Man Made Global Warming? Not according to Nat. Geographic?

Question

"The long-term increase in solar irradiance is heating both Earth and Mars," he said. Solar Cycles

Abdussamatov believes that changes in the sun's heat output can account for almost all the climate changes we see on both planets. Mars and Earth, for instance, have experienced periodic ice ages throughout their histories.

"Man-made greenhouse warming has made a small contribution to the warming seen on Earth in recent years, but it cannot compete with the increase in solar irradiance," Abdussamatov said.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/02/070228-mars-warming.html

Answer 1

Are you asking if this is true?

Answer 2

Look, the earth is constantly turning in space. How many other planets are constantly moving in space? What direction are they moving? How fast are they rotating? The earth revolves around the Sun. So, as the earth moves in space, it creates its gravity and it turns on its axis ever so slightly. Eventually, the normal rotation of the earth and the tilt of its axis will cause the earth to move closer to the sun or in the future depending on changes in space, it could even move further away from the sun. As it tilts, the sun's effects are felt by increasing temperatures at the North and South Poles and decreasing temperatures at the equator and north and south of the equator. It may take millions of years for the true effects of global warming to be felt, but regardless of what we do, it will happen and the North Pole and South Pole will become the equator and the equator will become the North and South Pole. It's common sense.

Now, can the process be speeded up? Maybe by sending our rockets into space and building space stations and putting debris in space, we will cause the repositioning of the planets and maybe even change the composition of space. Maybe if we can stop the earth from tilting on its axis, we can prevent global warming or at least slow it down, but it is not likely. Whatever your beliefs, God doesn't make junk and he has made heaven and earth and it has survived ice ages, floods, drouts, famines, explosions, and about everything man can do to it. Our big mistake is to believe that we can stop something that requires that movement to continue the existence of everything that populates the earth. All the minerals and vitamins and stuff we make comes from the earth or the heavens and we should not be upsetting the balance by genetically engineering plants and animals and creating false security.

History tells us that we know next to nothing about how the earth replenishes itself and how it survives. The gene we remove from a plant may cause the bees to stop producing honey or stop pollinating plants. What we have learned that has proven true over the hundreds of years of civilization is that "for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction". If we can't learn from our mistakes, we won't destroy the world, we'll simply destroy life on the earth as we know it. Don't believe me? Why has the cancer rate gone from 1 in 100,000 to 1 in 3 in 50 years? Is it because we are doing everything right or we are doing most everything wrong? Why have we developed resistent strains of bugs and flu and bacteria? Why have we forgotten that the most important thing we can do and remember is:

"Above all, do no harm!"

Answer 3

"Man-made greenhouse warming has made a small contribution to the warming seen on Earth in recent years, but it cannot compete with the increase in solar irradiance," Abdussamatov said.
Sorry, which part of this says that man doesn't contribute? This question has already been asked and answered. Get over it. I get it, you don't want to believe it. Got it. Great. Move on

Answer 4

Humans have this very unique tendency to adapt our environment to ourselves rather than adapt ourselves to our environment. We like to think we're more powerful than nature.

....and now because of all sorts of reasons (solar activity, volcanic activity, animal production, Al Gore's giant house, our cars, etc) the earth is showing how she always been more powerful than us.

And what our we humans doing about it? Scrambling to find ways to be more powerful than nature, like we still think we can control this. Maybe it's time we learned our lesson and adapted to the change for once. When the water levels start rising - maybe we should just deal with it and move to higher ground.

Answer 5

"His views are completely at odds with the mainstream scientific opinion," said Colin Wilson, a planetary physicist at England's Oxford University.

A quote from the very same article. See, this isn't Fox News. People here can do further research.

Answer 6

If I take a leak into the ocean while the tide is coming in, I "contributed" to the increase in the water level. Not MATERIALLY.

I'm not unreceptive to the possibility that we could materially contribute - there's just no evidence of it.

And yes, my response is "me, me, me" - I don't owe you anything. I don't propose that you owe me anything either. But you have no more right to control my commute than I have to control your sex life.

Answer 7

This is one person's opinion.

You can find scientists to support both sides of this argument.

My question is, why are conservatives so resistant to the fact that humans might be able to contribute to the condition of the environment around them? No one has given me any answer except, "ME! ME! ALL I THINK ABOUT IS ME!"

Answer 8

Global Warming: The momentum has shifted to climate skeptics

http://www.canadafreepress.com/2007/global-warming030307.htm

Answer 9

I agree with National Geographic and Abdussamatov.

Answer 10

I think your question is a really good illustration of what "cherry picking" means.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/12/1206_041206_global_warming.html

Congrats you found A scientist who disagrees!

Answer 11

Just consider the statement where Al Gore claimed he invented the internet,so why would any clear thinking person believe anyting that idiot said.