am no scientist, but I have read many articles for both sides.

 

1: Yes

 

2: 0.7 degrees C in the last 150 years. (end of 'Little Ice Age')

 

What is it in the last 25-50 years? I am just curious because everyone is saying how fast its changing, but no one has shown me anything to back that up.

 

Last 100: +0.6

Last 90: +0.8

Last 80: +0.75

Last 70: +0.6

Last 60: +0.4

Last 50: +0.5

Last 40: +0.45

Last 30: +0.55

Last 20: +0.2

Last 10: +0.1

 

One might also note that pre 1985 there was only surface temperature data to compare, whereas nowadays we also use satellites. Also, in the 19th and early 20th century, only the United States and Western Europe had any measure of complete weather data.