opinion on global warming?

Question

What is your opinon about global warming?

Answer 1

It's making things warmer. 2 Points please.

Answer 2

It's obvious that the Earth goes through cylical fluctuations in climate every 100,000 years or so.... and that we were approaching a natural peak around 1890. We've now over shot that and global temps are currently 0.5ºC higher than they've been during all of human existence. The same goes for the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide. Higher now than at any other point in human existence.

Unfortunately, the American Petroleum Instititue and the Competitive Enterprise Institute pays handsomely to cause confusion in the mainstream media and public at large. The next time you read an article skeptical of global warming, ask yourself why this reporter is writing an article on someting outside of his/her expertise... and then go and pick up a scientific journal.... Sci-Am, Nature or Discover even....

With that said, I think that we do ourselves a disservice when we point to one meteorlogical incident such as a drought or a flood or a hurricaine and attribute it to global warming. What it predicts is a broad change in global weather patterns and not specific weather phenomena. No one hjas been able to predict the weather a month out and people tend to think that global warming is a forecast and not a broad changes in patterns. It takes time and a number of incidents to say these kind of things.

Answer 3

The Earth's climate naturally goes through cycles of hot and cold. We are heading into a hot period. The problem is, human activity has accelerated the process, and as the human population is now so much larger than it was when the climate changed last, many more millions are going to be affected.

In my opinion, we need to do more. Bush is being arrogant thinking that the US pays no part in the problem. The developed countries MUST take steps to reduce their CO2 emissions. It must become integral to all politcal decision an policy making. Society must start taking responsibility - at the moment so many have the 'it won't affect me so why worry about it' attitude. It will affect you, and your grandchildren even more so. To think of leaving your descendants a world where life is a battle against extreme weather, food shortages and energy crisis' is just short-sighted and selfish.

We all need to look at our lives. It is a problem we all created. ALL of us need to be part of the solution.

Answer 4

Planet earth is not a true sphere. Therefore it is fundamentally unstable. The recent tsunami appears to have imposed a sufficient impact to have moved the Earths axis by, some say 0.75 degrees, some say more. If you take a globe rotate it on its current axis and then increase it you will observe that the angle of influence affects normally unaffected areas of our planet.
As individuals the majority of us posses a comparatively local knowledge of perceived global warming. The only relatively comforting aspect is that proportionately as some areas get hotter others get equally colder. That ratio remains constant even though infinitesimally we are moving closer to the sun.

Answer 5

It's something that can Eventually wipe out all of mankind on Earth. I mean Just look at the news and see how many cows that farmer lost because of Hotter more Humid Temperatures? It's crazy and people here in the United States still do take it seriously and our Leaders (President Bush) refuses to sign Kyoto Protocol because it would affect the Economy. Well Boo-hoo!!! If we support the Environment we will lose our money!!! is probably what every Idiot on Capitol Hill is saying.

Answer 6

The globe is always warming or cooling. It is a fraction of a dree warmer during this decade. Ten years ago, it was a fraction of a degree cooler than normal. So what? Anyone who really understands physics understands what is really going on. Of course there is global warming and cooling, but there is not a whole lot we can do about it.

Answer 7

In history, the earth has lost mass species 6 times due to climate changes. It is just a matter of time now before it happens again. Researchers show graphs of temp chages and predict by 2100 the earth's population will again be wiped out.

I agree.

Answer 8

Global warming is NOT a result of man or pollution. To even start to believe that is foolish!

Answer 9

It's happening, although how much of it is due to human activity, versus natural causes, is debatable. I think human activity is probably giving the planet an extra nudge toward warming.

Answer 10

I think stopping it needs to be a national and international priority. Once we damage the earth, we can't take it back after a certain point...Therefore we need to stop what we are doing now and strive to protect and restore the balance of life on our planet.

Answer 11

I think that the earth is going through a cycle. Kind of like a change of seasons. It's normal, but I do believe that we are speeding it up.