I wish to comment very briefly. This list is supposed to be an *informed*
one.  The following remark seems to be opposed to that notion:

> The whole "global warming" scam is rejected by real scientists.

Global warming is no scam, nor is it rejected by "real" scientists. Read the
following short excerpt and you will note the use of words such as "clear
evidence" and "statistical significance" rather than dogmatic assertions or
careless generalizations.

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Scripps Researchers Find Clear Evidence of Human-Produced Warming in World's
Oceans: Climate warming likely to impact water resources in regions around
the globe

Scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of
California, San Diego, and their colleagues have produced the first clear
evidence of human-produced warming in the world's oceans, a finding they say
removes much of the uncertainty associated with debates about global warming.

In a new study conducted with colleagues at Lawrence Livermore National
Laboratory's Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison
(PCMDI), Tim Barnett and David Pierce of Scripps Institution used a
combination of computer models and real-world "observed" data to capture
signals of the penetration of greenhouse gas-influenced warming in the
oceans. The authors make the case that their results clearly indicate that
the warming is produced anthropogenically, or by human activities.

"This is perhaps the most compelling evidence yet that global warming is
happening right now and it shows that we can successfully simulate its past
and likely future evolution," said Tim Barnett, a research marine physicist
in the Climate Research Division at Scripps. Barnett says he was "stunned"
by the results because the computer models reproduced the penetration of the
warming signal in all the oceans. "The statistical significance of these
results is far too strong to be merely dismissed and should wipe out much of
the uncertainty about the reality of global warming."

* * *

Scripps Institution of Oceanography, at the University of California, San
Diego, is one of the oldest, largest, and most important centers for global
science research and graduate training in the world.

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