In the movie, The Day After Tomorrow, there were a lot of storms happening and one of the really bad storms was snow. Is the movie supposed to show the effects of global warming (maybe in an exaggerated way?) because I noticed this winter is warm and there is absolutely no snow at all and I was also wondering if no snow in the eastern coast of the USA and maybe other parts of the world is the result of global warming.
2007-01-01 22:24:35 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
Yes the movie was supposed to show the effects of global warming. The "cooling" effect was caused by the melting of the Arctic ice, which led to a cooler water current flowing south, disrupting the North Atlantic current and the jet stream, causing the weather patterns to shift.
The warm winter you are experiencing is probably also due to global warming. The cold winter you saw in the movie was a shift in weather patterns, which was CAUSED by global warming.
2007-01-01 22:29:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
It will always snow on the east coast with global warming or not and other parts were it usually snows. The Earth balance it self out. So if global warming got out of control it would be really cold then really hot. Before it got extremely hot a ICE AGE would happen. Hard to explain.
2007-01-02 06:32:35 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
NO the films not exaggerated because global warming will destroy the Polar Ice Caps and sea levels will rise. This will alter the balance of Salt/fresh water in the NORTH ATLANTIC CURRENT (mentioned in the film) and the whole northern hemisphere will be frozen into a new ice age that could last up to 2 centuries. So in 500 years time the earth will be back to normal and in 10000 years time this whole process will begin again.
most of global warming is caused by radiation coming through the gaps in the ozone layer and melting the polar ice caps but we need that radiation to repair the gaps in the ozone layer? It sort of neutralises it out
2007-01-04 13:48:52 · answer #3 · answered by cozyslegend 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The two-man saws that lumberjacks use have long curved blades with many small sharp teeth. The long curve is like a trend and the year-to-year fluctuations are like the teeth. In fact much natural data can be described as saw-toothed. you can not predict long-term trends by examining a few saw teeth. Therefore what happens to snow this year may be with or against the long-term trends. Also there are weather cycles such as el nino that lie on top of any long-term trends. Assessing global warming requires models that account for all significant effects. For example, frigid salt water sinks at the poles and flows at the bottom of the oceans at near freezing temperatures all the way to the equator and currents require one or two centuries to complete the trip. That can store a lot of excess heat. Clouds can trap the earth's heat and lack of clouds can allow it to radiate to outer space. It is difficult to construct a complete model and even more difficult to prove it accurate, especially when the model would eliminate almost everyone else's job except your own.
2007-01-02 07:06:00 · answer #4 · answered by Kes 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
there are weather cycles all the time,only time will tell if there is true global warming within the next 50-75 years.
2007-01-02 09:36:10 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, the movie exaggerates everything. If you will look up global temperature charts, the temperature has only risen 1 degree in the last 1000 years. Please research this, you'll learn a lot.
2007-01-02 06:27:29 · answer #6 · answered by capnemo 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋