Are we really past the point of no return with the global warming issues ?

Question

According to supposed experts..over 1 million species of life will become extinct within 40 years ! Evidense is already apparent. Migrating birds have no food when they reach destination because insects are 2 weeks ahead of schedule !

Answer 1

by the time we figure it out it will be too late

Answer 2

These global warming questions give me heartburn. Man, you've gotta quit listening to these Al Gore types. Here's the one thing that is 100% verified, set in stone, absolutely unchangeable...global warming (and cooling) has been around since the beginning of time. This is a proven fact. It was here before fossil fuels and hairspray were supposedly poking holes in the ozone layer. There's nothing we can do to "cause" it or fix it. That's just the way it is. Plants and animals adapt. Migrating birds are going to go where they can live - period. If they get to the end of their normal migration and there are no bugs, they will move on. By the way, where on earth are there no bugs besides maybe the poles, and I can't think of a bug eating bird who winters or summers at the poles. Forget about it!!!

Answer 3

This is to all of you Carl Sagon money grabbing grant theivieng so
called bioecosociological scientist,Get off the soap box give back the millions in grant you have swindled the us goverment out of,The issue of global warming is crap,Think dumb@## the world
is coverd in 2/3 water(lets make this simple real simple) you heat the water up(oceans) what happens(oh my god)they evaporate
the moisture goes in to the atmosphere super saturates and
condences in to (look out)clouds and comes down as rain,The deserts get rain, mid west gets rain ,crops grow,comes down as snow and ice in the polar regions,more hydroelectric power ,more food,cheaper food,more jobs for migrant mexicans
to pick all the food we are now growing,gotta cut the grass,
tropical regions will reclaim themselves.And those big hurricanes
are natural scrubbers.Just build your citys above the water line.
In our society you have to have a issue or a face to blame.

Think Krakotoa threw up so much trash in1883 it darkened
the world for 3 yrs,it was heard as far away as japan 3000
miles away. then you have Mt St Helens,and all the other
eruptions in the far east and Phillipines,We're still here and thriving well. Don't fear the burnt hydrocarbon,fear the micron-
sized dust partical thrown up by mother nature or that nasty little
virus riding on the back of those pretty little fowl Sagan loves.

Create a problem and the goverment will throw milllions at you...

Answer 4

This is assuming that humans currently have any control over global warming. It has neither been proved nor disproved that humans have changed the rate of the heating of the atmosphere. Some scientists theorize that the earth has been on a warming trend for the past 4,000 years or longer. I do not believe we are past the point of no return. If things become intolerable due to natural causes will be begin to research ways to cool our planet.

Answer 5

millions of species have already become extinct

perhaps you have heard of dinosaurs?

the earth's biosphere is a vast complex constantly changing system

we are definitely past the point of no return with respect to dinosaurs, and probably some speicies alive now will be extinct in 50 years

i don't think that should worry you too much

Answer 6

"According to the National Academy of Sciences, the Earth's surface temperature has risen by about 1 degree Fahrenheit in the past century"

a "model" is not proof, it's a simulation that could easily have inaccurate values.

The earth goes through phases.

Answer 7

We are not past the point of no return. But we are not doing anything about it either. How close should we try to get before we react. I think it is unhealthy to not confront your problems. There is no point of no return. There is always a reason to act now.

Answer 8

i think so. humans seem to be worried about what happens to themselves in thier lifetimes, not what will happen in thier childrens, or grandchildrens futures. if you read the book supernaturalist by eoin colfer (i hope i spelled that right) it gives a veiw on what could happen if we dont do something about the ozone layer and global warming. (its not like some star trek-y book or anything) but yeah.