Environment - December 2007

I believe it is certainly too late to stop all climate change. But climate change is not an on off switch. It is a continuing process. The sooner we stabilise the atmosphere of concentrations of greenhouse gases, the sooner we can reduce our impact on the climate thus minimising the risk of reaching tipping points that will make preventing further warming even harder. Even if we only manage to slow warming rather than prevent it, society will have more time to adjust to the changes.

2007-12-06 16:01:19 · 9 answers · asked by bobe 6 in Global Warming

Meaning, can the salt be removed so the water would be drinkable? Is this a need for the people who live in that area?

2007-12-06 13:19:47 · 3 answers · asked by sophieb 7 in Conservation

I waste alot of electricity, water, and gas. I drive a very huge hummer.

2007-12-06 12:46:31 · 18 answers · asked by Paul C 1 in Green Living

2007-12-06 12:23:28 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

i'm doing a feature article on global warming for english, and i need a catchy title.... any help? ill give best answer to... well... the best one. ha.

2007-12-06 11:30:46 · 13 answers · asked by ho 2 in Global Warming

2007-12-06 10:43:17 · 10 answers · asked by simone o 2 in Global Warming

"The tardiness of solar cycle 24 indicates that we might be entering a period of low solar activity that may counteract man-made greenhouse temperature increases. Some members of the Russian Academy of Sciences say we may be at the start of a period like that seen between 1790 and 1820, a minor decline in solar activity called the Dalton Minimum. They estimate that the Sun's reduced activity may cause a global temperature drop of 1.5°C by 2020. This is larger than most sensible predictions of man-made global warming over this period."

http://news.independent.co.uk/sci_tech/article3223603.ece

By itself the Sun might cause a 1.5°C cooling, but combined with human greenhouse gas emissions and other factors, the cooling would be much less.

The question is, by entering a period of low activity will the Sun buy us some time to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions?

Cycles 24 and 25 would last until approximately 2030.

Do the IPCC projections take this into account?

2007-12-06 09:41:24 · 11 answers · asked by Dana1981 7 in Global Warming

http://www.climateprotect.org/standwithal

From the site:

"Join Me in Bali

I support Al Gore's call for a visionary global treaty to be completed and brought into effect by 2010 and want my government to be a leader in making this happen."

2007-12-06 09:38:30 · 18 answers · asked by qu1ck80 5 in Global Warming

If bears are a problem why not build garbage incinerators in towns near Bear Country so they will not be shot by Conservation Officers.

2007-12-06 09:17:18 · 5 answers · asked by darren m 7 in Conservation

"The Inuit have always insisted the bears' demise was greatly exaggerated by scientists doing projections based on fly-over counts, but their input was usually dismissed as the ramblings of self-interested hunters"



http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.h...

2007-12-06 08:45:07 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

The taxes you pay?

The speed limit on the highway?

The number of hours you work?

2007-12-06 08:31:30 · 4 answers · asked by NLBNLB 6 in Other - Environment

(such as the morally repugnant eugenics movement of the 20th Century)?

http://eaps.mit.edu/faculty/lindzen/180_Eugenics.pdf

2007-12-06 08:27:24 · 16 answers · asked by Rationality Personified 5 in Global Warming

2007-12-06 08:11:36 · 16 answers · asked by Dr Jello 7 in Global Warming

Who is?

Here is a chart from NASA GISS that plots temperatures since 1880. If you enter these numbers in an Excel spreadsheet you will see that we are not hotter than ever before, it isn't getting hotter then in the past, and we haven't seen warmer temperatures in over 10 years.

http://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/graphs/Fig.D.txt

The USA is still part of the globe.

So if the USA isn't getting any warmer, who is? Is it Europe, or Asia, or South America, or Antarctica?

Does anyone know of a site from NASA where I can get the raw data like the information on the above website?

2007-12-06 07:49:47 · 9 answers · asked by Dr Jello 7 in Global Warming

"First Australia won international applause for abandoning the United States and signing a global warming pact Washington has long opposed. Then a U.S. Senate committee voted for deep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions.

The Bush administration's position, that technology, private investment and economic growth — rather than mandatory emissions cuts — will save the planet from global warming, is taking a beating this week at a U.N. climate change conference in Indonesia.

The public defeats for the U.S. stance, coupled with mounting warnings from scientists and others that only decisive action will control rising temperatures, have cast the Americans as wayward sons who need to wake up and join the rest of the world."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071206/ap_on_re_as/bali_us_under_siege

Why do you think the US policy on global warming continues to differ so vastly from the rest of the world? Especially since global warming is supposedly a US liberal hoax?

2007-12-06 07:35:21 · 20 answers · asked by Dana1981 7 in Global Warming

Over the last 5 years Total Solar irradiance TSI levels have dropped by 1 W/m^2 and current data suggest that it is still declining.

http://lasp.colorado.edu/cgi-bin/ion-p?ION__E1=PLOT%3Aplot_tsi_data.ion&ION__E2=PRINT%3Aprint_tsi_data.ion&ION__E3=BOTH%3Aplot_and_print_tsi_data.ion&START_DATE=&STOP_DATE=&BOTH=Output+Text+%26+Plot+Data

Solar cycle 24 should have started last December, scientists now think that it could be as late as 2009 before it begins. There is very little doubt that solar cycle 24 will be weak when it does start. Solar cycle 25 is forecast to be even weaker than 24, if this scenario actually occurs members of the Russian Academy of Sciences indicate that global temperatures could drop by 1.5 degrees C. by 2020. If global temperatures continue to diminish over the next two decades it almost certainly will cause severe hardships for humanity, so I ask is it irresponsible to ignore the warning signs.

http://news.independent.co.uk/sci_tech/article3223603.ece

2007-12-06 07:25:30 · 8 answers · asked by Tomcat 5 in Global Warming

Is global warming as bad as some scientists say it is, or is it just being blown out of proportion for a political role?

Now, I know pollution produced by cars, factories, and oil is bad, that's a given. But, what if this supposed global warming is just a natural cycle? Something like the Ice Age maybe?

Also, some of the methods designed to deal with global warming seem far fetched. I understand things like reducing fuel emissions, but stuff like reducing animal respiration, stop eating exotic food like bananas and pineapples, and now divorce?

Yes, it has been suggested to stop eating exotic foods such as bananas, since it takes oil to run the ships to bring them to other countries.

I just wanted some info. Thanks.

2007-12-06 07:20:29 · 13 answers · asked by electrosmack1 5 in Global Warming

2007-12-06 06:36:11 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

There are many other reports from around the world that go into great detail regarding the scientific evidence that AGW is almost certainly occurring.It's a shame that the whole issueseems to be split along an ideological divide which weakens the arguments of both camps.The whole issue seems to be at best poorly understood.The amount of time of heard comments such as "it's snowing in Utah; AGW my ****" or "more people die from the cold than warming" betrays a total lack of understanding amongst vast swathes of the public.
I'm not saying that AGW deniers are idiots, most base their argument around atleast a semblance of understanding of the issue but many just jump on the political bandwagon and base their stances on politcal allegiance.Make up your own minds people but PLEASE LOOK AT THE EVIDENCE FIRST.
Source below was comissioned by the British government led by Tony Blair; the staunchest ally of the US since WW2.I'm implying that these guys are your friends.Listen to them.Endrant

2007-12-06 06:35:37 · 13 answers · asked by damienabbey 2 in Global Warming

... and advise on the problematic on things anyone can do on every day life?

I 've already posted this question on another section
also if you can send me links , i'll apreatiate it , thanks in advance!! :-*
and you can also write to me at :

hera.anthea@yahoo.com

2007-12-06 06:15:03 · 26 answers · asked by Hera 1 in Global Warming

I am very interested in the subject and am wondering what it is and why is it happening. Is there a way to stop it? what chemicals are used?

2007-12-06 05:31:05 · 10 answers · asked by abbykit306 2 in Global Warming

I think if we didn't have them we would have no choice but to use an alternative. Thumbs up from me.

2007-12-06 05:13:59 · 19 answers · asked by daisydoormouse 2 in Global Warming

Scientists are trying to fight global warming by changing animal flatulence.

http://www.slate.com/id/2178776/?GT1=10733

WHAT A BUNCH OF BULL!!

2007-12-06 05:12:23 · 17 answers · asked by credo quia est absurdum 7 in Global Warming

That cold weather kills more people than warm weather. I recently read someone's YA!! saying that currently global warming is killing 150,000 people per year. How do you justify someone dying b/c of global warming? Here is an article that states colder weather/climate kills more people than warmer weather.

http://www.co2science.org/scripts/CO2ScienceB2C/subject/h/summaries/samerhotvcold.jsp

This other article is about the heat wave of 2003 and how it is not related to global warming.
http://www.worldclimatereport.com/index.php/2007/01/31/european-heat-wave-2003-a-global-perspective/
What I'm saying is how do you know when a heat wave, flood, or other natural occurrences are caused by global warming. Also that maybe a little warmth is better than cooler temps as far as the rate of people dying from either warmer or cooler weather. Just b/c you find a trend, doesn't mean you can account every natural disaster on GW.

2007-12-06 04:52:06 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

Skeptics are claiming that a bias in the surface temperature record is showing the current global warming to be twice as great as it is in reality:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AhquGmoVDMhA48aHk4X1euwFxgt.;_ylv=3?qid=20071206091050AANVmkW

Yet skeptics also say that because the surface is warming faster than the troposphere (which in reality is uncertain at this point), this indicates that humans are not causing the current warming.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AonNo_A3PONVoYUsuGksfKoFxgt.;_ylv=3?qid=20071206091435AApSQPK

Well, here is the current data:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Satellite_Temperatures.png

One satellite measurement shows greater warming in the troposphere than the surface, the other shows less. However, if the surface temperature record is wrong, then the troposphere is certainly warming faster than the surface, which confirms that humans are causing the warming.

So which is really warming faster?

2007-12-06 04:51:19 · 5 answers · asked by Dana1981 7 in Global Warming

2007-12-06 04:08:42 · 12 answers · asked by A.Carter 3 in Conservation

Who is trying to help save the endangered species?

2007-12-06 04:06:16 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Conservation

"Skeptics" here often cite th British lawsuit about Gore's movie, saying that a British judge found nine mistakes.

That shows they didn't read the decision. The judge said four things were proven:

" 1) global average temperatures have been rising significantly over the past half century and are likely to continue to rise ("climate change");

(2) climate change is mainly attributable to man-made emissions of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide ("greenhouse gases");

(3) climate change will, if unchecked, have significant adverse effects on the world and its populations; and

(4) there are measures which individuals and governments can take which will help to reduce climate change or mitigate its effects."

Can I assume everyone who quotes "the British judge" agrees with that? It's the most important part of his decision.

The movie won the lawsuit.

http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Admin/2007/2288.html

2007-12-06 02:48:18 · 7 answers · asked by Bob 7 in Global Warming

so may people i meet and talk to say that global warming and climent change isnt happing wich is bull **** it makes me mad when people say there nothing we can do about whats done is done who cares. but i do i have a one year old son and i worry were our planet is heading not so much for me but him. when will people get there head out of the sand and start doing there bit to help...... how much prof do they need..... just look around and you will see it

2007-12-06 02:45:35 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

2007-12-06 02:26:37 · 5 answers · asked by Kal-El 1 in Other - Environment