This question is inspired by the movie - "THE DAY AFTER TOMMOROW", the question is " WILL THE EVENTS SHOWN IN THIS MOVIE SUCH AS RISING OF SEA LEVELS AT A GREAT HEIGHT THAT IT FLOODED DISASTOURSLY IN NEW YORK, SNOW FALL IN NEW DELHI, FREEZING OF SEA ETC OCCUR IN REAL LIFE DUE TO GLOBAL WARMING, IF YES, THEN WHEN WILL IT HAPPEN AND HOW WILL IT EFFECT THE HUMAN LIFE ON EARTH?"
2007-04-15 18:53:22 · 4 answers · asked by Sexysamsam 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
Just a movie, no real science behind it. Pretty much can't happen.
But the reality is just as scary. Coastal flooding, damage to agriculture. Rich countries go broke, poor countries starve.
Good newspaper article.
http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSL052735320070407
The best scientific analysis of what's happening and could happen.
http://www.ipcc.ch/SPM6avr07.pdf
It won't be a disaster movie, it will happen slowly. But, if we do nothing, it will be the worst disaster in history.
2007-04-16 01:34:32 · answer #1 · answered by Bob 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This movie was way over board in trying to show us the "catastrophic" effects of global warming. This stuff wouldn't happen even if it was considered a worse case scenario, because it it way too far-fetched. Ask any reputable scientist, even the scare-mongering hippy ones, even they might have a little chuckle.
As for the reality of climate change, the sun should return back to it's normal cycle in about 50-100 years, (As it is in a high cycle of energy at the moment, precipitating all this wild weather) and the Earth should return back to what our generation would describe as "normal."
2007-04-15 19:04:25 · answer #2 · answered by scorpio_draconis 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The film, "The Day After Tomorrow" is an over-the-top dramatization of Global Warming at its "Hollywoodist". Nobody yet knows EXACTLY HOW G.W. is going to pan out. I believe that the "effects" are ALREADY underway, but are NOT yet pronounced enough to be noticeable by most people. THAT should change- in the next 10 to 15 years, as the situation (G.W.) worsens. The primary effects of G.W.- will be "Bigger, and Worse". -You name it. For example; Bigger heatwaves & Worse tornado outbreaks. Bigger Hurricanes & Worse floods. Bigger rainstorms & Worse droughts. Get the idea? And how it AFFECTS people- will depend on which of these disasters they're under- & how they cope with them (See what happend with Katrina...-for example). And REMEMBER; these things will get progressively WORSE over time- until we learn to stop pouring more & more "effluent" into our atmosphere... :(
2007-04-15 19:25:08 · answer #3 · answered by Joseph, II 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah, floods in new york would happen, and such...
just watch the movie inconvinent truth!
http://www.tv-links.co.uk/show.do/4/864
2007-04-15 19:03:45 · answer #4 · answered by Japan_is_home 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋