From deadly hurricanes to snow in southern California to a snowless winter in Cincinnati, the chicken littles of the world may have had a point, right? How does everyone else feel about this? Anyone getting worried about the environment yet? What should we do about all those who think that there is no reason to change our ways?
2007-01-18 05:27:43 · 9 answers · asked by jkaaz101406 2 in Environment
Of course it's worrying. Anytime things over which we have little to no control start changing, it's a source of anxiety. Humans tend to be creatures of habit, after all.
Global warming is a *fact*, whether we want to believe it or not. The jury is still (mostly) out on whether the Earth is warming solely because of the actions of humanity, or if we are simply exacerbating a naturally occurring global warming -> ice age cycle. This, however, does not change the fact that our habits and our choices *will* influence the rate at which this cycle proceeds.
No matter the root cause of the present warming trend, I believe we have a responsibility to protect and preserve our natural world. We share this Earth with 6 billion other humans and countless other creatures. For us to be careless with its resources is not only selfish, it's incredibly stupid. If you mess with Mother Nature, one way or another, she'll put things right and get rid of the problem.
As for the folks who don't care about the environment, I say we ship them all to the Moon. They can burn all the fossil fuels and create all the landfills they like up there, provided they can find sufficient fuel and oxygen in which to burn it. At least on the Moon, there is no climate to ruin and (presumably) nothing they can kill.
2007-01-18 05:56:25 · answer #1 · answered by nardhelain 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Which "Isles" are you pertaining to? in case you asking about the British Isles and eire. No, we do not - that is a temperate climate, managed and moderated by technique of the gulf and jet streams. Edit: ok, convinced the west of all those international places can get intense climate, yet no longer something in many cases as extreme as might want to correctly be found interior the U. S.. convinced you may get tornadoes, yet they are quite in many cases F1/F2 in power. convinced you get blizzards and storms, yet till you're out on a mountain unprepared or in a small boat out at sea, no longer something which could't be sat out in the front of a warmth hearth. As for warmth in summer season, modern-day summers have reached the intense 30's (celsius) interior the south of england. we don't have a tendency to get prolonged deep-freezes and by no ability something somewhat below about -8 although the highlands of Scotland and the northern Isles can get properly below that, highly in case you component interior the wind-relax. Freezes in common words ensue even as the North Atlantic storms pull air down from the Arctic after the jet-flow slips south over France the prevailing wind is South West and quite in many cases the elements is average. moist, windy, cloudy lots of the three hundred and sixty 5 days, with the occasional spoil even as the solar finally comes out... so some distance in common words one typhoon has maintained its power and hit the south of england as a category 3 typhoon in 1987. That damaged roofs, uprooted forests and so on. The West of Scotland and the North West of eire (Donegal, Mayo)_are about the wettest elements in Europe, the utmost annual rainfall.
2016-10-15 10:03:24 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Weather extremes happen all the time. In 2005 we had a record number of hurricanes. In 2006 we only had a few. Mother Nature goes in cycles. After the last Ice Age there has been a very long global warming trend. But there was a time when we had a very long global cooling period which caused the Ice Age. Mother Nature is one adaptable Mother. She will compensate over time for everything short of the Sun going Nova. To her nothing is extreme. It's just what is happening now. It's our challenge to live through the now.
2007-01-18 05:45:09 · answer #3 · answered by namsaev 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
People never listen until it is too late, it is like the saying Ignorance is bliss. They feel that if they ignore it , it will go away. Yes I am worried about the weather-the greenhouse effect as they call it is here, so people do your part and help clean up this world so future generations can live on!!Don't use the aerosol cans,turn of the air conditioning,lower your heat,shut off the lights when you leave the room,turn the water off when you brush your teeth and don't keep it running for some examples. And recylcle before we are smothered in garbage!
2007-01-18 05:39:08 · answer #4 · answered by Urchin 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
It's just normal weather patterns. If you look at the books, there has been snow in L.A., no snow for long periods in Ohio and hurricanes before and that's for the short period of a few hundred years that we've been recording it. Why is everone so damn paranoid. Yes, the temperature on the earth has gone up .7 degrees in about 150 years and it will have long term effects but the media is blowing it out of proportion. The news people need a new Monica Lewinski to keep them busy..
2007-01-18 05:34:36 · answer #5 · answered by Gene 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Our extreme winters and more moisture, in the form of snow, rain, ice, and humidity is just another sign pointing to global warming...We all need to start to recognize the "footprint" we leave on the earth, only then will we be able to change our society for the better of the environment.
2007-01-18 05:33:43 · answer #6 · answered by stan w 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I'm not worried. The weather frequently gets weird. It has been doing that for thousands of years and will continue to do so. Any change in the average is, so far, not much. Don't be fooled by one warm winter or one busy hurricane season. It is the 100 year average or even the 500 year average that matters in climate science.
2007-01-18 05:32:46 · answer #7 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Not to mention the increase in hurricanes here in the south. news week magazine recently said the 'global worming is real'. yes I'm starting to get worried, as I don't think the developed countries will ever stop using oil.
2007-01-18 05:36:58 · answer #8 · answered by robert2020 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Yes we do need to change our ways the emphasis being on ways! Check out Revelations of the Bible, this is actually in there.
2007-01-18 05:39:33 · answer #9 · answered by Laura S 4 · 1⤊ 3⤋