>At 09:24 PM 4/16/00 -0500, Jim wrote:
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>>The links that have been provided, by Steve and Chris and everybody
>>else--these are *extremely* helpful to me. Sure, I could go off and find a
>>lot of this information on my own; but as long as we're here on the list
>>discussing it, I appreciate having someone who has previously waded through
>>the swamp of information on the issue give me some solid ideas of a path to
>>follow.
>
>Yes, the links can be useful, but I did notice that those provided by Steve
>were a couple of years old, so I thought it would be worth bringing the
>trail about the satellite data up to date. There is a good short report at
>
>http://www.cnn.com/2000/NATURE/01/13/global.warming/
>
>The gist of the report is that "global temperatures have risen more sharply
>in the past 20 years than at any time this century, according to the panel,
>led by John Wallace of the University of Washington.
>
>The panel of scientists says that contradictory evidence from satellite data,
>used by some scientists and political activists to dismiss reports of a
>warming planet, is irrelevant.
>
>Wednesday's report asserts that external factors, including the thinning
>layer of ozone in the Earth's upper atmosphere; the rapid rise in particulate
>pollution from the burning of fossil fuels; and natural impacts like the
>massive 1991 eruption of the Mount Pinatubo volcano in the Philippines
>make it possible for the upper atmosphere to cool while the Earth's surface
>is rising to record temperatures.
>
>Christy [the NASA scientist quoted by Steve] is one of 11 scientists who
>participated in the panel that produced the new report."
>
>Hope that is helpful too, Jim (and Steve).
Yes it is--thanks! Jim
>
>Chris
>
>Chris Hope, Judge Institute of Management Studies,
>University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1AG, UK.
>Voice: +44 1223 338194. Fax: +44 1223 339701
>e-mail: [log in to unmask]
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