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• I don%26#039;t understand how people can blatantly deny science. If we don%26#039;t put money into research we will never learn anything about anything. Because of continual research efforts, we have learned many of the impacts climate change has already had on physical and biological systems (link 1,2). Our climate models have improved to account for natural external forcings (sun and volcanic activity) as well as human activity (GHG emissions) (3-6). We have learned more about our past climate (link 7,8), and our knowledge of climate related feedbacks has advanced significantly (link 9,10).
  
  We need to make sure our money is going into educated and informed policy decisions. Without proper scientific research, we cannot properly direct our policies. http://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/docs/2008/2008...
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• Yes.
  
  Bob326 gave a great answer. Deniers say there%26#039;s no proof, well, if you want further evidence, you need to fund research.
  
  For AGW proponents, we need to know what the consequences of climate change will be. We need to know more about feedbacks, water vapor in particular.
  
  While we do know that humans are the primary cause of the current warming, by no means do we know everything that we need to know.
• Global warming is a natural thing that the earth dose when the sun gets hotter. Yes the temps on other planets are warming as well. the last probe that went to mars shows that ice melts at the polar region when exposed to the sun, is that right to happen that far from the sun. The money used for the global warming research is spent on nothing more than to line peoples pockets that already have money. take it from the poor and spend it on useless stuff that is naturally occurring. then after the warning there will be a cooling effect that will need money blown on it as well.
  
  Check out the temps on the other planets from NASA reports that are on line. Strange that its not told about on the news. That%26#039;s media for you. They tell us what they are told to tell us about all the bad stuff going on in the world.
• Very much so. If we are going to take action (as both presidential candidates plan on doing) against climate change, we need more research money to better models (on both global and regional scales), and our understanding of the climate system in general.
  
  Denier%26#039;s keep complaining about how there is no %26quot;proof%26quot; (which doesn%26#039;t exist for any scientific theory) of AGW. Well, enough scientists are worried about it to make me think that we need to get to the bottom of the issue. Now. How can we do that? Fund more research. D%26#039;Aleo was foolish in saying %26quot;greenhouse warming research and modeling should be slashed.%26quot;
• NO!!!!
  This is only another complete waste of taxpayers money and has nothing to do with science, and everything to do with %26#039;Jobs for the Boys%26#039;.
  But then, it is only another $9 billion.
  I%26#039;m sure equivalent amounts have been spent on similar worthless research.
  Such as studying the sex habits of the South American swamp rat, or why is water wet, or why is it normally brighter during the day than at night, etc...
  Anyone who would support this lunacy deserves to be ripped off but do not pull me in with you!
  I still have a functional brain, and plan to use it for a few more years yet.
• I think you answered your own question.
  %26quot;%26quot;%26quot;%26quot;$9 billion in investments%26quot;%26quot;%26quot; its all about the money ! There%26#039;s no money in admitting that the earth is in a state of constant change.
  Do you think that $9 billion will find away to stop the sun from getting hotter ? or from the universe from expanding ? or find a way to prevent the poles from swapping ends or finding away to tilt the earth back to where it was ?
  
  Nope....but it will keep lots of science dudes working !
• Let us instead put that money where it will do some good like into a new and better reusable earth to orbit shuttle and a moon base to begin the production of orbital factories and power stations. We need to put the money where it will generate practical solutions to real problems rather than a lot of divorced from reality ivory tower failures pampering themselves and wasting money on feel good concepts that never mature into practical solutions of any kind. Spend the money on real life engineering let us get on with exploiting the new frontier!