2007-04-03 20:53:37 · 8 answers · asked by jx 1 in Environment
pls.. every scientist in the world is certain that global warming is taking place.. greenland is melting like crazy.. and the temperature and carbon dioxide graph for the past million yrs have never reach what we "achieve" nowdays..
i am just thinking.. there is a thrend in the temperature graph for the past millions years.. whenever the temperature reach a certain peak(warm), it will follow by a ice age.. now, our temperature is already at/over that peak.. should that mean ice age is nearing?
2007-04-03 22:08:21 · update #1
The question should be whether indeed a global warming is taking place. Could it be simply a normal cycle in weather? I fear many politicians are using a scare-tactic to bring attention to themselves for being enviroment-friendly. Yes, we need to reduce pollution to curb acid rains, smog, etc. But the warming trend may be a normal situation that has occured in the past. From ice cores at the North and South Poles, we can analyze weather for several centuries but suppose the earth enters a mild warming trend every 25,000 years...we have no tangible proof. From recent volcanic activity, we should actually be cooling off as the dust prevents sunlight from warming the atmosphere. The glaciers on top of Mt. Kilimanjaro seem to be melting but two months ago I noted that on Mt. Everest, the ice and glaciers were unchanged. Recently scientists in Australia claimed that part of the pollution and global warming comes from cows...cows eat grass and in digestion, methane gas is produced and causes global warming????? Hundreds of years ago, vast herds of buffalo roamed America and there are still countless antelope in Africa...did we go through a global warming then??? Look for facts before you decide
2007-04-03 21:13:14 · answer #1 · answered by Frank 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is actually quite possible. Global warming causes very weird changes in the temperature of the entire planet. If that total temperature gets to low, it may very well cause another ice age. Then again if it gets to high, it may cause flooding by melting the polar ice caps. You should watch the movie "The day after tomorrow". it talks about it a lot.
2007-04-04 04:12:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
It's possible that a natural cooling could occur much later, maybe even as a result of things triggered by global warming. Who knows?
Even if it happens, it's still likely thousands of years away. Long after global warming has done major damage to our modern civilization.
So it's not something we should worry about. We need to work on reducing global warming now.
2007-04-04 10:32:00 · answer #3 · answered by Bob 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No. Global warming will actually take us away from an ice age. The average temperature of the earth increases resulting in melting of ice caps, glaciers etc. and causing an increase in the level of seas and thus inundating coastal areas.
2007-04-04 03:59:46 · answer #4 · answered by Swamy 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yes! Global warming is the cause of most of the worlds problems. Can't catch a fish at the lake when your hooks are at home? Global warming. Neighbor got a truck and you still got that old plymouth? global warming. Rosie O'donnell coming out of the closet? Global warming. Aids came from... you guessed it global warming. Ice age coming.... global warming.
2007-04-04 04:08:19 · answer #5 · answered by Sheriff of Yahoo! 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I doubt it, but that is NOT an excuse 2 waste energy (no offense,jsut saying.) EVERY1 in the world should try 2 save earth, or else it'll die, along with it's inhabitants !
2007-04-04 04:00:43 · answer #6 · answered by ♠I Did My Time♠ 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Um no, an ice age comes from global COOLING.
2007-04-04 03:58:41 · answer #7 · answered by Loulabelle 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It is very unlikely but I heard it was possible from a website.
http://www.livescience.com/
2007-04-04 22:24:02 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋