Digging

Alright, well I've got a little more info to share, but contributions would still be appreciated. I stated this last night, but I'll say it again, any indication that the 1900s were the warmest century on record seems to be based on poorly organized data and there does not seem to have been an actual significant rise in temperatures when reliable means of gathering data are used. 1998 was the hottest year of the century because it was an unusually warm El Nino. Th Greenhouse Effect refers to the process by which our atmosphere makes earth inhabitable by slowing the loss of heat. It is not comparable to an actual greenhouse or a car left in the sun, it is much more subtle and dynamic than that. The Greenhouse Effect and Global Warming are NOT the same thing. In fact CO2 emissions appear to have a mch lower effect on the Greenhouse Effect than we've been led to believe. Apparently the ocean level rises about 18cm/century (if my graph-reading skills are accurate), but this is do to the fact that we're still recovering from an Ice Age. Sadly, but through no fault of humanity, the glaciers are going to continue to melt. By the way, 90% of the world's frozen water (snow, ice) is on Antarctica. Another interesting fact, if the world DID warm up, either naturally or caused by us, it would rain more and would do much to bring clean drinking water to the incredble amount of people in this world who don't have access to safe drinking water.