Environment - October 2007

if you're one of the smart people who actually care please sign this petition at stopglobalwarming.org

those who aren't i hope you know that if no one does anything to try to stop it everything will perish. so i recommend you think about that if you want to save your little ***.

2007-10-21 08:32:11 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

We still have time to do something!

In as few as 50 years, America's polar bears could be gone.

Photo credit: D. Crosbie, Canadian Ice Service New research by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) predicts dramatic declines in polar bear populations as global warming melts the Arctic sea ice these bears depend on for survival. It has never been so urgent to reduce global warming emissions and protect polar bears from extinction.

In light of these findings, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has reopened a brief, two week comment period on its January 2007 proposal to list polar bears as "threatened" under the Endangered Species Act.

No more delays or excuses - it's time to protect polar bears and their melting homes. Sign our petition to submit your official public comment urging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to protect polar bears from extinction!



the site is:


http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/225344285?z00m=9955860


PLEASE PASS THIS TO YOUR FRIENDS!

2007-10-21 08:12:15 · 7 answers · asked by Chachis 4 in Conservation

I was wondering cause i live in los angeles.

2007-10-21 08:01:50 · 7 answers · asked by patrickyodasuperman 2 in Global Warming

2007-10-21 06:39:27 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

Greenhouses work because the solar radiation is absorbed by opaque objects (or the ground) inside the glass, and the warm air comming off the warm objects can't rise past the roof. Presumably if a greenhouse were tall enough, it wouldn't get warm inside.

Doesn't the global warming theory say that carbondioxide has a higher opacity than the oxygen it displaces, and will absorb radiation given off by the sun and the earth.

Is CO2 supposedly more like a dust cloud than a pane of glass?

2007-10-21 06:13:43 · 8 answers · asked by Ben O 6 in Global Warming

i think we (humans) have contributed a little (maybe 2-5%) to global warming. if you look at earths history (from what we know) you will find several periods of global warming and global freezing (ice ages). i believe that global warming and freezing is just one of earths natural cycles. although i also believe that we strongly contributed to the decay of the ozone layer.

what are your thoughts on global warming?

2007-10-21 05:17:51 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

Global warming may not cause its doom but other causes can too..and if global warming doesn't exist then?

2007-10-21 04:56:39 · 4 answers · asked by alphashter 1 in Global Warming

I have heard conflicting things about this, some ppl say always turn off, others if you are not going to use them for a few minutes, others say better to leave them on all night than turn them off and on

2007-10-21 04:13:40 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Conservation

2007-10-21 04:12:31 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

http://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=110010763&mod=RSS_Opinion_Journal&ojrss=frontpage

Can you find something in this you agree with?
Can you find something you disagree with?
Did you learn anything new?

2007-10-21 03:41:09 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

check out jointhesolution.com

2007-10-21 03:24:10 · 4 answers · asked by thomas k 1 in Green Living

Anyone else concerned about the health risks? Do you know what the health risks are? Or simply...the comfort of your home...do you really want flickering, draining, energy-zapping light in your home?

Contact your government representatives and demand that they investigate the risks more thoroughly before making it illegal for you to have incandescent lights in your home!

2007-10-21 02:49:55 · 13 answers · asked by Tikva 4 in Conservation

We have bought a house which has a waste disposal system installed in the sink. We use it for vegetable peelings and food left over on plates etc.

Is this a "green" way of disposing of vegetable material? My garden is too small for a composter, and in any case I'm not sure I could find the time or energy to deal with one. So the question is is a waste disposal system better than putting the rubbish into bags and letting the council take it away?

2007-10-21 01:29:58 · 2 answers · asked by southcoast.sounds 2 in Green Living

really is global warming/ climate change. ive got to brainstorm some deifferent definitions on it. So far ive got
-It is an increase in the Earth’s temperature
-It impacts plants, animals and humans
-It can lead to rising sea levels and changes in rainfall pattern

2007-10-20 19:14:58 · 8 answers · asked by Yippidyyappidy 2 in Global Warming

I got duct tape, vienna sausages and kool aid what else?

2007-10-20 18:47:28 · 13 answers · asked by vladoviking 5 in Global Warming

2007-10-20 14:47:40 · 6 answers · asked by jl 1 in Other - Environment

care products?

Chemicals found in household products like antibacterial soap and plastic bottles are found in sewage water that is discharged into San Francisco Bay, posing a threat to wildlife and humans, according to new data....The inspectors found three types of chemicals -- phthalates, bisphenol A and triclosan. All are suspected of interfering with hormone systems of humans and wildlife..."We're involved because we know that these compounds are out there, and we cannot treat them in the wastewater stream," said Charles Hardy, EBMUD spokesman.

2007-10-20 13:40:50 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Environment

2007-10-20 13:30:39 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Green Living

Can u plz help me with this fiil in da blank questions thnx!!!

Matter an energy can be intercharged as energy from the ________ is used in the process of photosynthesis to procude matter that can be converted back into __________ by various organisms.

2007-10-20 13:00:59 · 8 answers · asked by Sofia L 1 in Green Living

2007-10-20 12:58:02 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Environment

Weather permitting, of course.

2007-10-20 12:53:57 · 11 answers · asked by Orpheus Rising 5 in Green Living

I want to know specific details on how humans will suffer the consequences of urban sprawl and pollution! My stupid friend hates the environment and wants the whole world to turn into cities. He sees nothing wrong with overpopulation and i want to argue against it!

2007-10-20 12:45:04 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Environment

2007-10-20 12:12:54 · 16 answers · asked by Harvest 3 in Other - Environment

2007-10-20 09:42:56 · 15 answers · asked by NoGood 3 in Green Living

2007-10-20 09:17:10 · 7 answers · asked by Miguel J 1 in Global Warming

I would buy land for a nature/animal preserve.

2007-10-20 09:14:12 · 13 answers · asked by anybody 3 in Other - Environment

Is it even as we see it? Is it induced by man? Is is a cyclical event( does this happen every 2000 years or so when the earth and other planets in our solar system come into polar alignment) ?? if it is real can it really be fixed or are we fooling ourselves? Elaborate as much as possible?

2007-10-20 09:07:55 · 14 answers · asked by skeeter 2 in Global Warming

2007-10-20 08:44:59 · 4 answers · asked by Marian 1 in Alternative Fuel Vehicles

2007-10-20 08:37:31 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

I want to know if saving electricity helps the environment in any way.

2007-10-20 08:24:25 · 5 answers · asked by Kevin L 1 in Green Living