[been_lurking]

The official line (by the scientists directly involved in the research) is that global warming is real and it may be in part caused by humans.

To even think that humans can have any lasting impact on the earth is the height of vanity. The earth was here before us, and the earth will be here after us. Humans are only a blip on the screen. Human capability for abstract thought does not change the fact that humans are weak, soft, temporary skin bags of protoplasm that will die and decay.

[ex-Texan]

Or, as the old testament says, "We are spiritual beings that live in tents of flesh." Decaying protoplasm does not explain the half of it.

By the way, I want a brand new tent. Mine is getting pretty battered and weather beaten.

[megatherium]

To even think that humans can have any lasting impact on the earth is the height of vanity.

Tell that to the mammoths. Our ancestors killed off many of the pleistocene megafauna species 11,000 years ago. Of course, this doesn't say anything about climate change.