I have comr to thinking that is global warming real or is it the next step in the evolutionary process where it basically makes humans extinct? we were never really designed to last for ever, as nothing ever is so is this natures way of ridding of us for the next 'controlling species'?
2007-03-03 23:49:30 · 11 answers · asked by Tabbie 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
People disagree on the answer to your question. In most other countries it is believed to be reality but it is more hotly debated here. Wikipedia does a good overview:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_warming
Personally I think it is happening and that it is controllable.
2007-03-04 00:02:10 · answer #1 · answered by Billl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The weather is changing and the rate of change is or appears to be very fast. This makes adapation to the new circumstances more difficult. Everyone needs to understand
Why is it changing?
The mechanism of the change?
Resources are then deployed to discover that may be CO2 - a greenhouse gas which contributes to global warming. - Solution stop using fossil fuels - ahh!!! not very popular - the entire world economy is built on manufacturing and car usage and growth.
What about other greenhouse gasses - more potent than CO2 - yes methane CH4 - god help us when we release that one.
Try these links
Global Warming
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_warming
Global Cooling
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_cooling
Global Dimming
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_dimming
This is a good programme to watch - will need about 50mins but it does sort a lot of stuff - in the myth / reality stakes
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article15809.htm
The causes are complex and the interactions are even more complex - best described as chaos theory to fully understand
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaos_theory
Survival depends on the ability to adapt to changed / new circumstances.The drive for change will have to come from all of "the little people" deciding to take individual actions and make behavioural changes - this is the essence of chaos theory
The ability to adapt is not being driven by our political leaders - they are generally just pygmies and totally out of their depth. To them global warming is just an excuse to increase our taxes.
Global warming is a myth - remember 20 years ago it was global cooling
Rapidly changing climate is a reality
2007-03-04 02:59:36 · answer #2 · answered by geoff b 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is absolutely indisputabole that global warming is occuring, but the causes are disputed, and in particular the role of human pollution.
Whether it is mainly us or mainly a natural cycle its bad news for us. In the 300,000 years or so that modern man has existed on Earth, only in the last 5,000 has the climate been sufficiently benign for civilization to develop and flourish. It is almost certain that it will not survive a change to a less benign climate.
It amazes me that the global warming deniers do not grasp this very simple point. The cause is far less important than the effect.
2007-03-04 00:51:43 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Global warming is a leftist myth created to cause alarm so people like you take the blame and feel bad while the hypocrites drive personal jets around to their five houses. There is no science to it, it's all political. The liberals can give evidence of global cooling if they want to, but i guess that doesn't go to well with the issue of fossil fuels. Think for yourself and don't take this myth seriously.
2007-03-04 01:50:53 · answer #4 · answered by Kurt 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Global Warming is not real! There is not enough information to show that it's real! Plus where I live, nothing with the weather has changed, NOTHING!!!!! Global Warming IS NOT REAL!!!!
2007-03-06 14:19:09 · answer #5 · answered by thumbs_down_really 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Global warming was invented to make politicians rich by the buddy plan you give me so much funding for this bogus warming thing and I will give you some back.The weather we are having is very simalar to that 100 years ago.
2007-03-03 23:56:22 · answer #6 · answered by tdcampbell 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Global warming is a real problem but I think it's been blown out of perportion.
2007-03-04 02:14:46 · answer #7 · answered by Chris M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that we are speeding up the inevitable, the question should possibly be, should we do anything about it, as we are more equipped to deal with it, or should we let nature take its course?
2007-03-04 00:03:42 · answer #8 · answered by zozobythesea 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Myth.It all depends on the orbit of the earth and the position of the sun.Not manmade.
2007-03-04 02:05:32 · answer #9 · answered by taxed till i die,and then some. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its well documented that through history climate has changed every several thousand years so i believe that it is just time coming round on itself ,but i do also believe that modern living is speeding up the whole process
2007-03-03 23:56:28 · answer #10 · answered by mothertiggy 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋