What Are Some Interesting GLOBAL WARMING Questions I Can Ask My Proffessor For My Interview?

Question

Anything. Thanks Alot. :)

Answer 1

Check out these graphs for some basic information before the interview.

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

Show the various parts of global warming, including (in order of importance) us, solar, and volcanoes.

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

The little squiggles are nature doing its' thing. CO2 falls a bit during summer when plants are active, and rises during the winter. The huge increase is us, burning fossil fuels (in addition to the shape of the graph, the increase numerically matches the increase in fossil fuel use; an unlikely coincidence). The natural carbon cycle buried carbon in fossil fuels over a very long time, little bit by little bit. We dig them up and burn them, real fast. That's a problem.

If you have time read this too:

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

During the interview ask:

"Why, in spite of the overwhelming scientific data, do some people and even a few scientists deny global warming is real?"

Answer 2

Based on the fact that the instruments that measure temperature have changed so much in the last 250 years, how can we be sure that the temperatures from the 18th, 19th, and early 20th century are correct to the hundreth of a degree?

If humans are responsible for global warming, why did the temperatures cool during World War II and the huge world-wide industrial growth that followed (i.e., the 1940's and 1950's)?

Answer 3

Considering Chamberlin's Multiple Working Hypothesis, what do you think the primary synergistic phenomena, that are non-humanistic, could be conributors to global warming and how would you rank them?

Answer 4

How do you link the .2% increase in the sun's output and the warming of Mars and Pluto to global warming and what portion of global warming can be attributed to this fact. The facts:

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/sun_output_030320.html

Answer 5

If CO2 levels resulting from industry are directly responsible for temperature rise, how did the temperatures decrease from 1940 to 1970 when CO2 levels increased?

Answer 6

how much of greenland is missing.when the water rises 20 feet what does that mean for us.

Answer 7

actualy the correct term is a climate crisis because the tempurature is slowing falling....the nex ice age is upon us. well ask him how much carbon you can keep out the atomosphere by keeping your tires inflated properly... it saves you 3% on your gas milage. okay another question who was the man who first had the idea to measure c02 in the atomsphere.

Answer 8

Why havent sea levels risen?