[NeilBlanchard]

I'm not qualified to judge scientific papers. What is the scientific response to these papers? What does Lord Monckton say about them? His theories seem to be the basis for many of the criticism of AGCC -- particularly that he points to some rock data in Australia for why he thinks that carbon dioxide is not tied to warming. I wonder why the Moon is so cold if it is the Sun that causes the warming; and not the Earth's atmosphere?

Virtually all the heat comes from the sun -- some comes from Earth's core, but that is not nearly enough to keep the Earth warm enough for life to exist.

The problem is the balance of heat gain vs heat loss back out to space. When carbon dioxide level in the atmosphere goes up, the temperature "responds" shortly after. There is no question about this fact.