BOURKE, AUSTRALIA – The once mighty Darling River, Australia's longest waterway, is dwindling by the day beneath a blazing blue sky, its sluggish waters an unhealthy shade of pea-green.
The Darling is the lifeblood of Bourke, one of Australia's most celebrated outback towns. Located in the parched west of New South Wales state, the expression "back o' Bourke" is understood by all Australians to mean in the middle of nowhere.
The drought has prompted an intense debate in Australia about the effects of global warming and whether some areas are becoming too dry for farming. But the government, which like the US has refused to sign the Kyoto Protocol on global warming, insists there is no proven connection between climate change and drought.
Australia was ranked 47th out of 56 nations for its lack of willingness to deal with climate change in a study published last week by a German environmental group, Germanwatch. The US, meanwhile, ranked 53rd.
2006-11-23 19:39:53 · 12 answers · asked by marnefirstinfantry 5 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
Yes. Global Warming is occuring. It will just keep getting worse if we don't take measures to try and prevent things from getting worse.
2006-11-24 07:06:50 · answer #1 · answered by ditze007 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
So the final arguments so a good distance have been unsubstantiated & beside the point (3% declare) and erroneous & many circumstances debunked (800 year lag). it somewhat is quite unhappy. to handle the latter (returned!), interior the previous there has been a lag between temp and CO2 will develop. it somewhat is via the fact CO2 isn't the only reason for worldwide warming. while there is yet another reason, it may finally end up in a CO2 develop which will boost the international warming. whether, the certainty that CO2 isn't the common reason for worldwide warming does not propose that CO2 can't be the common reason. it somewhat is a logical and medical fallacy. Any contributor to worldwide warming may be the common reason below the the final option circumstances. as a effect, human beings burning super quantities of fossil fuels is making CO2 the common reason. There are then feedbacks mutually with a upward push in atmospheric water vapor which additionally make contributions to worldwide warming as a effect of our greenhouse gasoline emission forcings. Sorry i did not answer your question Trevor, because of the fact i'm unable to! of course neither can everyone else. i like the "because of the fact i don't believe it" solutions. Now it somewhat is credible!
2016-10-13 00:32:53 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kyoto is a good goal, but I don't see it as the perfect way to go about it. personally, I think if there was a line, we already passed it. 3rd world countries still abuse CFC ridden products that harm the ozone.
Yes, the world has statistically been through mood swings, but that was natural. This is artificially driven. We could potentially fix the issue, but it would require people to be a lot braver and less greedy. Back in the 90s, people shouldn't have let themselves get intimidated by the oil tycoons. Alternate fuels should have gotten government funding so that we wouldn't be in the situation we're in today.
Logging businesses should plant 1-3 trees per tree they cut down, but most don't. Most businesses in South America and Africa that destroy rainforests for the rich soil only get about 2 years out of it before it's ruined soil. These rainforests should have been protected, and they should be 100% off-limits to any member of humanity that isn't helping them prosper. Worldwide. I don't care what it would take, some organization should get it done.
Some people say that it doesn't matter what we consume, because Jesus will come back, punish those who didn't "give their hearts to Jesus", and then replentish "the faithful" with everything they need.
Note that anyone believing this above paragraph should probably not have any power in terms of decision-making on a global scale. It's a world issue that doesn't involve petty things like religion, and should be taken seriously.
2006-11-23 19:56:40 · answer #3 · answered by EitS Fan 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No. Kyoto is hogwash based on pseudoscience.
The planet's temperature has changed in cycles for billions of years (estimates of the earth's age are around 3.5 billion years). The 'scientists' (and I use the term loosely) who claim we are the cause of global warming are using data from the last 150 years or so (that is how far back we have accurate, recorded weather data). So, they are basing their theories on a statistical sampling of .000000004% of the possible data. That is like taking me as a sample of the earth's population, and determining everything about humans from me. Would that picture be accurate? Not very! Is the earth getting warmer? Probably. Are we the cause? Maybe, maybe not. Should we gut the world economy on a maybe/mabe not? No way! Climate change is well beyond the scope of mankinds endeavors. And why is all this attention focused on the US, when South American rainforrests are being destroyed at a rate of 100000 acres a day? I think destruction of rainforrest is probably more detrimental to world ecology than saving a few hundred pounds of Nitrous Oxides and Carbon Dioxides from entering the atmosphere!
2006-11-23 19:57:46 · answer #4 · answered by Star G 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
In my opinion, i believe that the U.S should sign the Kyoto Protocol. Environmental failure is sure to affect everyone and therefore must be percervied as a global effort. Only when countries collaborate, the effects of environmental management can be optimised. There is a meaningless point for the world to be divided in two motion where one cares for the environment and the other turning its back towards it. This would render the effort of the environmental conscious useless. Countries like the U.S should stand as the leading role in the effort to save our earth. They have the expertise and wealth sufficient to lead and gather the world to realise the pressing need to save our earth!!!
2006-11-23 19:55:31 · answer #5 · answered by whelan l 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋
You bet we should sign it. Its not a complete answer to the problem but it sure is a good start. What is surprising is that many large American cities are adopting the Kyoto protocol and it is showing positive results. You can choose to put your head in the sand and hope this mess we have created goes away or you can begin to make positive change. The choice is still ours but time is running short. As always all comments are welcome and respected. Happy Holidays
2006-11-23 19:49:04 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yes, but unfortunately there are higher ups that do not believe there is a global warming. We are heading into the point of no return. Look at what is happening to Antartica.
2006-11-23 19:42:14 · answer #7 · answered by Sparkles 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yes I think the US should sign. It should be on the for front fighting for this good course just the way it spearheads many other of its world projects....hmmm I wonder why they arent in a hurry to save the world from possible drastic climatic changes.
2006-11-24 03:33:01 · answer #8 · answered by Sabure Kennedy 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes, but unfortunately there are higher ups that do not believe there is a global warming. We are heading into the point of no return. Look at what is happening to Antartica.
2006-11-23 19:50:39 · answer #9 · answered by Ava 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Kyoto, what a bunch of crap. The planet has been having temperature swings since the beginning of time.
BTW, the U.S. is doing plenty to reduce greenhouse gases. We'll find way to diminish the problem . Don't worry, go back to bed.
2006-11-23 19:44:30 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋