Global Cooling

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Global Cooling? Pick a Time, Any Time.

Posted by Michael Searcy ⋅ July 26, 2010 ⋅ Leave a comment

Satellite Record Now Shows Warming Across All Date Ranges I don’t think that anyone disagrees with the fact that we actually are in the middle of a cold period that started about nine years ago. Now that’s not me talking. Those are the scientists who say that. – U.S. Senator James Inhofe, July 23, 2010 … Continue reading →

A Closer Look: Predictions of the 1970’s

Posted by Michael Searcy ⋅ June 26, 2008 ⋅ Leave a comment

In the 1970s, wasn’t the scientific community warning of a coming ice age? Actually, no. While some scientific studies published during that time were concerned about a possible cooling trend, to which some news outlets such as Newsweek latched based on the cooler temperatures of the period, a recent review of the published scientific literature … Continue reading →

So Much for the “Global Cooling” Consensus

Posted by Michael Searcy ⋅ February 27, 2008

How often have you heard a skeptic of man-made global warming dismiss current scientific conclusions regarding climate change by referencing a supposed consensus in the 1970s that the Earth was experiencing “global cooling”. The argument generally goes something like… “Thirty years ago, they were telling us we were going to freeze. Now they’re telling us … Continue reading →