Global warming is real

DeLoa Sharp's claim (Readers' Forum, June 18) that there is "absolutely no scientifically proven basis for the premise that man can affect what the climate does" is absurd. Our libraries are full of carefully compiled and critically reviewed scientific research that makes it clear that global warming is real, is caused by human activity and is significantly and rapidly changing the world's climate.

The research conclusions of dozens of respected scientific organizations such as the American Geophysical Union, the American Physical Society, the National Academies of Science and the American Meteorological Society are easily available online.

Our lieutenant governor, who has been shown the carefully documented research, deliberately ignores the objective evidence about global warming. That is deeply troubling.

Willful scientific illiteracy and intellectual dishonesty are not praiseworthy virtues.

Seth Jarvis

Salt Lake City