What is your view on Global Warming?

Question

Here is a definition of Global Warming.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_warming

Do you think there is some proof to it?

Answer 1

Proofs:

-I'm living close to the sea. I ' m assisting to higher tides than the normal average.
Scientists say that the glaciers are melting,and,this can be one of the effects.
60 centimeters ,in average,is the increasing of the sea level.

-You,as me,and all the peolpe in the world,have noted that the seasons are anymore existing.In cold places now is warmer.
The behavior of the animals and humans,in some places is changing.

-The reefs,in the tropics are ,at most,dead,for the "bleaching" due to the increasing of the temperature of the seas (I'm witnessing this.I'm monitoring reefs,professionally).
See,Indian ocean,Caribbean,etc.

-Hurricanes or tropical storms are striking more than in the past years,and,provocating more damages.

-Erosion in some countries,increased in the las years,due to the abnormal tides( and,in the tropics, due to the dead of the natural barriers to the waves that are the corals).

-Some countries are experiencing more drought than in the past years,having problems for the agricolture,and the fresh water reserves for human use.
The glaciers in their countries,melting(Europe etc).
No rains.

These are just few examples ,of the proofs we are having ,that Global Warming is yet "showing up".
Will be worst in the next future,if we will not be able to improve our sensitivity to the problem and applying the right countermeasures,soon.

That's it.
N.m.

Answer 2

I'm not totally convinced its real. There's a lot of guess work involved in calculating a mean global temperature.

Even if it is real its even a greater stretch of wild speculation that activites of humans have anything at all to do with it. First there is plenty of evidence that solar radiation has increased over the last 20 years. Also there is plenty of evidence that the average temperature has varied many times over history. Ice ages and warm spells. In many of those cases humans were'nt even on the earth so what did they have to do with it.

I would sum it up this way. Global warming, maybe, Caused by humans very unlikely. Anything we can do to speed it up or slow it down, not a thing. Options adapt or die.

Answer 3

Our world is affected by both global warming and global cooling.

The term "global warming" is a specific case of the more general term "climate change" (which can also refer to "global cooling", such as occurs during ice ages). In principle, "global warming" is neutral as to the causes, but in common usage, "global warming" generally implies a human influence. However, the UNFCCC uses "climate change" for human-caused change, and "climate variability" for other changes [5]. Some organizations use the term "anthropogenic climate change" for human-induced changes.

I AGREE, that our earth is affected by this and humans are contributing.

Population increases have also been known to change temperture.

Answer 4

I don't know about proof, most science is about theories, but on the question of global warming reputable scientists who study it seem to think the evidence is very clear. Global warming on a fairly rapid scale has occurred over recent decades and points to man's activities as being a major factor.

Answer 5

I believe the threat of global warming is real, and it shows the arrogance and stupidity of world governments who continue to ignore the serious effects of this serious problem.
Once the polar ice caps melt (because of our industrial-age pollution and vehicle emissions, NOT because of the natural progression of Earth's time table) we will see large cities on both coasts of both major oceans completely disappear. Once floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, and destructive windstorms hit our coastlines, our society will experience devastating crises.
We are not taking this issue seriously enough, and we will eventually pay for it as a global community. -RKO-