Why is that whenever a cold spell hits, there is always someone saying" So much for global warming!"

Question

There will always be variations in the weather. Global warming is refering to the fact that the earth has heated ON AVERAGE 1 degree C in the past 100 years and while that may seem insignificant to some, to many fragile ecosystems, it is reaking havok.

So why are people so blind as to not look at the BIG PICTURE?

I agree that more research needs to be done and that it hasn't been 100% proven as of yet, however, I'm talking about people being so shallow and unworldly as to beleive that one cold April in Delaware mean it's not real. wtf?

Answer 1

They don't understand what global warming entails. It is easier for them to just mock it than take the time to understand it.

Answer 2

You need to keep an open mind to both sides of the argument, you are as guilty as those who dismiss Global Warming as a myth, by going the other extreme. Try using some common sense and staying out of the argument if you have no proof yourself one way or another. All you can do is make sure YOU are doing the right thing to keep our planet safe. Don't go making bets without knowing 100% that it's a fact. And it hasn't been proved to be a fact yet. It's science and in science you have to take steps before it becomes a scientific fact

Use the Scientific method:
1.Observation
2.Hypothesis
3.Experiment
4.Results
a.Results support Hypothesis you repeat experiment and if
Results are the same you have Scientific Theory or Fact

b.Results are inconsistent with Hypothesis they you revise
hypothesis

Unfortunately scientist have only been able to get to the first 3, the Experiment is still in process, the Results haven't been concluded yet so you can't support the scientific theory..

Answer 3

I am not sure what you mean by the BIG PICTURE. The data that you are pointing to is actually less than 100 years worth of data. I contacted the Alaska Climate Research Center a few months back and was interested in reviewing the 10 year high and low averages in Alaska since 1850. Here is a copy of the e-mail I received from them regarding my request:

Martha < [e-mail]> wrote:
From: Martha S < @climate.gi.alaska.edu>
Subject: Re: 10 year average temperature
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2007 08:20:36 -0900
To: Bob < [e-mail]>

Dear Bob,

Thank you for your question, it is a really good one and I completely agree that this would be a nice plot. While the electronic database of climate observations in Alaska is good for the last 6 decades or so, it gets spotty further back in time. There are weather records for Alaska at the turn of the 20th century, however, most are not in an easily usable format - paper records. As a matter of fact, our center is seeking funding for digitizing old records so that we can do just such a plot. Hopefully, the importance of this type of analysis is such that our funding will come through!


Kind regards,
Martha

So basically the data people are referencing to say that the temperature rose 1 degree over 100 years is actually false. They only have electronic records back until about 1950 at best. So the scientist have estimated what the temperatures where back 100 years ago using the past 50 years as a guideling. So the data and science is not correct and it is estimated.

One of the best filters of carbon dioxide are trees and people should be encouraged to plant them. However Time Magazines 51 ways to save the planet says the following about trees:

It seems like simple arithmetic: a tree can absorb up to a ton of carbon dioxide over its lifetime, so planting one should be an easy way to mitigate climate change. Turns out it's not so simple. Recent studies have shown that trees in temperate latitudes—including most of the U.S.—actually have a net warming effect on the climate. The heat that dark leaves absorb outweighs the carbon they soak up. See the article at

http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/environment/article/0,28804,1602354_1603074_1603743,00.html

According to Time Magazine, trees are now bad for the environment as well. To what length or ridiculious items will environmentalist go to prove their point?

Global warming forecasts and hypothsis are basically guesses. According to dictionary.com, Forecast means:

To calculate or estimate something in advance; predict the future.

Hypothsis means educated guess. My 6th grader knows that.

For you to sit here and tell me that global warming predictions are 100% accurate is like going to a palm reader to figure out what stocks you should play in the stock market. They are just guesses and should be treated with skepticism.

Answer 4

You talk of the big picture. OK then how is man responsible for global warming when it is also occurring on mercury and mars at almost the same rate as the Earth? To answer your question, the "so much for global warming" answer is just as rational as the global warming crowd shouting about it whenever it gets hot. The facts are that global temp has not significantly changed since the 80s. The numbers being used to show we are getting hotter are averages, and they have to go back longer than thirty years to get the numbers they want.

Answer 5

OK - here's a big picture for you.
Back in the 70's they were saying that the earth was cooling, not warming, and that we may be entering another ice age.
So what changed in 30 years? Somebody's agenda. As for fragile eco systems, yes I feel that something should be done to protect them, but I was watching that climate expert on the weather channel, and she said that even if we all stopped using fossil fuel today, it would still take 300 years for the atmosphere to return to what it was 100 years ago.
When she was asked about that length of time to correct the situation, she said that scientists were working on a man made solution to the damage.
OK - so if they can find a man-made solution to the damage, then why can't they use that man-made solution to prevent any additional damage? It all sounds like double-speak to me.

Answer 6

Why do you deem in necessary to take issues like global warming to the extreme?

Has it ever occured to you that the earth has been consistantly changing? Weather patterns are always changing. And why is it when we have a hot spell all you extremist start crying global warming?

Is that 1* too much to handle for you? There is nothing you can do to keep the world from changing. You would have to cut off 80* of the worlds economy in order to gain that 1* back. It will never happen.

Answer 7

Because "global warming" is a farce! The Earth has been merrily warming and cooling for eons without anyone's help and yet we're the cause of it warming this time around? Give a monkey a brain and he'll think he's the center of the universe!

Answer 8

You're 100% correct - there *will* always be variations in the weather. So why are *you* so quick to believe man is entirely responsible?

Alaska's ice fields are melting, but our glaciers have been in retreat for a LONG time. Last year, our annual average mean temp was DOWN. This year, we had the coldest February in 100 years, and the coldest March on record. Last year, it snowed in JUNE.

I believe the climate is changing, and I believe man has had an impact, but I think it's extremely arrogant to assume we can stop it.

Why do so many people act like there are *no* scientists out there who disagree? There are - plenty. In fact, ironically enough, a scientist who works for NOAA was threatened - toe the line on global warming being man-made, or lose your job. Funny - I thought it was only the "evil" conservatives who are trying to stifle dissent on this....

Answer 9

They take the term Global Warming to literally

Answer 10

I will have to agree with Mr. taterhead, it is a Issue that has to follow the Scientific Method! At this point it is a hypothesis still in the experimental stage.

Answer 11

The big picture is that Mother Nature takes care of herself and has always done so. Global Warming has taken place since the Ice Ages and is not something that was created by man. a warm up of 1/2 of 1 degree iin the last 500 years constitutes mother nature farting. Global Wamring is a myth!