claim: A series of just-released studies by working-level scientists prove that geological and not atmospheric forces are responsible for melting of Earth’s polar ice sheets.
evidences.evidence_id: Climate change in the Arctic:0
evidences.article: Climate change in the Arctic
evidences.evidence: The effects of global warming in the Arctic, or climate change in the Arctic include rising air and water temperatures, loss of sea ice, and melting of the Greenland ice sheet with a related cold temperature anomaly, observed since the 1970s.
evidences.votes: REFUTES NOT_ENOUGH_INFO
evidences.evidence_id: Earth:316
evidences.article: Earth
evidences.evidence: This is predicted to produce changes such as the melting of glaciers and ice sheets, more extreme temperature ranges, significant changes in weather and a global rise in average sea levels.
evidences.votes: REFUTES NOT_ENOUGH_INFO
evidences.evidence_id: Ice age:0
evidences.article: Ice age
evidences.evidence: An ice age is a long period of reduction in the temperature of the Earth's surface and atmosphere, resulting in the presence or expansion of continental and polar ice sheets and alpine glaciers.
evidences.votes: REFUTES NOT_ENOUGH_INFO
evidences.evidence_id: Ice age:137
evidences.article: Ice age
evidences.evidence: The consensus is that several factors are important: atmospheric composition, such as the concentrations of carbon dioxide and methane (the specific levels of the previously mentioned gases are now able to be seen with the new ice core samples from EPICA Dome C in Antarctica over the past 800,000 years); changes in the earth's orbit around the Sun known as Milankovitch cycles; the motion of tectonic plates resulting in changes in the relative location and amount of continental and oceanic crust on the earth's surface, which affect wind and ocean currents; variations in solar output; the orbital dynamics of the Earth–Moon system; the impact of relatively large meteorites and volcanism including eruptions of supervolcanoes.
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS REFUTES
evidences.evidence_id: Retreat of glaciers since 1850:423
evidences.article: Retreat of glaciers since 1850
evidences.evidence: The potential for major sea level rise depends mostly on a significant melting of the polar ice caps of Greenland and Antarctica, as this is where the vast majority of glacial ice is located.
evidences.votes: REFUTES NOT_ENOUGH_INFO