Talk:A critique of The Global Warming Debate: A Review of the State of Science

I agree that population directly affects the temperature of the climate because as the population increases the CO2 emissions are likely to increase as well. These emissions are absorbed by the land and the ocean which affects the climate and the atmosphere. Shayd948 (talk)


 * Although humans industrialization must have an impact on the environment, this evidence does not seem evident to humans causing global warming. These are just two cities who happen to be industrialized, and two cities who are not. It doesn't seem to take into account that the climate fluctuates naturally. To find it completely relevant, I think there would need to be a larger sample size. Cthom4751 (talk) 17:23, 13 April 2012 (UTC)


 * There are also other factors that play into an increase in surface temperatures – C02 emissions - greenhouse emissions and global warming. For example how close the highly populated cities are to climates that will absorb the C02 emissions. If a city is closer to the ocean or a densely forested area, the more C02 emissions are going to be absorbed. The further away a city is from these sources, the less likely the same amount of C02 emissions are going to be absorbed.Jrach339 (talk) 00:48, 4 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Hingane's study does not appear to address the issue of global warming, but merely argues that a larger occupied surface area will have a higher thermal signature (no doubt due to highly reflective construction materials and reduced vegetation). The study of four cities is also not comprehensive enough to draw any reliable conclusions because it lacks any statistical reliability in terms of the contributions toward global warming. This is an interesting study, but it does not appear relevant to the debate at hand.Ixby 02:39, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

This article states that the higher the population is, the higher the surface temperature is, but that only concludes that the two are relative to each other. This article does not address the surface area covered by this population. Not all industrialized cities have a high number of people in a concentrated area, and some highly populated cities are not always concentrated in one massive area. Take for example cities that have many bordering hamlets or suburb areas. It is more about the more concentrated areas with more people, the higher the C02 emissions are, therefore the bigger the increase in the greenhouse effect, ultimately leading to a rise in temperatures.