our planets evolution.?

Question

maybe this question should be answered by scientists involved specifically with our planets evolution,and not ordinary citizens,
don't you think that global warming is part and parcel of our earth's evolution,after all it has gone through quite a few changes in the last few billion years?
going back to the ice age etc,will there be more volcanic activity in the next 30 or 40 years,when global warming is going finish all civilisation,its just the steady progression of evolution on this planet,nothing we can really do about it,i don't think switching of electrical goods and turning off standby controls will make any difference whatsoever,it's not human intervention that caused this,
just EVOLUTION that you cannot stop.....[watch this space]

Answer 1

I agree!! I think the governement are loving it tho - look at them trying to make money out of us by wanting to charge us for unrecycled rubbish, and trying to encourage us to install energy saving equipment, etc.

It is not that people believe that this cyclical event does not exist - it is just that it is being argued that as a result of human activity we are speeding up the process of global warming!! Also, even if you don't believe that turning off your TV by the mains as opposed to leaving it in standby, and not leaving lights on, etc will not make much difference in slowing down global warming is not saving money on gas/electric bills an incentive to turn off electrical goods properly.

Answer 2

Why should there be more volcanic activity in the next 30-40 years? It's nothing to do with global warming, just plate tectonics.
The odd very big volcanic eruption could cause global cooling for the following decade or so.

We could be in the middle of an ice age, just happening to be in an interglacial period. During the last interglacial it was even warmer, with hippos in the Thames and so on.

As far as the planet goes, it'll be fine. A few species, including humans, may die out, but Earth will carry on regardless.

The only area of concern is the rate of change of climate, outstripping evolution and migration, so that species can't adapt or keep up and then die out. Earth, or at least the humans, might be worse off for having less species around but that's our problem. We are just the blink of an eye, a minor irritation in the geological timescale.

Answer 3

The planet is not evolving in any meaningful sense of the word. It has certainly undergone a lot of change.
The temperature does seem to be increasing at the moment - at least in certain places, but it is by no means proven that man's activity is causing it.
The Thames used to regularly freeze over. (In AD 250 it was frozen for 9 weeks.) It looks to me as if the warming has been going on for longer than the age of widespread fossil fuels.

The one and only ice age occured a few thousand years ago, so maybe we haven't reached the equilibrium temperature yet.
http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/3675

Answer 4

Science has routinely proven that the earth's evolution is cyclical. Hell, they've found fossilized tropical ferns under antartica, and we have all these people telling us that the earth will be destroyed if the ice caps melt? Obviously they freeze and thaw. The most logical theory of global warming I have hear is that we are completing the cycle and coming back from our most recent ice-age.

Answer 5

That may be a good point but scientists themselves have "proven" that humans are a cause(not the only cause) of global warming. you said that switching electrical goods won't help, that may or may not be true but in the end as long as it helps us live and preserve the earth a little bit longer, it is worth it.

Answer 6

Its nothing to do with evolution and all the climate change thats happening at the moment has been caused artificially - how could anyone possibly argue that it was meant to happen?

I think you need to look up what evolution is all about. As the only technologically adept species we have a duty of care to all the other species and to the planet itself. Allowing global warming to continue - pretending its 'natural' is unconscionable.

Answer 7

More of a statement than a question, I tend to agree with that to an extent although destroying such enormous areas of carbon capturing rain forest wont help.