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Article: Debunking the myths of climate skepticism: climate skeptics propagate false arguments based on myths to forestall the implementation of policies which combat climate change.(GLOBAL WARMING)
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- The New Presence: The Prague Journal of Central European Affairs
- Article date:
- March 22, 2009
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2009 Martin Jan Stransky. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Scepticism, or disbelief, is an inevitable part of scientific development and frequently accompanies any new scientific hypothesis. The global warming hypothesis exemplifies this situation--universal support for it does not exist.
The first evidence of carbon dioxide's heat trapping abilities was found in the nineteenth century. Physicists Tyndall, Fourier and Arrhenius discovered a correlation between the rise in C[O.sub.2] and the rise in atmospheric temperature. After decades of intensive research, most scientists have come to the conclusion that these original assumptions were indeed correct.
It is also now widely accepted that the unremitted ...