To all the global warming true believers?

Question

Why is the fact that the earth is getting warmer assume to be a bad thing?

I understand certain parts of the world it would be bad especially where it is hot already.

But on the flip side of the coin growing crops in the tundra of Canada or Alaska would that be so bad seems like 6 of 1 and half a dozen of the other.

To the bozos with the melting ice caps theory try a little experiment put a lot of ice in a glass of water, when the ice melts it does not overflow the glass try it.

Can I get some thought provoking answers pleassse, aslaka and canada was used as just an example for every negative that was establish there would be a positive just like in past climate change

If the earth had never done this before I could understand people getting excited but this has happen countless times over millions of years quess what after this cycle ends whenever that is it will happen again.

Answer 1

Did you consider maybe that the disruption would be bad? We don't need to grow crops in the tundra.

Global warming is happening. What's causing it is what is really up for debate.

and your ice cube theory does not fit. The ice that is melting is not all in the ocean. Some is over or attached to land and they are alot higher (depth of ice shelfs etc.) than the ocean-- as it melts, that volume is added to the ocean.

Obviously, your thinking is too simplistic to comprehend that global warming is a complex phenomenon.

why are you people so willing to take the risk of a major catasrophy to the earth? If do things to reduce the risk and we're wrong, no big deal. If we don't do anything and we're wrong, things could be way worse. Spewing more hydrocarbons into the atmosphere cannot be a good thing. Get clue.

Answer 2

try studying some ecology, and you'll find out exactly how fragile an ecosystem is to climate change.

colder climates also break the life-cycles of some of our worst pathogenic organisms, making them more of a natural mechanism for population control, rather than a tool of extinction.
so if nothing else was to fear from global climate "warming" this would be the one thing.

if you want to make you experiment a little more realistic, try filling the glass first with water, melting the ice in another cup, then poor it in.
what happens?

your experiment isn't realistic, becuase it doesn't at all represent the the ice mass that will become water, that isn't displacing the water yet, because it is on land. when it melts, the extra water mass will displace the other bodies of water even if it is only slightly.


Jay E., this one is for you

Carbon monoxide is removed from the atmosphere by the action of soil microorganisms or by reaction with hydroxyl radicals in the atmosphere, converting CO to CO2.

and since when did you evolve the ability to breath CO2?? most people don't, their lungs won't absorb it. and if too much is in the atmosphere, their won't be enough oxygen for their lungs to absorb. that is called asphyxiation.

Answer 3

To Turtleshell:

It is statements like yours that promote so much mis-information in the whole global warming debate.

Carbon Monoxide (CO), while a deadly gas, has absolutely nothing to do with global warming. Global warming is, in part, caused by a slow-but-steady increase of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) in our atmosphere over the past 100 years, mostly due to industrialization.

CO2 is perfectly safe to breathe in our atmosphere. We breathe it in and out every day. In fact, plants actually need CO2 to survive.

I suggest you educate yourself on the actual issues involved with global warming before you spout off like Chicken Little about the sky falling.

With that said...

To answer the questioner, we honestly don't know. There is verly little debate over whether or not global warming is occuring. What is the real debate is on what effect it will have on our lives.

I would think that some areas of our world would become inhabitable, while other areas would thaw and become populated. Out planet is constantly changing. Anyone who thinks that things can stay the same forever is a fool.

But since I would prefer that awesome places like New Orleans stay above water for a while, I think it is in our best interest to do what we can to slow the warming trend.

Answer 4

YOU SAID : "To the bozos with the melting ice caps theory try a little experiment put a lot of ice in a glass of water, when the ice melts it does not overflow the glass try it."

The problem with that theory is much of the ice is over LAND.... when that melts, the water levels will, indeed, rise, causing flooding. Also, much of glaciers are ABOVE water. with Ice in a glass melting, all the ice is BELOW the water level, therefore not causing the glass to overflow when the ice melts.

Answer 5

Melting ice caps is not a good thing, we need ice to reflect the radiation of the sun.

Hurricanes happen to redistribute the heat. We will notice an increase of hurricanes/tropical storms, which is not a good thing.

Like someone mention, the causes of the global worming should be the main concern.

Answer 6

global warming is a real disaster because when it comes to Analise the general performance of the world environment , u find everything is calculated ,any minor disruption would accumulate into a catastrophe.
when the earth becomes hotter than usual , this would melt the ice in both the antarctic, and arctic . which subsequently would increase the amount of water in seas ,leading islands and coastal countries to sink. Hence the size of earth is to diminish gradually until there would be no land , only water !!
how do u find that now?

Answer 7

Global warming affects a lot of things. It isn't a good trade off just to get crops in the tundra of Canada or Alaska. Basically, you would lose/ruin/destroy about 10 times the amount of land you would gain.

Answer 8

Rising ocean levels have obvious problems for low lying areas.

Warmer climate means more ferocious, more frequent storms.

Areas once rich in agriculture can become inhospitable.

The overwhelming majority of scientists agree - global warming is a fact. There is an overwhelming consensus on this issue. The only detractors are motivated by their profit margins - you know who they are, don't you?

Answer 9

It's bad because it's melting the polar ice caps, and that means MAJOR FLOODING of everywhere!

Answer 10

It means more disease, more starvation, more extreme weather, more extinctions, with the poorest people of the world being disproportionately hardest.

It's a bad thing.