IS GloBAL WArming happening??

Question

SInce our winter in boston was cold but not any snow and psrings beginning early because of the ground hog does that mean our summer is going to be hotter or colder?????

will our summer be colder this year or hotter ??

Answer 1

I cannot believe that this is truly an issue that people have to debate over. There is extensive research tracking the changes in climate throughout our history. This research overwhelmingly supports the fact that CO2 levels are directly related to temperature levels. When CO2 levels increase, the temperature increases. And human activity and emissions are at least responsible for a portion of the increasing CO2 levels.

The most popular argument or attempt to downplay the immediate cause for concern is that throughout history, we have recorded a pretty consistent pattern of cycling between peak high and peak low levels of both CO2 and temperature. This is absolutely true...but those 'no, no, its just the normal cycle!' people did not look further at the research.....The levels we are currently emitting and experiencing blew past the record high a VERY long time ago. And thats the record high in the history of human existence. Its sad that people want to dismiss the idea and not even try to understand it. I guess its easier to say that something isn't true if you simply dont understand it. Even if we aren't the sole cause for skyrocketing levels of CO2 in the atmosphere, what sense does it make to simply refuse to make adjustments? Those who claim it is myth or a lie, are the same people who haven't bothered to look into it a little bit for fear that there lives may have to be slightly less convenient.

Anyway, to answer your true question, i believe that although the temperature change will differ with altitude and location, I can tell you that for North America, our winters will steadily continue to warm while the summers will increase but at a much slower rate.

Answer 2

Yes global warming is happening every single day. For someone to say that global warming is not happening and to not care about it is a dangerous statement. The Earth's temperture is warming up about 1 degree on average every yerar and at the rate it is going by 2025 it is not to say that the Earth will have ended but we will start getting very intense and unwelcome weather. Places that get rain on seasons will get so much rain it will go far beyond many years in the record books and flood cities. Places that have droughts will not see any moisture for very long and extended periods of time which will ruin crops, increase the fire danger, and strongly decrease water supply. Finally for a long time global forecasters have been talking about an earthquake in San Fransisco which could happen any day. The exact intensity is unknown but from what I have heard it is has been said that it will not only be the biggest they have ever had, but will also ruin their city, and other western states bordering it will feel the effects as well such as Washington, and Arizona but may also spread to states like Colorado.

Answer 3

You may be to young to remember the 1970's at that time it was global cooling not a plant, animal or human would survive the frozen tundra. Here in fly over country we've had a colder winter this year than others. and last hurricane season was suppose to be the worst ever and there was hardly a sputter out of a one. Yes depending on where you hang your thermometer I tend to find this time of the year Downtown St Louis to be ususally 10 Degrees warmer than out in the rural areas in the mornings and so forth.

Were all pretty mobile for the most part. I've seen maps of how the world looked some millions of years ago and much of the center of the USA was under water and if that came again I think we could all move inland some.

Answer 4

"Global warming" is the idea that overuse of fossil fuels such as coal, gas, and petroleum by humans is making the atmosphere change all over the planet Earth.

The only people who seem to deny that this is happening are those who benefit from the sale of fossil fuels, and also those who are wasteful of energy and don't want to change.

You can look for signs of climate change in your own area, but the best way to educate yourself about this is to look at the whole global situation and learn what is happening on a large scale. Sometimes 'global warming' makes it too warm, other times too cold in specific places, but the overall effect is melting the glaciers and big sheets of ice at both the North and South poles.

It is certainly NOT a myth!

Answer 5

If it is, it is caused by jet traffic. Burning fuels at high altitude produces tons and tons of CO2 but there is nothing in nature to remove it from the higher altitudes( +30,000 ft). It drifts down slowly because the gradient is toward the surface. Growing plants take up CO2, but also it is absorbed by the oceans. Colder water absorbs more than warmer water. The oceans are the main storage body of CO2 from the air as they cover 85% of the earth. Trees and grasses are minor CO2 storage vehicles. The weather circulation tends to clear the upper atmosphere by cycling down as a cooler air mass in the mid-latitudes and over the poles. Maybe jet traffic above 20,000 ft will have to be curtailed.

Answer 6

Yes it is occurring, and it is too early to tell whether this summer will be hotter or colder than normal.

Answer 7

Absolutely. It is a very global long-term change that can't be measured just by "oh it never snowed this winter"

But the long-term changes if left unchecked will be very serious and irreversible.

We better stop using oil, gas and coal this century.

Answer 8

of direction that's going on I advise seem at how unusual the climate has been. right here in Georgia that's wintertime in spite of the undeniable fact that that's been like in the 60's-70's which isn't iciness climate. The globe warming is getting worse typical.

Answer 9

Global warming is happening whether the weather is being affected by Global warming this year is up for discussion.

Answer 10

Global warming has not been noted at my place yet, I have used 10% more heating btu's this winter than last.