if the present situation continues than how long we have before the green house effect will destroy the world.

Question

more and more species are becoming extinct disturbing the eco-cycle. As forests are cut temperature is increased and rain is uneven.

Answer 1

I think terms like "destroy" is a bit too harsh. There will be a change in global weather patterns that I think will be unpredictable, but the world was here a long time before we were and it looks like it will be here a long time after. The question is will we do ourselves in?

Answer 2

The green house effect is real, but not what you think it is. It is a natural process of renewal for the Earth. We cannot possibly cause enough pollution to make a gigantic difference, the Earth is simply too big and these pollutive technologies haven't been around long enough to have a significant impact. Not that I am saying pollution isn't bad, it's just you can't believe everything on TV. They use this crap as a marketing gimmick to sell you more useless stuff. Most of the world's pollution actually comes from 3rd world countries (Poland for example) that still rely on out-dated technology to generate energy, such as coal power. Just like they try to say that the rain forests are disappering, that is simply not true. Deforestation of the rain forests stopped in the 1990's. Today, companies plant forests specifically to produce paper, lumber, ect. The only thing that recycling is really good for is Alluminum, as it costs more to recycle other materials, than it is to make them new from scratch. That's why most recycled products actually cost more than non. Now the climates are changing, but it is because they are supposed to. The world's different climates during the Dinosaur's age are not the same as they are today. That's another reason why Dinosaurs were so huge, as there was much more oxygen then, than there is now. Did you know that we are actually about 20 years overdue for an 'Ice Age'? Just like in the movie, 'The day after tomarrow', an Ice Age can happen in as little as 24 hours. Scientists actually found an "American Buffalo", in the Antarctic under 10 miles of ice. In fact, it was standing on a tropical island. And yes, it was still standing. It was frozen so quickly that the food in it's mouth and stomach was still edible. If cryogenics was more advanced they could have revived it. The Buffalo was standing next to a palm tree! Which proves that the Earth's continents can shift in as little as 24 hours. Where America is today is actually where Antarctica was originally before the last shift. And America is due to replace it's position in the next continental shift.

Answer 3

first of all the green house effect is a natural phenomenon that keeps the planet warm enough to support life.

Excess greenhouse gases in atmosphere are enhancing the green house effect, leading to what we call global warming and climate change impacts.

Nobody can produce a definite timeline for all these impacts. What we do have are educated guesses on what the general trends could be over the next 50 to 100 years.

Global warming will not necessarily destroy the world, but it will change our lives as we know it. In many poor countries climate change will cost lives (drought, floods, disease, food shortage because of failing crops). Developed countries have more resources and will be able to deal with climate chnage impact better, but they will still see the effects.

Please note that the biggest polluters are still developed countries, which have to means to choose cleaner or renewable energy source, but choose not to. Developing countries have little choice but to use cheaper, more polluting fuels. A dirt poor woman in india has to burn charcoal because on less than a US$1.00, she can't afford much else.

Answer 4

The greenhouse effect will not destroy the world it takes a lot to actually destroy a planet. Earth will continue on in some form though it will most likely become inhospitable for humans.

Answer 5

Do you remember the dust bowl that wiped out the crops in the mid-west.
We are going through a weather cycle that has happened before. It's not that I don't believe in global warming, but why is our coastlines not disappearing, at least in inches. I've seen no proof of that, just pictures of melting ice caps.

Answer 6

The greenhouse effect gives life to the world. If it wasn't for the greenhouse effect the earth would be a frozen desert. Maybe you are thinking of something else.

Answer 7

It may not happen in our lifetime, but it will happen if we don't make changes. Maybe a few hundred years (I'm guessing so don't quote me on it). Also, it won't destroy the world, it will more likely make the earth uninhabitable. About coastlines, they are rising, some islands are constantly flooded.

Answer 8

I'd say 1000 more years unless something happens to reverse the process.

Answer 9

Ask Al Gore. And remind him, if he hadn't invented the internet, we wouldn't need to generate so much electricity.