If your one of those people who denies global warming, how do you explain ALL this stuff?

Question

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070331/ap_on_sc/climate_species_impact_3;_ylt=AvG.0l0790osRR_5OBkIswhNYhAF

Even if a thing is normal and unrelated to human activity it doesn't make it a good thing, and it doesn't mean that nothing should be done about it. If something bad is happening or will happen and people have the ability to prevent it or minimilize it then they have an obligation to do so natural OR man made.

Answer 1

Let me answer some of the questions posted here.

There's a ton of peer reviewed data supporting global warming mostly caused by man. The best summary is here:

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

Here's a very short version, which also shows the modeling isn't bad:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Climate_Change_Attribution.png

Actual data shows it's not the suns radiation that's the major cause of global warming on Earth, it's us. Solar radiation is carefully measured. Climatologists include it in their analysis.

The results are in the report below. Increased solar radiation is 0.12 watts per meter squared. Man's warming is 1.6 watts per meter squared, more than ten times as much.

http://www.ipcc.ch/SPM2feb07.pdf Page 4.

What scientists think. Not from the "liberal" media.

""While evidence suggests fluctuations in solar activity can affect climate on Earth, and that it has done so in the past, the majority of climate scientists and astrophysicists agree that the sun is not to blame for the current and historically sudden uptick in global temperatures on Earth, which seems to be mostly a mess created by our own species."

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,258342,00.html

Answer 2

Pollution is vastly different from Global Warming. Pollution can contribute to Global Warming, but indirectly.

As you know, Global Warming has received a lot of attention lately in the news. My belief ( I have a BS in Geology) is that global warming is being mislabeled and misidentified as normal climatic changes in the earth's history. We have seen evidence of paleo-climates (past-climates) that support this idea.

With that being said, I do believe that our actions as a society are "assisting" in this dramatic climate change. The earth has natural recycling mechanisms that handle waste, pollution, excess run-off, etc., but our industrial society is "overloading" these natural processes.

We can only evaluate the information that we have today and make an educated guess on how it is affecting the earth's climate.

I challenge anyone today to show direct evidence that correlates human activity and the effect it has on global warming. The evidence does not exist! All the shocking images that we see on TV and how the polar icecaps are melting at an alarming rate do not prove that human activity is the cause, but that is not what Al Gore and others want you to believe. Look deeper into Al Gore's business affairs and you will see that he has a "financial interest" in getting America and the world to change its current practices.

So, Do I think that the earth's climate is changing, Yes! But, I can only take responsibility for my own actions and do what I think is right to preserve our natural resources. Overall, I think most people have a concern about the environment, but until someone makes it easy to do the right thing it will be hard to change the way they live to preserve the environment.

Answer 3

One real big problem with modeling global warming is getting the right stuff to use to make the model. Climate science(if it is a science) is the stuff being used is not all that good. For example, they don't even know the Earth is making energy that heats its surface. We all know the Earth is warm enough to make life very rich but how it is warmed is not at all well known but rather its assumed the sun is the only heat source(other than human activity). This is a false asumption and causes false predictions from models which then get over blown for political reasons. Its a very bad process don't you think? Everyone gets on the band wagon for a while and after a period of time something else comes along.

Answer 4

That is there opinion. This is what others say.

"I can assure Mr. Gore that no one from the South Pacific islands has fled to New Zealand because of rising seas. In fact, if Gore consults the data, he will see it shows sea level falling in some parts of the Pacific." -- Dr. Chris de Freitas, climate scientist, associate professor, University of Auckland, N.Z.

"We find no alarming sea level rise going on, in the Maldives, Tovalu, Venice, the Persian Gulf and even satellite altimetry, if applied properly." -- Dr. Nils-Axel Morner, emeritus professor of paleogeophysics and geodynamics, Stockholm University, Sweden.

Our information is that seven of 13 populations of polar bears in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago (more than half the world's estimated total) are either stable or increasing..... Of the three that appear to be declining, only one has been shown to be affected by climate change. No one can say with certainty that climate change has not affected these other populations, but it is also true that we have no information to suggest that it has." -- Dr. Mitchell Taylor, manager, wildlife research section, Department of Environment, Igloolik, Nunavut.

The oceans are now heading into one of their periodic phases of cooling.... Modest changes in temperature are not about to wipe them [coral] out. Neither will increased carbon dioxide, which is a fundamental chemical building block that allows coral reefs to exist at all." -- Dr. Gary D. Sharp, Center for Climate/Ocean Resources Study, Salinas, Cal

Answer 5

Oh, I believe in global warming, I just don't believe the Global Warming tripe about it being ALL OUR FAULT. We are currently putting far less pollution into the atmosphere than we did even back in the 1960's. Scientists paid to find certain things will almost always succeed at finding what they were told to find. But the biggest proof that it's all a bunch of hooey is that 'global warming' follows Solar Weather EXACTLY. We are not at fault. Even the Hopi prophecies tell us that the sun will grow hotter in these last days. So unless you are willing to accept that physical earth changes can be caused by spiritual poverty as demonstrated by so many people on earth today, it's just foolish to try to blame people for what is happening to this planet right now. The real culprit is 93 million miles away!

Answer 6

There is nothing to explain in that article, like all of the pro global warming arguments it makes general sympathy filled statements and uses the word "scientists say" throughout. Who are these scientists? Where is their data? Has their data been reviewed?

Just take a look at this site. It has real science from ice cores showing regular cycles that the earth goes through.
Right now we are at the top of one of those cycles meaning higher temperatures.
http://www.lavoisier.com.au/papers/articles/ninelieslaunch.pdf#search=%22vostok%20figure%20125%22

Answer 7

Just becasue someone says it does not make it so.

However, assuming that all of these things are happening, how can you prove it is not normal and unrelated to human activity?

Answer 8

every days normal business, it Say's more about the communication these days then the so cold global warming hype.

Answer 9

I believe in global warming.

Answer 10

It's easy to deny - just bury your head in the sand and repeat 'it's not real, it's not real, it's not real'.

For someone suffering from Global Warming Denial Syndrome that's good enough for them.