quote:Originally posted by Creekman62:
Here are a few more reasons for The Global Warming Myth. (Climate Chage)
Check out the pics. A lot of the temp monitoring station used to be in the country, now alot are surrounded by big cities full of asphalt, concrete and AC units. Ever hear of the heat island effect!!. Follow the money and you can find the real hot air.
Wow! This one single blogger has discovered a phenomenon that no other scientist has ever considered. He even includes pictures! Give that blogger a Peace Prize!
On the other hand:
From Link
"Objection: The apparent rise of global average temperatures is actually an illusion due to the urbanization of land around weather stations, the Urban Heat Island effect.
Answer: Urban Heat Island Effect has been examined quite thoroughly (PDF) and found to have a negligible effect on temperature trends. Real Climate has a detailed discussion of this here. What's more, NASA GISS takes explicit steps in their analysis to remove any such spurious signal by normalizing urban station data trends to the surrounding rural stations. It is a real phenomenon, but it is one climate scientists are well aware of and have taken any required steps to remove its influence from the raw data."
Yes, this site is also a blog by "some guy" and I hate that. However, it is sufficiently referenced to legitimate scientific sources that back the claim with facts.