What do you believe about global warming? Is it a natural cycle or is it caused by man?

Answer 1

It is a natural cycle and it is also caused by man.

Answer 2

I think there is very little man can do short of all out nuclear destruction to destroy the earth.
I think the arguments for global warming can be dispelled with common sense. For instance.... I keep hearing that the water levels on the planet will rise anywhere from a few to hundreds of feet depending on who says it. But if you take a glass of water and fill it 3/4 of the way up with water, add four or five ice cubes, mark where the water level is, wait until the ice cubes melt completely and check the water level. It's in the same place- because while the water changed states from a solid to a liquid the total volume did not change.
When I was in 5th grade (back in the 70s) we were told that we were entering another ice age. I remember my teacher telling us that there would be glaciers that would bury Chicago because they would be thousands of feet high. I guess the 'chicken littles' just change the story to fit their own needs.
Global warming is based on junk science and more and more scientists are abandoning it. I think there are natural cycles and actually this has been a very cool summer for Wisconsin. Only one week in the 90s. The rest of the time we've been in the 60s (like today) 70s and 80s. Don't see global warming here!
Have a great day!!!

Answer 3

QFL That post of yours was the worst sortof nonsense and lies.

>>>>Look at the 'hockeystick', which shows a dramatic warming
>>>> since 1950 after a fairly stable climate for 1000 years.

This would be the Mannhockeystick? The one that it has been proven was fabricated via undisclosed data manipulation? The one that all statisticians and climatologists now admit is spurious at best and probably outright incorrect?

See the link below.

The fact that you even mention the Mann hockeystick shows how far behind you are on this issue.

>>>>>There has NEVER been an article doubting man's >>>>influence on global warming published in a peer-reviewed >>>>journal. A recent study of almost 1000 proved that.

This is just an outright lie. There have been hundreds of articles published in peer reviewed journals disputing man's influence on global warming.

For example:

"20th Century warming trends are plausibly a continuation of past climate patterns. Results are not precise enough to solve the attribution problem by partitioning warming into natural versus human-induced components. However, anywhere from a major portion to all of the warming of the 20th Century could plausibly result from natural causes according to these results."

Loehle, C. 2004; “Climate change: detection and attribution of trends from long-term geologic data.” Ecological Mode Modelling

It is sad the extent some people will go to inorder to prop up their belief systems.

But can you stick to the facts in the science section at least?

Answer 4

The US must ratify the Kyoto protocal, being the first step toward doing something about this global problem which we are cheifly to blame.

CO2 is 30% higher than it has been for 650,000 years. Methane is 130% greater. These are two of the main pollutants humans put into the atmosphere in excess, and they are two of the primary greenhouse gases.

Look at the 'hockeystick', which shows a dramatic warming since 1950 after a fairly stable climate for 1000 years. In fact, the 10 hottest years in recorded history have all happened since 1990, with 2005 being the hottest, and 2006 is shaping up to maybe break that record.
(see links below)

How's that for proof of man's fault in this? There is ample proof, any real scientist will tell you that.

There has NEVER been an article doubting man's influence on global warming published in a peer-reviewed journal. A recent study of almost 1000 proved that.

Yes, the earth naturally heats and cools, but the rate and amount we are warming now is unprecedented in the recent geologic past. We are doing this, and we must stop it. This is not some political statement or rhetoric. This is science trying to educate a crass, ignorant public of the damage they are doing. The magnitude of temperature increase ALREADY is about 10x that of the 'little ice age' of the middle ages, and rate and amount are only going up.

Just to be clear, glacial and interglacial cycles are mainly controlled by astronomical fluctuations, but we have a detailed record of the last 7 cycles, and what the climate and CO2 is doing now is way different and extreme. The rate of increase is much higher than in the past AND the value itself is much higher.

HI CO2:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4467420.stm
HOCKEY STICK:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/5109188.stm
General climate stuff:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3897061.stm

Answer 5

We are coming out of a recent ice age and it is natural that the earth is heating up. In fact, I have not heard of a scientist that actually denies global warming. The debate is about the impact that humans have had on global warming. As far as where I stand on it, I dont have enough information to decide on the impact that Man has made on global warming.

Answer 6

It is not surprising that politicians would think that global warming is solely or primarily caused by human beings. The very nature of their careers, and the personalities that led them into those careers, is based upon a view of self-importance which the voters (e.g., reality) do not always support. They think that they alone understand the problems of the day and how to solve them. So, any analysis of the situation must begin by subtracting the natural bias of the politicians.

Having said that, we can continue. Global warming is a natural process AND we have some effect upon it.

Comparing natural sources of greenhouse gasses, dust, dirt, and radioactive particles (like volcanoes, which have major eruptions a couple times a century), and forest fires (which are much more frequent), and lightning storms (one of the chief sources of ozone), we see that the natural sources put out far more of those heat-retaining materials into the atmosphere than all of our industries since we first began rubbing sticks together.

Our contribution to global warming is minuscule. This is not to say we should pollute, but it is foolish to panic and think that we have caused it and that we alone can prevent it.

Global warming is caused, ultimately, by the Sun. NASA has satellite photos showing that there is global warming happening in Mars--- gee, that wasn't caused by Earth pollution! Mars' polar icecaps are shrinking. The rocks that were brought back from the Moon also indicate that there were intense heating cycles by an unusually active Sun in the geologically recent past.

Global warming cannot be prevented. We must plan to move our cities inland within the next few hundred years. Politicians who try to whip up panic and use the global warming for political gains are simply misinformed by others who have panicked. Or perhaps, they may not believe it but may simply be hypocrites, but I think the first explanation is by far the more likely one.

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Answer 7

There is a natural cycle, but that cycle seems to be being exaggerated by fossil-fuel emissions. Software models come awfully close to actual measurements. But the whole debate is foolish. We eill run out of oil soon anyway, why not dramatically cut back its use and find a viable alternative? Even if the sky is blue, you have to be stupid & stubborn to refuse to put your umbrella in the car, just in case, don't you?

Answer 8

It's natural.

The earth regularly goes through warming and cooling patterns.

We are having an effect on some things, but for the most part it is natural.

Answer 9

yep, it's natural cause. like in the green house that keep the warm under the glass roof. clouds acts like those roof.
but because of what us human doing, tossing thos CO2 up to sky by using fossil fuel like gasoline for example. the ammount of CO2, CO, and many other gas from factory, cars, etc, are rousing up. and forming clouds that block the heat that comes from the sun to return to the sky. by this process, heat are trap in the earth surface and resulting in global warming, unlike your assumption, storm helps cool down the earth, despite the disaster they cause.

Answer 10

Mainly by man.

1) Look at the amount of carbon (carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, etc) emission that's acting like a blanket. It traps heat from the sun. Sources of carbon emmission, burning of forests, farmlands, burning of fossil fuel to generate power, move vehicles...

2) Deforestation due to over-logging. Trees produce oygen & absorbs carbon dioxide.