quote:Originally posted by interventor1:
However, when the Indian subcontinent slammed into Asia creating the Himalayas, the result was a heat sink that siphons much of the heat into the upper atmosphere creating the temperate regions.
And also erased the Sargassian Sea and turned northern Africa from a lush jungle to a Saharan dessert. (which ultimately ended up spawning a new species of ape called homo sapiens sapiens but that is another story)
Yes, the earth is constantly going from warm to cold to warm to cold again. Yes, the sun matters. Yes, the earth's movement through the spiral arms of the galaxy every 100,000 years or so matter. Volcanoes matter. But so does CO2 and a thousand others things.
Let's try this, LMM and Int: I think you would both agree that the only thing absolutely certain about our climate is that the earth is either
A.) Warming
B.) Cooling
C.) Remaining the same
"C" is out. The earth's temperature is never static. I think we can both agree on that. So that leaves either warming or cooling. Which is it? What is your evidence?