Temperatures during the Medieval Warm Period (roughly 800 to 1200 AD), which allowed the Vikings to settle presently inhospitable Greenland, were higher than even the worst-case scenario reported by the IPCC. The period from about 5000-3000 BC, known as the “climatic optimum,” was even warmer and marked “a time when mankind began to build its first civilizations,” observe James Plummer and Frances B. Smith in a study for Consumer Alert. “There is good reason to believe that a warmer climate would have a similar effect on the health and welfare of our own far more advanced and adaptable civilization today.”
2007-02-07 08:18:39 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Ten stars....hit it on the head.....Adaptability is why we are still around in the first place. One window closes and another opens up to maybe unseen and better possibilities. good work!!!!!!
2007-02-07 08:31:43 · answer #1 · answered by Rich S 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The problem with Global Warming is that we have built some of our biggest cities right next to the coasts. New York and Los Angeles would be flooded (not that both cities couldn't use a good cleaning).
It also means climate change for the worse in some places. Deserts will grow in parts of Africa. Many endangered species will lose the little habitat they have left.
Sure, a lot of places will enjoy the balmier winters. I know I am, safely esconced in the Czech Republic, rather than in the icy clutches of Chicago where I lived most of my life.
The Greenland argument makes one wonder if mankind really has had some effect on the climate, or if we're not just in another natural upswing in temperature.
2007-02-07 16:28:41 · answer #2 · answered by pachl@sbcglobal.net 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Without global warming there would still be glaciers covering the Great Plains. The Great Plains are the Bread Basket of the world, allowing us to feed ourselves and many other countries. So yes, global warming is pretty cool.
Think of all the new farmland that will be available as the planet warms. Warmer temperatures means more water evaporating from the oceans and falling as rain. I'm not seeing any downsides here.
2007-02-07 16:24:45 · answer #3 · answered by Aegis of Freedom 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I think it's just a natural occurrence. There is warming on Mars, also. Seems it has more to do with the cycles of the sun, and nothing to do with carbon dioxide emissions. As we are coming out of a "mini ice age", I would think that it would be exactly what is supposed to happen.
2007-02-07 16:28:49 · answer #4 · answered by J.R. 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not necesssarily, it could disrupt civilizations. Areas once fertile can become desert and other areas inundated. Ocean levels would rise swallowing up coasts and weather patterns would be more severe. This would disrupt our food chain and cause many logistical problems. For isolated areas, some may benefit, worldwide it would be a disaster.
2007-02-07 16:24:43 · answer #5 · answered by Timothy M 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Tell you what - go out and buy beachfront property (or some property just about anywhere in southern Florida), then tell me how feel when you see a shark swimming around in your living room.
2007-02-08 08:08:36 · answer #6 · answered by buzzzard 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
We're talking about an extreme change in our climate which is happening very quickly. It is causing extreme weather patterns, a dangerous rising ocean level, and cities flooded or crushed by tsunamis or storms. A good thing?
2007-02-07 16:22:40 · answer #7 · answered by Aleksandr 4 · 2⤊ 4⤋
I love global warming. I can't wait to sunbathe in the Antarctic!
2007-02-07 16:21:42 · answer #8 · answered by ? 5 · 3⤊ 2⤋
It's freezing here in NJ so I say YES.
2007-02-07 16:21:43 · answer #9 · answered by Pfo 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Doesn't matter, because there is no such thing as global warming
2007-02-07 16:22:51 · answer #10 · answered by hichefheidi 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋