Do you belive in Global Warming?

Answer 1

No the earth has been changing climates for thousands of years.
When its hot in a cold area its cold in a hot area. It just works like that and will keep working like that. The news and media just wants to make stories for their paper or t.v. They will exaggerate lots of things sometimes.

Answer 2

The fact that temperatures are increasing can't be denied. The evidence is just too strong to ignore.
Now there are of course still a few people who question whether or not humans are causing it, but since there is a well developed, internally consistent theory that predicts the effects we are observing, and the "skeptics" have failed to provide a valid model or theory whereby CO2 does not affect the temperature, and presented evidence of some other natural forcing, I have no choice but to accept that it is not only real but, at least partially, human caused.

Edit: At Holden below.

realclimate.org has two detailed articles on what the conclusions on solar forcing are, as well as how they were arrived at. I'll provide the links below. While the sun may be a contributing factor to the current temperature increase, it most certainly is not the only factor. Nor is it even a major factor.

http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2005/07/the-lure-of-solar-forcing/

http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2005/08/did-the-sun-hit-record-highs-over-the-last-few-decades/

Also, even if the sun were the cause, that still doesn't explain how a 30% increase in atmospheric CO2 will not affect the temperature.

And I put the word skeptic in quotes, not because I have any problem with skepticism, but because the majority of people claiming to be skeptics are nothing of the kind. They are only "skeptical" of claims that do not agree with their own personal beliefs.
The great majority of them have no scientific basis for opposing the theory of anthropogenic global warming. They do so only because it doesn't fit with what they think. That's denial, not skepticism.

Answer 3

Is this kinda like a Do you believe in Santa or the Easter bunny question? I mean come on the facts are in and the scientific community agrees that there is a direct corralation between world industry and the temperature change taking place on earth. And yes I am aware that the earth has gone through these cycles before and that the cycle has begun to come full circle once again. However looking back on the prior average temp increase we cansee that over the last 15-25 years we have seen a marked change in the earths climate. (faster then the scientific community has seen in much of their research.) So Yes I believe in Global Warming. and think we all should.

Answer 4

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"and the "skeptics" have failed to provide a valid model or theory whereby CO2 does not affect the temperature, and presented evidence of some other natural forcing,"
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The sun is brighter and hotter than it has been in the last 1,000 years. That is an alternative forcing and the shrinking of Martian polar ice caps tends to back up the increased solar radiation argument.

And there is no reason to put the word skeptics in quotes; skepticism is a valid and important scientific tool.

Answer 5

Kind of hard not too when there are warmer temperatures across the globe and higer sea levels due to the melting of iceburgs.

Answer 6

yes, but u have read that we are currently coming out of a mini ice age so that could explain some of it, but humans and pollution have probably helped it out a bit, that's my idea, but hey Bill Nye the science guy says its true so I'll side with him.

Answer 7

Yes, no doubt about it. Tropical countries sudden increase of raining volume lead to flood is the sign of warning.

Answer 8

not really, i believe we're in the middle of a cyclical climate change. Nothing to do to stop it, slow it down maybe. Mother Nature's way of cleaning or something.

Answer 9

Yes.

Answer 10

I'm on the fence