Interview with James Hansen, NASA

Skybird · 04-10-07, 05:43 PM

James Hansen is president of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/...476275,00.html

P_Funk · 04-10-07, 07:45 PM

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We know very well that the climate would have been heading towards a colder climate if it weren't for human-made emissions. We've been in an interglacial period now for almost 12,000 years, and we know that this period peaked 6,000 or 8,000 years ago. We were headed slowly toward cooler climates until humans came along. And now humans have sent us off in a completely different direction.

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Some US politicians are making the argument that China is soon going to be the biggest emitter of greenhouse gases, and that's true. Within a few years, they will pass the US. But climate change depends upon the cumulative emissions over time because much of the CO2 we emitted in 1850 is still here and it's still damaging. So it's not only about the present emissions. Therefore, the US is responsible for more than three times the amount of emissions than any other country...

Both of those points stood out to me. Particularly the former. Whats happening is nothing natural but is a direct result of the Industrial Revolution.

Platapus · 04-10-07, 07:50 PM

I could have sworn that back in th 1970's scientists were saying that we were going in to an ice age.

I wonder what they will be saying in another 35 years?

August · 04-10-07, 09:33 PM

I wonder what earth global warming credentials James Hansen President of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies has to make such statements.

The Avon Lady · 04-11-07, 01:02 AM

Freezing cold spell here in Israel and will remain so for the week's remainder.

But apparently .

The Avon Lady · 04-11-07, 01:33 AM

:rotfl: Did anyone else catch this Belgian April Fools joke? :rotfl:

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August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,199 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I wonder what earth global warming credentials James Hansen President of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies has to make such statements. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

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The Avon Lady Über Mom Join Date: May 2005 Location: Jerusalem, Israel Posts: 6,147 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	:rotfl: Did anyone else catch this Belgian April Fools joke? :rotfl: __________________ "Victory will come to us from the wombs of our women." - Houari Boumedienne, President of Algeria, Speech before the UN, 1974

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04-10-07, 07:50 PM	#3
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,369 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	I could have sworn that back in th 1970's scientists were saying that we were going in to an ice age. I wonder what they will be saying in another 35 years?