Amusing dahling.
But really only serves to highlight your particular bias. All research requires funding. The favourite tactics of the Armageddon fantasists is:
1/ The fallacy that unless the conclusion is Apocalypse Now, the research is tainted. That *may* be true in *some* cases, but ignores their own black hole of a bias blind spot that much of their own research is tainted by the funding imperative.
Not to recognise that is asinine in the extreme.
2/ The old ad hominem fallacy, the kindergarten tactic of name calling and attempted mockery.
While that probably garners applause from the peanut gallery, in a true scientific debate it's just low brow pettiness.
Sorry orr, opposite to what you intended, but pick up the tone a bit and you might be include among the adults.
One of the most important features of scientific research is peer review both formally and informally. It is always essential to check the parameters, logic and calculations studies.
In the field of Climate studies the overwhelming majority of
peer reviewed research has acknowledged that
1) The world is warming at a rate unparalleled in history.
2) On all the best analysis the major contributor to this warming is the increase in GG gases since the Industrial revolution.
Yep there are other factors. But CO2, Methane are the big drivers of global warming particularly in the past 50 years.
The problem with the anti global warming sector is their almost total failure at being scientists.
This forum won't even acknowledge that the world is warming at the rate that is being measured by NASA, and the other meteorological agencies. According to the deniers the figures are manipulated. Up until recently there was an attempt to use UAH measures of global temperature (in the atmosphere) to prove the world wasn't warming. As Wayne pointed out, by referencing the article he did, even these figures have now shown we are cooking. And more significantly important adjustments to how these figures were obtained has caused scientists to reassess past figures - upwards.
As to the cause of any global warming ? The deniers camp has attempted at every stage to dismiss and diminish the effect of CO2 as a powerful greenhouse gas. It's the sun, volcanoes, anything else ! The reason for this refusal to face reality ? Exactly the same reasons why tobacco companies denied smoking caused cancer, asbestos companies denied asbestos caused cancer, paint and petrol companies denied lead was poisoning people. The answer will affect the pockets of powerful vested interests.
Is the picture clear enough?
There is no truth in saying the world is not warming at an unprecedented rate
There is no truth in saying we don't know why.
To say otherwise makes one simply ignorant, wilfully ignorant or a deliberate liar.