And then you wonder why people wonder….

OK, so which is it?  If I am skeptical, I’m lower than whale poop.  If I am an acoloyte, is it rational to be one?  From NRO, this observation:

Re: Mmmmm Saltier Oceans   [Iain Murray]

Point and counterpoint:

Since the late 1960s, much of the North Atlantic Ocean has become less salty, in part due to increases in fresh water runoff induced by global warming, scientists say.

—Michael Schirber, LiveScience, 29 June 2005

The surface waters of the North Atlantic are getting saltier, suggests a new study of records spanning over 50 years. They found that during this time, the layer of water that makes up the top 400 metres has gradually become saltier. The seawater is probably becoming saltier due to global warming, Boyer says.

—Catherine Brahic, New Scientist, 23 August 2007

Whatever the anomaly, the cause is global warming.

Can you have it both ways?  Doubtful – not in the same place in such a small amount of time…. 

While I do admit that the global temp has risen a degree C over the last 100 years, it is not clear that we know enough in sufficient detail to say with much rigor that humans are responsible.  The sims are incomplete as almost every week there seems to be something that raises the eyebrows (one way or the other).

Science is based on skepticism and not consensus until all empirical data and observations are accounted for and can be explained.  I am of the opinion that we just don’t know enough to say one way or the other.