Global Warming Views

There is a lot conflict concerning what causes global warming or if we are still in a phase of global warming - some believe we are not. With recently released information concerning an increase in global ocean ice - scientist are now on both sides of the coin - is global warming cyclic or man made? What does the general society believe about global warming; what about scientist? Society is primarily influenced by the media, whereas, scientist base their opinions on a hypothesis based on scientific data.