Do you believe that Global Warming is responsible for the warmer weather that we are having now?

Question

If you do, approximately how long do you think it will take before the Earth will be unliveable anymore? Very scary thoughts.

Answer 1

I believe 100% that the weird weather patterns we are seeing now are a direct result of global warming. It makes me sad that this has been a sore subject for so long, and it's taking these types of changes in nature for people to open their eyes to what we are doing to our environment.
I really don't want to think about how long it will be before it's too late. I have faith and hope that we can turn it around.
Good question!

Answer 2

Not enough data to say.

We have not lived here long enough to determine whether we are seeing global warming or not. However, I will say that for the short term look to El-Nino.

More extensive research is required on a global scale by nations willing to put asside their differences and answer this question as a single body - rather than shooting at one another and harming the general human race trying to fill wallets.

Brian R Cross.

Answer 3

Don't worry, the earth goes through these phases. Our weather now is gettiing to apoint like it was when it got so warm the vikings could settle in Greenland. Give it a few hundred years and it will get cold again.

Answer 4

There is a natural warming process that the world goes through every once in a while, it is a cycle.

Answer 5

No - it is the result of the El Nino effect. Denver is not currently experiencing any warming!

Answer 6

Yes, El Nino doesn't help either. 500 yrs

Answer 7

Absolutely! Some creatures will always live on earth-like cockroaches. However, people may not. Not sure how long this will take. But...we are poisoning ourselves.

Answer 8

with all the pollution and the big hole in the o zone layer who knows it could be 300years, 30 years from now to 30 weeks from now. the earth is constanly changing. especially the weather.

Answer 9

for many people it already is unlivable ,in China and Afrtica and in some places in Mexico
global warming makes hotter days and summer and colder winter and nights
and here are some more details,and some solutions
in North Africa,India,Mexico ,millions of people are effected by land loss and desertification


in recent times thousands of people have died because of exessive heat,usually old people.in India ,Mexico and France,
deforestation causing desertification,the desert conditions causing very cold nights and scorching hot days

in china, thousands of what used to be farmers are running for their lives from the dust storms that have burried their towns and turned their lands into dessert,the globe where they were got to hot for them .
and instead of producing food they are now needing it from some where else,and they will drastically effect the world food prices when they start buying water in the form of grains ,at any cost destabalising governments, in some countries ,could be the result
(are you seeing more Chinese around interested in agricultural lands ,we do here in Mexico)

this was man made global warming because of over grazing and fertilizers, and they are not the only ones
collectively this planet is drying up ,the Sahara is growing by 7 kilometers a year
and all of the desserts we know are a results of mans actions ,and they are increasing ,not getting less ,in the dinosaurs days ,there were no desserts.

so as far as the food production is concerned Global warming or some of its effects are serious,rising seas result in landloss

each degree rise in temperature means 10%crop loss

more landloss because of desertification every year,we have less areble land to produce food ,for an extra 70 million people ,

and there is less and less water (because of deforestation),to irrigate this production ,
and there are less and less farmers to do it..
who are overpumping deep carbon aquifiers
who are plowing more and more unstable lands because they have lost so many million hectares to desertification ,
because of bad farming practises ,such as using fertilizers and heavy machinary or over grazing

RISING SEAS
The northpole is melting ,and we will know it without ice in our life times.
this does not affect the sea level because it is ice that is already in the water.but the melting ice from Green land and the south pole ,are another matter.

Global warming is in theory reversable,but it will mean global co operation between all countries ,and taking into account human nature and the world politics ,it is unlikely that this will happen,

At least not untill we are all in the middle of planetary disastres and it becomes a battle for the survival of humanity every where.

SOLUTIONS
if you want to help the planet ,plant a tree every week ,if everyone on the planet did we we would be able to reverse the destructive processes

reduce carbon emisions,and they are already working on that by alternative forms of energy and regulations on carbon producing materials,aerosol cans,burning rubbish,industrial chimneys,powerplants etc.

the capture of carbon and the production of water and assist the aquiferous manta.

the world bank pays large subsidies for reforrestation to capture carbon and the best tree for this is the Pawlonia

Waterharvesting projects ,such as millions of small dams.to redirect over ground waterflows from the rains into the ground to supply subteranian water supplies.

the protection of existing forrests.

stop building more highways,urban planning to include vegetation stop building cities encourage people to return to the land to conduct their business from there which now has become possible thanks to the internet.

education to motivate people to auto sufficiency by building more home food gardens.

education on environmental awareness
education on family planning to curb over´populaion

Agricultural education and improvements to follow the principals or sustainability and soil management.

more environmental or land ,design to prevent bush fires,such as--fire breaks

,more dams.regulations and control for public behaviour

alternative effeciant public transport to discourage the use of the internal conbustion engine

recicling wastes,limit water use

i am a Permaculture Consultant for the department of Ecology for the regional government in Guerrero Mexico
http://spaces.msn.com/byderule

Source(s) Lester E Brown is the director and founder of the global institute of Environment in the United states .he has compiled a report based on all the satalite information available from NASA,and all the information that has
come from Universities and American embassies WORLD WIDE ,
his little book--a planet under stress , Plan B has been trans lated into 50 languages and won the best book award in 2003.

Answer 10

I figure we have a week left at best.