[Always Right]

The effects on living things include earlier leafing of trees and plants over many regions; movements of species to higher latitudes and altitudes in the northern hemisphere; changes in bird migrations in Europe, North America and Australia; and shifting of the oceans' plankton and fish from cold- to warm-adapted communities.

And how is that different from the first 4 billion years of this planets existence???? This is so dumb. A mere 15K years ago the great lakes were nothing but a frozen glacier, and we are suppose to be in panic because we have 20 years of warming (which has been followed by 10 years of flat temperatures and expected to be followed by 10 years of cooling)?

[cogitator]

we are suppose to be in panic because we have 20 years of warming (which has been followed by 10 years of flat temperatures and expected to be followed by 10 years of cooling)?

We'll really just have to wait and see if that happens. You're basing the latter on the expectations of the skeptical community; I don't share their optimism, though it'd be pretty darned great if it actually happens.

Believe it or not, though, there are actually people that think there isn't any warming occurring globally because a few weather stations are located near parking lots and air conditioners. Explain that to the birds who show up a week late for their food source during annual migration.