Many Scientists have signed the declaration admitting that they really don't believe in global warming. Centuries ago the North Pole was covered with ferns and being eaten by hairy mammoths. So whats new?
2006-08-16 16:02:00 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Environment
please tell me more about the mammoths and ferns at nort pole CENTURIES ago.... lol. i have heard a couple of illiterate arguments against global warming but never heard less illiterate argument then yours.
get your fact straight. learn when the last mammoth was seen. learn how old the icecaps actually are. temperature increas is fact. the increase in greenhouse gasses in atmosphere is a fact. for facts you need explanations. what is yours? what is causing the increase of C02 by around 20% over the last century? climate and weather is determined by landscape and vegetation cover. if you cahnge this, how would you expect the climate and weather be the same?
2006-08-17 01:31:05 · answer #1 · answered by iva 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Every administration has control over what the scientist are aloud to tell the public. We live in the land of the free and have free speech, however, the government controls the salaries of such scientists.Most scientist off the record, would tell you there is definitely global warming, all you have to do is research the sediment samples from the oceans, and you will see conclusive evidence that global warming is occurring at a very dangerous pace. The Clinton administration was very much pro enviormental and aloud the scientist to send out the warning that global warming is happening. The Bush administration is not very interested in enviormental issues, hence, you are hearing that global warming is just a trend. I can't wait to hear what the future administration will say. If we do not start changing our ways, it will be over, before we even get started trying to correct the devastation that awaits our earth...
2006-08-16 23:20:34 · answer #2 · answered by 345Grasshopper 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
While evidence is mounting to reduce the uncertainty associated with global warming, the following argument really hit home for me. When holes in the ozone were occurring, scientists were convinced that CFCs were the dominant factor contributing to those holes and there was great uncertainty surrounding these claims. The confusion in the public arises because many scientists were able to prove both for and against CFCs as causal agents, however, anyone in science knows that it depends on how you frame your question and your experiments (i.e., what you include or leave out). Therefore, because each scientist designs his/her own experiments and research it is extremely difficult to directly compare scientific results in open systems like the environment because it is always changing and always different. Despite the disagreements, society was extemely concerned about the potential effects of ozone holes and decided to ban CFCs without conclusive evidence (i.e., great uncertainty surrounding the issue). Since the ban of CFCs the ozone holes have decreased dramatically and some have been completely restored. So why play with probabilities and test chance when it comes to the future of the planet we live on? We know that there are record breaking temperature fluctuations, abnormal climates, and an increasing frequency and magnitude of storms occurring now that have not occurred for millions of years. Now while you wish to admit that global warming is just a trend, I'd like to err on the side of caution and hope that some sunami, flood, heat wave, ice storm, earthquake, or electrical black out (caused by us using so much energy to cope with all these climatic changes) doesn't take my life sooner then I have to go ;-)
I hope you're right, and wish you luck in your quest, but people are dying and that's finally waking up others who are becoming aware that the climate in our world today is drastically different then it was 10 years ago. Its time people start contributing to the quality of public goods instead of free riding on the work of psycho tree huggers...
2006-08-16 23:53:26 · answer #3 · answered by DTR 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
so many people jump on the bandwagon it is ridiculous what most Americans believe or truly know about their environment. People rant about global warming just as they do about fun conspiracy theories like the davinci code. It is true that our pollution does pose a problem for the environment put there are more important issues at hand instead of an outrageous theory that many put much time and money in to. the new part about it is an agenda of the public, soon they will find some new catastrophic theory that will be the demise of the human race to focus on.
2006-08-17 00:49:13 · answer #4 · answered by Sue S 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
When the world stops enduring record rises in temperature; human population is cut to half what it is now; alternative energy sources to fossil fuels are employed; and hell freezes over.
2006-08-16 23:11:13 · answer #5 · answered by JordanP 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When the politicians and those pseudo-scientists with an agenda find some new fad to rage about.
2006-08-16 23:07:54 · answer #6 · answered by idiot detector 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
You're right, it is a trend. But we humans are helping it along. This is what happens when science enters politics or vice-versa.
2006-08-16 23:57:43 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
No doubt, you have to define your time horizon.
Also no doubt, the earth is warming now.
The tougher questions are how much of it is being caused by us, and is there anything we can do about it?
2006-08-16 23:12:10 · answer #8 · answered by szydkids 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Sea level changes in such a scenario would be catastrophic.
2006-08-16 23:07:21 · answer #9 · answered by Pseudo Obscure 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You must have a low self esteem if you feel the need to pretend to be someone else by hyjacking their picture and name. Let us all pray for you.
2006-08-16 23:28:27 · answer #10 · answered by Melissa 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋