Recent content by Sproly

In terms of the whole of the earth, human lifetimes are a "very short period". Very long periods would in fact give the proper perspective when talking about a cycle that spans the full history of the earth. Looking out to those time-frames, we see that what appears to be a skyrocketing upward...

Point proven. No one has said it isn't warming. The debate is just how much humans contribute and whether or not the removal of their contributions (if substantial) would reverse the warming trend or if this is something that's going to happen regardless as it has quite a few times in the past...

I remember specifically growing up in the 90s that I had old at the time textbooks claiming NYC would be underwater by the year 2000. Then in HS, textbooks claimed the entire eastern seaboard of the US would be underwater by 2020. As I graduated college that date was pushed back to 2050. Now I...