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2007-01-11 15:36:00 · 10 answers · asked by raist_dl2001 2 in Environment

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What is global warming? the meaning of the word “is” is. The principles of global warming are as well established as any in physics. Nearly a hundred and fifty years ago, a British physicist named John Tyndall discovered that certain gases in the atmosphere—we now refer to these as “greenhouse gases”—trap heat on earth by absorbing infrared radiation. There are several naturally occurring greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide and water vapor, and together they produce the so-called “natural greenhouse effect.” Without the natural greenhouse effect, the planet would essentially be frozen.
All that the theory of global warming says is that if you increase the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, you will also increase the earth’s average temperature.It’s indisputable that we have increased greenhouse-gas concentrations in the air as a result of human activity, and it’s also indisputable that over the last few decades average global temperatures have gone up.
As best as can be determined, the world is now warmer than it has been at any point in the last two millennia, and, if current trends continue, by the end of the century it will likely be hotter than at any point in the last two million years.
I know that sounds like a really stupid question, and it probably is, like asking "Can the weather be changed?" Still, if humans can accelerate global warming, maybe it's not out of the realm of fantasy that human can finds ways of decelerating global warming, too.

2007-01-11 15:57:26 · answer #1 · answered by subin nr 1 · 0 0

While we should never stop improving technologies that help keep the environment as clean and healthy as possible, the Global Warming may be a "natural" phenomenon that is not stoppable. Remember, the Earth has gone through many changes in its lifetime; the Poles were once tropical paradises and deserts were once oceans. I believe we should do our best to clean up the pollution, but we need to prepare for the fact that Global Warming is going to continue - no matter what we do.

2007-01-11 15:42:22 · answer #2 · answered by JZ 5 · 0 0

Contrary to most of your answers, I don't think it's very likely.
Every year we get smashed with typhoons, tornados and hurricanes - and these are LOCAL weather conditions - as you pointed out in your question, this new concern is GLOBAL.
We may possibly help prevent further erosion of our ozone layer effective far into the future - but I,m afraid by the time we decide to really do something about it, the damage will have already occurred.

2007-01-11 15:46:59 · answer #3 · answered by LeAnne 7 · 0 0

Telling people to stop creating greenhouse gases isn't working. What we need to do is get the carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases we create to go back into the ground instead of going into the air. Solidify the gases, in other words. Carbon naturally does so in time, but we need a more short-term solution.

2007-01-11 15:40:50 · answer #4 · answered by Jeffrey B 2 · 0 0

In theory, yes. We need to trap carbon and get it out of the atmosphere. Some scientists are actually studying whether it can be buried in deep mines, but the problem is that it is hard to imagine removing enough from the air.

2007-01-11 15:39:17 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

we could reverse our contributions towards it, but according to george w and his cronies that would be bad for business as usual, meaning the fat cat corporations would either have to raise prices a couple pennies to the consumers, or take the loss and have their stock option prices and bonuses a little less disgustingly huge.

2007-01-11 15:40:56 · answer #6 · answered by rand a 5 · 0 0

Not a chance.

That would mean that you would have to stop volcanoes from errupting.

Global warming has been going on for some 10,000+ years.

2007-01-11 15:45:35 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Throw ice cubes in ocean. And stir.

2007-01-11 18:43:51 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Yea,but who would be willing to do it. They have to give up too much

2007-01-11 15:46:56 · answer #9 · answered by kinev2010 3 · 0 0

yes

2007-01-11 15:38:43 · answer #10 · answered by DeepBlue 4 · 0 2

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