Science in the hands of a fool... 1 - This only applies AFTER CONTINENTAL ICE SHEETS ARE MELTING AWAY: de·gla·ci·a·tion - n. The uncovering of glaciated land because of melting or sublimation of the glacier. 2) Global temperature rises quickly when the ice melts away 3) CO2 rises much more slowly for several reasons, as the followng extracts indicate: A) "There are many parts to the puzzle of how atmospheric CO2 changed between glacial and interglacial variations. A simple start is in ocean temperature, where we know from basic chemistry principles that a colder ocean would be better at âholdingâ more CO2 (since gas is more soluble in cooler water), thus lowering atmospheric concentrations. Because so much fresh water was locked up in ice, the glacial oceans were saltier than today by a few percent, which reduces the solubility of CO2 gas in water. " b) "The coral reef hypothesis asserts that carbonate production on newly flooded shelves contributes importantly to the rise of atmospheric carbon dioxide during deglaciation. The pattern of reef growth that emerges suggests that emission of CO2 resulting from carbonate production was important particularly during the late stages of deglaciation" c) "Upon melting of glacial ice sheets, reestablishment of forests and grasslands caused a Gradual rise in global CO2 levels" The one who should be shutting up, is one who blindly cuts and pastes things he obviously did not understand
The US is the top CO2 emitter, but remember when the US was a leader and didn't wait until developing countries did something, but led by example?
If CO2 lags temperature, then the that actually makes the current situation worse as the current CO2 is man-made and, if you are right, then the lagging natural CO2 will compound the impact.
There isn't a single cause, but there is also no question that CO2 is a major, or the major, impact on global temperature. That's just the nature of the CO2 molecule and you can verify this by checking the energy absorption charts for CO2. It absorbs a disproportionate share of infra-red energy.
Except we're currently in a solar minimum so if you're right then when the solar maximum occurs the effect will be compounded.
Entertaining chart -- current CO2 levels are over 350 ppm -- even higher than your graph shows -- even though your graph shows thousands of years. Draw a line from the end of your chart and max it out. Then go higher. That's where CO2 levels are right now.
You mean, apart from export high pollution/low wage industries outside the US? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuyahoga_River
It appears bigdave is grasping at straws. Show him data compiled at the Vostok Station and suddenly its wrong. All the scientists down there must be wrong and BigDave is right. Arrogance knows no bounds for the left-wing statists.
Whoa, take it easy. Nobody's saying the graph is wrong, just not complete. Current CO2 levels are around 386 ppm -- even higher than at any point in that graph of the last 400,000 years. If you don't believe me, you can check it yourself at http://co2now.org/ -- the data is from the NOAA.