How true is it that global warming is attributed to carbon emission?

Answer 1

Because that's what the numerical data says. Details.

There is a natural "carbon cycle" which recycles carbon dioxide. But it's a delicate balance.

We're messing up that balance by digging up carbon the natural cycle buried over a very long time, and burning it really fast. That overwhelms the natural process.

You can see it clearly in this carefully measured data.

http://scrippsco2.ucsd.edu/graphics_gallery/mauna_loa_record/mlo_record.html

The small teeth are the natural cycle in operation. CO2 goes down a little during the summer, when plants are active, and up a little in the winter. The huge push upwards is us burning fossil fuels.

Volcanoes emit less than 10% of what man does, and because of dust emitted, contribute less than nothing to global warming.

http://www.geology.sdsu.edu/how_volcanoe...

Increased solar radiation is 0.12 watts per meter squared. (It's been measured carefully many times by different scientists) Increased heating due to man produced CO2 is about 1.7 watts per meter squared, more than ten times as much.

http://www.ipcc.ch/SPM2feb07.pdf

The world's climatologists generally agree that (mostly) man is responsible. They don't throw logical arguments at each other, they analyze hard data. They include all the natural causes that have been suggested. The data says it's us.

The oceans do release CO2 as they get warmer. But it's not enough to explain the measured CO2 levels. It might be enough to make this thing spin out of control faster.

Answer 2

Well, where as carbon emissions are effecting global warming, they aren't the only thing. There's a lot of things that release carbons into the air- and there are a lot of things that take them out, like trees. We loose millions of trees each year, and gain even more carbon emissions. But the true negative effects are coming from methane emissions, and many other toxic gases that are being release, and have been for the last century. It's not that the hummer created global warming, industrialization created it with a ton of chemicals and gases that were very profitable but comely unstudied in their effects of the environment.

Answer 3

I totally agree with vicki. If anything i personally feel that the carbon emission story is a bid to stop the economic growth of developing countries. Obviously carbon emission wont be a good thing, but i really don't feel that the large cars on this planet etc are leading to a change in climate, were to insignificant, plus i watched a documentary on the whole issue last week which reinforced this.

Answer 4

there is absolutely no scientific evidence that global warming is making a large effect or even speeding global warming up the the fact of the matter is carbon emission's are only a small % of green house gasses and the natural recourse's IE the sea give out more carbon emission's than we do

Answer 5

It is actually the other way around. Higher ocean temperatures cause the CO2 in the oceans to be released into the atmosphere.

Answer 6

I'll have to go with 0%, Vicki gave the best answer to to this there's not really anything I can add.

Answer 7

No.