Environment - December 2007

2007-12-04 15:51:46 · 11 answers · asked by ♥WestlifeForLife♥ 3 in Global Warming

2007-12-04 15:17:56 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

Im torn between what to believe.

2007-12-04 14:50:05 · 21 answers · asked by xxsoccerxx 1 in Global Warming

If this is so unfounded why have these corporations been pumping loads of money into the battle to undermine climate change research results?

Wouldn't it make more sense to just pocket the money and (if this is just so much false data and misinformation) let the scientific community prove / disprove climate change?

Why have lobbyists with the Global Climate Coalition (heavily funded by Exxon-Mobile) and the Information Council on the Environment (loaded with money from the coal industry) admitted under sworn testimony they have used the same tactics the tobacco industry did for three decades, if climate change isn't happening?

Strikes me as odd to go to such extreme measures to disprove a "weak" science at best.

2007-12-04 14:20:13 · 17 answers · asked by Andy 5 in Global Warming

I do believe that the earth is warming up (Global Warming) and I do also believe that GW is caused by humans

In Al Gore's movie and book (page 47) there's this spectacular plot showing CO2 concentration rise (from ice drilling samples), it sort of fluctuates for 500000 years then in the last decades in goes up to 300ppm and even more, it is therefore very very likely due to humans

My question: how can someone object this? Is the data wrong? is it falsified? Is another effect causing the rise? Please explain your theory. I am open to GW being wrong or fake only if someone can convince me

2007-12-04 13:24:45 · 15 answers · asked by ed s 3 in Global Warming

PLEASE HELP! THESE POLAR BEARS MAY BE EXTINCT FROM POLLUTION FROM HUMANS!

2007-12-04 13:02:51 · 18 answers · asked by Jen_n_TX 2 in Global Warming

Why is this a concern?

The rapid rise in greenhouse gases is a problem because it is changing the climate faster than some living things may be able to adapt. Also, a new and more unpredictable climate poses unique challenges to all life.

Historically, Earth's climate has regularly shifted back and forth between temperatures like those we see today and temperatures cold enough that large sheets of ice covered much of North America and Europe. The difference between average global temperatures today and during those ice ages is only about 5 degrees Celsius (9 degrees Fahrenheit), and these swings happen slowly, over hundreds of thousands of years.

Now, with concentrations of greenhouse gases rising, Earth's remaining ice sheets (such as Greenland and Antarctica) are starting to melt too. The extra water could potentially raise sea levels significantly.

As the mercury rises, the climate can change in unexpected ways. In addition to sea levels rising, weather can become more extreme. This means more intense major storms, more rain followed by longer and drier droughts (a challenge for growing crops), changes in the ranges in which plants and animals can live, and loss of water supplies that have historically come from glaciers.

Scientists are already seeing some of these changes occurring more quickly than they had expected. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, eleven of the twelve hottest years since thermometer readings became available occurred between 1995 and 2006.

2007-12-04 12:53:49 · 5 answers · asked by Jen_n_TX 2 in Global Warming

What Is Global Warming?

Click here to find out more!
The Planet is Heating Up—and Fast

Glaciers are melting, sea levels are rising, cloud forests are drying, and wildlife is scrambling to keep pace. It's becoming clear that humans have caused most of the past century's warming by releasing heat-trapping gases as we power our modern lives. Called greenhouse gases, their levels are higher now than in the last 650,000 years.
SEE HOW IT WORKS

We call the result global warming, but it is causing a set of changes to the Earth's climate, or long-term weather patterns, that varies from place to place. As the Earth spins each day, the new heat swirls with it, picking up moisture over the oceans, rising here, settling there. It's changing the rhythms of climate that all living things have come to rely upon.

What will we do to slow this warming? How will we cope with the changes we've already set into motion? While we struggle to figure it all out, the face of the Earth as we know it—coasts,

2007-12-04 12:44:40 · 10 answers · asked by Jen_n_TX 2 in Global Warming

2007-12-04 12:11:01 · 9 answers · asked by sunny-d alright! 5 in Global Warming

There are thousands of articles concerning the facts of Global Warming in this forum. Everybody can search and read them.

Stop this endless global warming 'questions', please: Go to report and block this spam!

2007-12-04 11:24:32 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

Everyone in this section seems to keep saying "global warming doesnt exist. You dont believe kn science, because science is factual" and things like that. What bugs me is that global warming actually is happening. the only thing people are disputing is whether it is natural or caused by man. sciencetific data states that the erath is warming up. what scientific data doesn't state is whether it is man made or natural. so dispute this, not whether or not global warming exists.

2007-12-04 11:13:22 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

2007-12-04 10:58:15 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Environment

True or False.

2007-12-04 10:31:02 · 2 answers · asked by O'Papa Smurf! 3 in Other - Environment

hey im jessi and im doing a survey for my school please repond to this question...Do You Care About Global Warming?.....What do you think causes it??

2007-12-04 09:51:15 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

According to the graph on this Anthony Watts page, the forcing attributed to the Earth's albedo has varied from -2 W/m^2 to 6 W/m^2 over a span of just 6 years from 1997-2003. It was as high as 9 W/m^2 in 1986.

http://wattsupwiththat.wordpress.com/2007/10/17/earths-albedo-tells-a-interesting-story/

Now these numbers strike me as completely bogus because CO2 accounts for only 1.5 W/m^2 forcing and all greenhouse gases for 2.4 W/m^2. If the albedo forcing were varying by over 1 W/m^2 per year, that would be causing absolutely massive global temperature changes.

Moreover, the IPCC sets the forcing from the Earth's albedo at -0.7 W/m^2, within a range of -1.8 to -0.3 W/m^2. See page 4 here:

http://ipcc-wg1.ucar.edu/wg1/Report/AR4WG1_Print_SPM.pdf

So where the heck is Watts getting these numbers from? How much climate variation is realistically due to variations in the Earth's albedo?

2007-12-04 09:13:05 · 9 answers · asked by Dana1981 7 in Global Warming

that just seems to make sense to me if we cant depend on the environment then we simulate our own and grow food indoors

2007-12-04 08:40:51 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

Please read the attached link and comment on the new monetary system appearing worldwide, right in front of our eyes.
http://www.globe-net.ca/special_features/primer_section6.cfm

Is this good or bad-------- will some polluting countries and companies take advantage of this by buying their way out?

2007-12-04 08:20:03 · 7 answers · asked by Bullseye 7 in Global Warming

will this help stop global warming in any way?

2007-12-04 08:13:33 · 7 answers · asked by Tony S 1 in Global Warming

Please help!!!!! I have a report due on Friday!!!!!

2007-12-04 07:38:53 · 8 answers · asked by SDM 1 in Global Warming

I read a lot and it seems the whole global warming thing is our fault theroy has more spending in washington then anything else so of course the government wants us to think its our fault I just want to know if there is an expert who can explain how it is our fault and not a natural proccess. thanks!

2007-12-04 07:30:21 · 15 answers · asked by Andrew H 1 in Global Warming

I wonder if it's better to go to a library to find articles written by scientists about Global Climate Change.

2007-12-04 07:23:34 · 9 answers · asked by Mikira 5 in Global Warming

I am writing a persuasive essay for a class and need you to include the site where you got your info. Anything like laws or costs will help greatly.

2007-12-04 06:55:16 · 5 answers · asked by Gary 1 in Other - Environment

they're such a stupid invention, surely i am morally obliged to act against them?

2007-12-04 06:41:03 · 15 answers · asked by wha 3 in Alternative Fuel Vehicles

In school our teacher gave us topics to debate. I knew a highly controversial topic was Global Warming, and I decided to oppose it. My argument for this project will be that Global Warming is natural, or that there isn't enough evidence to prove the existance that humans are causing Global Warming.. Anyone have websites or references I could use... I have quite the task on my hands..

Thank you!

2007-12-04 05:56:15 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

2007-12-04 05:27:06 · 13 answers · asked by Mikira 5 in Global Warming

My son has just turned the Christmas tree lights off declaring,
"that it's a waste of electricity!"

Good on him!

2007-12-04 04:27:12 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Conservation

2007-12-04 04:02:31 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Environment

climate change and global warming are central issue in International conference, do you care about those issues ? how do you participate to overcome or atleast reduce the global warming ? Have any axperience to share with me ?

2007-12-04 03:56:41 · 8 answers · asked by yoedha 1 in Global Warming

I need a list of all of the endangered animals of the world. I just can't seem to find a complete list anywhere online. Most of them are just the U.S. or just have like the top 5 endangered animals on them.

2007-12-04 03:51:10 · 3 answers · asked by ribspur53 2 in Conservation

How much air pollution is created by cars in London on an average working day?

2007-12-04 03:50:47 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Environment