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The '''global warming''' issue is a political battle over the science of climate change and is mainly used to justify support for the [[Kyoto Protocol]].
The '''global warming''' issue is a political battle over the science of climate change and is mainly used to justify support for the [[Kyoto Protocol]].
Most support for the global warming theory rests on popular accounts such as Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth" or on reports issued by the UN's [[IPCC]]. However, Keston Green of Monash University and Scott Armstrong of the Wharton School wrote that:
Most support for the global warming theory rests on popular accounts such as Al Gore's ''[[An Inconvenient Truth]]'' or on reports issued by the UN's [[IPCC]]. However, Keston Green of Monash University and Scott Armstrong of the Wharton School wrote that:
*Because the forecasting processes examined in Chapter 8 overlook scientific evidence on forecasting, the IPCC forecasts of climate change are not scientific. [http://www.forecastingprinciples.com/Public_Policy/WarmAudit31.pdf]
*Because the forecasting processes examined in Chapter 8 overlook scientific evidence on forecasting, the IPCC forecasts of climate change are not scientific. [http://www.forecastingprinciples.com/Public_Policy/WarmAudit31.pdf]
In the general, the term ''global warming'' can be used for any upward trend in the [[global mean temperature]], but it is mostly used to refer to the 1° F warming since 1850.
In the general, the term ''global warming'' can be used for any upward trend in the [[global mean temperature]], but it is mostly used to refer to the 1° F warming since 1850.
The two sides are divided on whether this warming is a benevolent and natural recovery from the [[Little Ice Age]] or a man-made "[[climate crisis]]" (see also [[runaway greenhouse effect]]).
The two sides are divided on whether this warming is a benevolent and natural recovery from the [[Little Ice Age]] or a man-made [[environmental]] "[[climate crisis]]" (see also [[runaway greenhouse effect]]).
Liberals and conservatives in the U.S. are evenly split on the issue. ''Boston Globe'' writer [[Ellen Goodman]] wrote:
Liberals and conservatives in the U.S. are evenly split on the issue. ''Boston Globe'' writer [[Ellen Goodman]] wrote: