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(...) Actually, it does: Our Fellow Man. (...) Actually, it would probably heavily damage our economy. (...) While true, it is rather hard to say just what would happen when a country destabilized. Therefore, it is better to be safe than sorry. (...) (24 years ago, 9-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) And by saying you don't want our government to spend added money on finding a cure for a disease that is infecting millions of people in another country, it shows you don't hold nearly as much compassion for human life as you should. (...) (...) (24 years ago, 9-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) We're not the worlds policeman. While the destabilization of, for example, Liberia, may be quite saddening to watch, it's not going to have a long term large impact on us. There is nothing that Liberia has that is a vital interest to us. The (...) (24 years ago, 9-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I work for the US Geological Survey's Climate History Team. I would say that we our research is respectable and legitimate. I have never seen a case of 'junk science' in my two years of employ here. For a look at our research visit: (URL) do (...) (24 years ago, 9-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Me = B.S. Ecology and Evolution specializing in quantitative genetics and population genetics. I start grad school in the fall working on population ecology and conservation genetics. Is that close enough? (...) Maybe... When a population that (...) (24 years ago, 9-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I'm not sure, but I suspect everyone doing research is in one camp or the other. Myself I'm on the "it's part of the cyclical nature of climate" side of the fence, I tend to suspect that we're still in the "emerging from the little Ice Age" (...) (24 years ago, 9-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Explain please. Jeff (24 years ago, 9-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) ummm.... try reading this: (URL) especially the first sentance. also (URL) you mean that the world is 'warming quickly' as opposed to 'slowly warming', I will have to disagree with you. The earth is still in rebound from the last ice age. It (...) (24 years ago, 9-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Pretty much everything I’ve read or seen indicates that scientists generally agree we are in a warming trend, but those scientists don’t agree on the ultimate effects of that warming. For that matter, they don’t even agree whether it’s a (...) (24 years ago, 9-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) data (...) Everything I have read lately has been confirming that the world is indeed slowly warming (currently). Whether this is a natural phenomenon or not seems to be much more under debate. I'll ask my best personal source his opinions (...) (24 years ago, 9-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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