Does Global Warming exist?

Question

IMO, i think it does, and i absoulutlly believe that we should wake up, we didnt create this world, god did, and we have NO rite to destroy it. i want 2 kno, what do YOU think?

Answer 1

Yes, I would like to share with you our Future Scientists Clubs experience in Global Warming Student Speakout project. Google partnered with Global SchoolNet to invite teachers and students to use Google Docs & Spreadsheets collaborative software in a project to brainstorm strategies for combating global warming. Children of all ages from more than 80 schools around the world participated, and on November 27th we took out a full-page ad in USA Today to put their ideas in the spotlight. Without further ado, here are their top 50 ideas:

1.Include global warming/climate change in school curricula (as part of National Science Standards), so when the students are in charge they can make educated decisions.
2.Increase availability of low-interest Energy Efficient Mortgages to support homeowners who increase the energy efficiency of their homes.
3.Put light sensors in all office and school buildings so all lights go off when the rooms are empty.
4.Require that all products contributing to global warming be marked with a specific color (e.g., chemical pesticides could be marked with a red sticker for being extremely dangerous to the environment).
5.Use less paper; use the back of the paper to print on or write on; use recyled paper.
6.Plant more trees to reduce carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
7.Teach recycling techniques in classes and school-wide programs.
8.Make recycling mandatory in all public facilities, such as schools, parks and beaches.
9.Do public service announcements on TV featuring celebrities promoting carpooling, walking, riding bikes, using public transportation, conserving electricity and recycling.
10.Give grants and tax credits to companies that invest in alternative, sustainable, emission-free fuel technologies while ending such subsidies for fosssil fuel production.
11.The media should conduct interviews of legislators to help the public become aware of their ability and willingness to help solve the problem.
12.Replace incandescence light bulbs with fluorescence light bulbs.
13.Restrict the use of chemical fertilizer in agriculture.
14.Provide incentives and policies to encourage car makers to make more fuel efficient cars.
15.Protect wetlands and preserve more open space.
16.Provide tax incentives for regular recyclers and car poolers.
17.Use solar panels in the construction of new homes and office buildings.
18.Substitute local community transportation fleets with hybrid vehicles.
19.Require that car dealers hand out fact sheets that inform car buyers about the pollution levels of different cars.
20.Send scientists to talk about global warming in schools. They can bring hands-on activities so students feel more involved.
21.Unplug all electronics from the wall when they're not in use.
22.Have another Global Warming Student Speakout in one year - to see if any of these ideas have been implemented.
23.Raise mandatory emissions standards for cars and other vehicles sold in the US.
24.Use solar power in the day and use electricity at night when needed.
25.Give tax rebates for using solar power.
26.Congress should ratify the Kyoto Agreement.
27.Establish off-shore wind farms - saves land space and produces reliable power.
28.Levy higher taxes on companies that pollute the air.
29.Wait until you have a lot of clothes to wash before using the washing machine.
30.Provide tax incentives for companies that create Hybrid cars. That will reduce the need for oil.
31.Schools and businesses should be fined for not having recycling bins available to the people on their premises.
32.The media should tell us about what is really going on with global warming. We don't think that we have all the information we need.
33.At the end of the weather forecast, report “CO2 emissions levels today…” or comparative average temperatures (i.e., this year's temperature as it compares to the past several years).
34.Lead by example and convert 50% of government vehicles to environmentally friendly cars by the year 2020.
35.Place recycling bins throughout the city wherever there is a trash can.
36.Require companies to limit the amount of packaging an item can have and it must be recyclable.
37.Block bills that cause more damage to the environment.
38.Media could reduce advertising costs for alternative energy products to inform and increase sales in these areas.
39.Keep your tires fully inflated to improve gas mileage.
40.Replace old appliances with Energy Star appliances.
41.Promote awareness of local recycling centers.
42.Require college and high school students to take a global warming class.
43.Give tax reductions to public transportation users.
44.Protect our oceans - prevent plankton in the ocean from dying.
45.People running for elections should use email, radio and other media to campaign and stop using so many paper signs and flyers that use up our natural resources and then get left out and become pollution.
46.Reuse newspapers as wrapping paper for gifts.
47.Enforce laws about littering.
48.Use less electricity, turn off the TV, read books, walk, run, bike, surf, play tennis.
49.Business should require employees to telecommute several days a week.
50.Provide scientists appropriate resources to help them research the future of energy and the freedom to explore innovative ideas.

Answer 2

So does bad spelling. Try to do better next time.
Global warming does exist, Virginia. The arguement is
really the extent to which man is causing or contributing
to global warming. As for God, the earth has gone thru
periods of global warming and cooling in the past, which
led to severe changes in life forms. The most famous,
although not the most severe, was the end of the dino-
saurs about 63-million years ago, supposedly due
to a meteorite or comet strike. The animals which
survived the blast and pressure wave perished in the
global cooling that followed. Also, ice ages have been
postulated to have occurred very suddenly, as have
melting of ice.

While man may not be the main culprit in the global
warming, it doesn't hurt to do something about it.
After all, those who scoff at the idea will be dead long
before those who are most affected if we indeed wind
up destroying life as we know it.

Answer 3

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.
(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 4

Does global warming really exist? | Progressive U
Let's just say that global warming does exist because the truth of the matter is, ... People know that Global Warming does exist its just that they don't care. ...

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by Ben Simonton on 8-Aug-05 1:52pm
I have been reviewing the issue of Global Warming to assess whether it is real or just another case of political correctness.

In '97 or '98 the U.S, Senate voted 95-0 for a resolution advising against the Kyoto Treaty. Subsequently, President Clinton signed the Treaty but never submitted it to the Senate for approval. After Bush became President, he bowed to the Senate vote and withdrew U.S. support for the treaty.

The case for global warming has been made by a University of Virginia team led by Michael Mann. Mann's "hockey stick" graph of temperatures clearly shows this warming. This research formed the basis for the UN's IPCC to overturn its 1990 findings and conclude that global warming is a serious problem.

This year, two Canadian scientists published their review of the IPCC conclusions in two peer-reviewed articles. These articles indicated that there were problems in the calculations sufficiently serious to overturn its conclusions. Read an article explaining their position HERE

It is noteworthy that the Mann team has been unwilling to submit their data or methodologies to any other scientists thus preventing anyone from verifying their conclusions - very, very abnormal making me wonder why. They have also recently refused to submit data and methodologies to the U.S. Congress even though the U.S. taxpayers funded their research.

So, is global warming a real problem or just the latest hoax?? Anyone have any facts one way or the other?

Answer 5

Global warming is probably not completly the result of human activity. Naturally, the earth will go through periods of heating and cooling. For example, the earth will periodically experience an ice age. The earth is warming right now. Whether or not this warmining is part of the earth's natural fluctuations or if it is human induced has not been proven. During many eras when the dinosaurs were still living, the earth had absolutly no ice caps.

Answer 6

My name is Rafael Lomena. I write from Alicante (Spain). I am independent investigator on the Accelerated Global Heating and want to share with all something that can turn out from interest to fight this phenomenon.
I believe that the main cause of the Accelerated Global Heating is in the great and increasing forest fires that are whipping to the planet in the last years.
My complete report is in: http://inicia.es/de/rlv/clim.htm...
If they do not understand the Spanish they can use the automatic translator that will find in the main page of site:
http://inicia.es/de/rlv
Thanks to all.
(* This message has been translated with a translation software)

Answer 7

Yes, it does. The last time we had Global Warning was only about 10,000 years ago, at the end of the Ice Age. Here's the link:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/08/0810_050810_iceage.html

We are in a cycle of warming in the tropics that cycles about every 20 years. This brings more intense hurricanes and some polar ice cap melting.

Subsequently, when we start the "cool-down" after this cycle, the caps will grow and the hurricanes will lessen in both severity and numbers.

This hot-cold-hot-cold cycling has been going on for about the last 250,000 years...

Answer 8

www.climatecrisis.net

YES IT DOES! I actually just finished watching An Inconvenient Truth about a 1/2 hour ago! Watch that movie and you find all of the answers!

Also check out the link above...it gives facts about global warming. And what YOU can do to help.

Answer 9

Yes, compared to the last couple of thousand years, we appear to be warming. Compared to the last hundreds of thousands of years, it's nothing out of the ordinary yet.

Answer 10

Just to clear up a point by one of the respondants: Greenland was called that to get people to go there, not because it was green.

Answer 11

Yes, Have you seen the snows of Kilimanjaro, maybe not for much longer