Please reply, i'm doing a Case Study on the topic!!
2006-11-20 04:29:35 · 20 answers · asked by BrilliantPomegranate 4 in Environment
Truthfully, YES!
2006-11-20 04:30:50 · answer #1 · answered by John L 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Oh, goody. I get to write an essay!!! darn.
Yes I am. We have been extremely fortunate so far concerning the accidental balance of particulate & gaseous pollution. Without the particulates which are strangling us, the Earth would be warmer still.
After 9/11/01, all air traffic in the US was grounded for a few weeks. The pollution from jet exhaust being absent, the amount of sunlight reaching the ground here increased about 20% and remained at that level. Some reports (true or not) stated that Earth temperature increased 1^ c. during the same time period. . With the resumption of regular air service, sunlight & temperature levels returned to "normal" very quickly. The smog shield was back.
Global warming is fact. For the first time in recorded history, the North polar ice cap melted completely 2 years ago. Glaciers all over the world, including Antarctica, are melting at the highest rate ever recorded. Sea levels have risen & ocean water near the glaciers have less concentrations of salt, affecting ocean currents.
Much more evidence exists of both global dimming & global warming. It is true that these conditions have occurred naturally over millions of years. Through history, we also are aware of the effect these changes created for us & the world around us. Famines, wars, diseases, mass migration, & extinctions. We need to pay attention to the science & study the facts as a whole.
Regardless of the causes, the challenges are real. We need to act in a way & order that causes the least harm. Reducing smog is a very high priority. If we don't reduce greenhouse gases & particulates proportionately, we have more rapid heating & less time to control it. It is probable we will reach the point of no return within the next 2 decades if we do not commit now.
That's my story & I'm sticking to it.
2006-11-20 06:22:42 · answer #2 · answered by bob h 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes - and all thinking people should be too! But don't take my word for it - do some proper research yourself all you doubters. The overwhelming majority of scientists from the various disciplines which contribute to climate change study are convinced. You have to be pretty damned paranoid to think that there is some global conspiracy of scientists and governments - as some seem to think - to persuade us of a huge lie that global warming is happening. Why would they do that - think rationally, just who stands to gain from perpetuating such a big lie? Much more rational to just accept that - to the best of our combined knowledge - this change is happening and that it's happening because of man's activities.
In a way I actually worry more about many people's irrational responses (including lots on Yahoo Answers whenever this topic comes up) than I do about the basic problem of climate change. If the irrational response can be overcome (ie to deny such change and sometimes quite vehemently) it will actually make the important job of tackling climtae change rather easier.
2006-11-20 10:10:59 · answer #3 · answered by explorer267 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Absolutely. We are already starting to see the consequences of global warming, and I find it terrifying. All of the planet's systems are getting thrown out of whack, and civilization just isn't prepared to deal with it. It makes me absolutely crazy when people say that they don't believe it, or that they don't care. We are all part of the problem and we all have a responsibility to do something about it.
And by the way, if you think the UK is going to be like Barbados, you are retarded. If enough of the polar ice cap (which is fresh water) melts into the ocean (which is salt water), the difference in density would shut down the Gulf Stream. This ocean current is primarily responsible for bringing heat from the equator up to Europe. Europe would freeze. I know this sounds counter-intuitive to the concept of global warming, but if you bothered to read up on the science, you would see the truth of it.
2006-11-20 08:05:14 · answer #4 · answered by rhythm.nbass 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The amounts of conflicting data make it very difficult…… History seems to indicate that we have been here before? You do get people, scientists included, that latch onto snippets of information and refuse to consider the wider picture. From a personal point of view, a reduction in pollutants entering the atmosphere has to be a good thing. Have you seen pictures of the North of England during the Industrial Revolution? Horrendous…
2006-11-20 09:28:47 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. Not now, anyway. All we've seen at the moment is that it gets a bit hotter in summer. Not such a bad thing, I say. But when we start to see real changes in climate, then I will be worried.
2006-11-20 23:20:15 · answer #6 · answered by schmagum 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, because the clouds produced from the green houses gases are protecting us from another more powerful way of destroying the planet. can't rem. what it was saw it on horison and did in first year (3yrs ago). when this problem goes away there will always being something else threatening the world. also unless there are stricter laws on the amount of pollution being produced (optimum being none) introduced into law it will never happen. this is because of the influence big corporations has over the world's governments.
2006-11-20 06:48:26 · answer #7 · answered by Sarah C 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes I am. And i think people who are not must not care all too much about anything. Well kinda.
I think the younger generation mostly are the ones who care the most because it will be in there lifetimes that they will see the results.
People still think it is all a load of rubbish and that it wont happen or it will happen in hundreds of years or something.
But it is happening now and we will be past the point of no return soon. As usual it will be too late by the time we all do what is really needed.
2006-11-20 04:36:40 · answer #8 · answered by Mike A 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Truthfully - no.
It's a change...or a shift. They have been going on for millenia....and govenrments use pseudo-science to con the gullible into doing what they want all the time.
Bring it on baby!! It's f-f-f-f-freezing here!
2006-11-20 06:05:05 · answer #9 · answered by creviazuk 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am, because this world is such a beautiful place and all these greedy companies and countries are taking advantage of it. It's a shame they're killing her :( but what can we do?
I don't want the seas to rise cos I live along the Thames and we'll flood pretty damn quickly!! whats your case study about?
2006-11-20 04:32:53 · answer #10 · answered by smiley 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. The scientific evidence that human actions have significantly altered the global climate is overwhelming. While no one knows exactly what will happen as a result of what we've done, the predictions of raised sea levels of melting arctic and antarctic ice, the disappearance of glaciers, and of changes in global weather patterns are all rather scary to me.
2006-11-20 04:38:24 · answer #11 · answered by hcbiochem 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋