The rate at which the ice caps are melting is a lot quicker than the scientists expected. Its like a snowball effect. If anyone has seen ice melt in the spring (or in the middle of winter now!) they know that once you start seeing pools of water on top of it, it's not long before it's gone. That is exactly whats going on in Antarctica and Greenland now. What kind of a world will we be living in 20, 10 or even 5 years. Think about the climate changes in your area since you where a kid, if you live by the ocean what is 20 ft. more water going to do to your lifestyle.
2007-01-27 01:54:30 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
We'll argue about it and make it political and push responsibility off onto other people and then one day we'll all be dead.
2007-01-27 02:03:20 · answer #1 · answered by baldisbeautiful 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I saw a documentary on the science channel the other night. They were discussing global climate shift. They took samples from deep inside the polar glaciers. The evidence found there suggests that the earth has already been through 6 ice ages. The last one killing off the dinosaurs. In between these ice ages there are warming trends. Research suggests that we are currently in a warming cycle but it will not be what the global warming theorists claim. The real danger will be with the next ice age.
Many believe the earth takes care of itself and I prefer to believe that theory. Man could probably survive an ice age but not a flood.
2007-01-27 02:32:35 · answer #2 · answered by Enigma 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
First of all, a little science lesson. When ice melts, it becomes water which evaporates into the sky. Then it makes clouds. Clouds make rain or snow. In the Arctic, it would be snow. Snow would fall, and freeze, HARDENING the ice caps. And the least O-zone is left above NON-industrialized countries. Weird, huh?
2007-01-27 02:00:22 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Not a damned thing.
We humans have a short life-span. 75 years is a blink of an eye in terms of the earth's geological age. Even several (or dozens) of generations of human life is but a fraction of a fraction of a percent of Earth's age. Modern geologists, based on extensive and detailed scientific evidence, consider the age of the Earth to be around 4.567 billion years.
The tectonic plates of Earth move at a slow pace and mountains are formed and islands rise and fall. Ice Ages come and go. We are pretty insignificant in the grand scheme.
2007-01-27 01:59:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
who gives, alright global warming is a bunch of bull. Enviormentalists want to save the planet so bad they dont care that it will ruin the economy. Look up the kyoto treaty and read how it would destroy the US. If the people of the world want to do somthing. Dont make the US do it because they have to learn to take care of them selves. And then when we want to come in and help them in a time of war were the enemy... other countries suck! alright so until the rest of the world grows up I say the US dose nothing but sit on thier buts and laugh. Because 20ft isnt that big of a deal to the US.
2007-01-27 02:01:17 · answer #5 · answered by rkjr1999 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Next time there is a tornado or hurricane run out there and try to stop it! You will not stop mother nature baby!
2007-01-27 02:01:22 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sorry not much change here.
2007-01-27 02:14:09 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Basically, nothing.
All they care about is money.
2007-01-27 01:59:26 · answer #8 · answered by Mighty C 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋