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Explanation 
Believers
Skeptics
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Skeptics of global warming believe that global warming is not an environmental problem. They think that the recent increase in the earth's temperature is no cause for alarm. And they believe that earth's coastlines and polar ice caps are not in danger of disappearing. |
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| Skeptics believe that the climate models used
to prove global warming and to predict its effects are misrepresented.
They point out that according to the models, the last century should have
been much worse than it actually was.
Temperature increases occurred before the widespread emission of carbon
dioxide in the middle of the 20th century. As the graph below shows, there
have been widespread temperature fluctuations throughout time.
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| Temperature increases are also attributed to the fact that
most of the observations are taken in cities or airports where temperatures
may be skewed higher. Look for information on the Urban Heat Island Effect
to find out more about this.
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| The following is a list of web sites from people or organizations
who are skeptical about global warming. There is a brief description of
each site with a link to it.
The Heartland Organization
The Junk Science
Home Page
The Science
& Environmental Policy Project
World Climate
Report
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