Global warming is real, but its causes are uncertain. Carbon dioxide is the most obvious cause, right? Wrong. Actually, the carbon dioxide that is currently in our atmosphere can only influence the temperatures by about 0.0004 degrees Celsius. Some other causes include the natural cycle of ice ages and the orbital patterns of the Earth. The Ice Ages always begin at 100,000 year intervals, so the next one is scheduled to begin right about now. Ironically, the ice ages always begin with a rise in temperatures, triggering more evaporation and increased cloud cover. Cloud cover helps the ice ages in two ways. One, it drops a lot of frozen precipitation (in other words, snow) on the Earth. Two, it can reflect some radiation away from the Earth. When there is enough precipitation in the winters that the summer heat cannot melt it all, then the snow will reflect off enough heat to trigger an irreversible cool down. The shape of Earth's orbit and its rotation can also effect temperatures greatly. The tilt of the Earth's rotation from the vertical plane is currently 23.5 degrees. It wobbles from 22 to 24.5 degrees on a 41,000 year cycle. When the tilt is large (close to 24.5 degrees) then the Earth can absorb as much as 23% more radiation than at 22 degrees. That can affect global climate. To sum up, global warming is definitely real, just with uncertain causes.
2007-04-28 14:48:26
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answered by Liquid Astatine 2
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Of course it is real, you must be influenced by the PR forces in industry telling you it is a hoax. There must be a great deal of PR time and money devoted to confusing people on global warming even though all the glaciers are melting. There is also great PR telling men that there is no biological clock and that autism isn't caused by the genetic mutations in older men's sperm and all the 15 studies are just preliminary. The PR firms are experts at trying and suceeding to hide the obvious. By the way autism is early childhood schizophrenia with a new name.
Since autism is childhood schizophrenia, renamed autism the PR firms have succeeded in making people believe it is mysterious might be caused by just about anything else, but older dads (34 and up). Oh yes they have been very successful in getting people to believe that 34 for a father is young. So do not be duped into giving money to autism research, just cryobank your sperm in your mid to late 20s.
So try and look at what is actually happening to the weather and to the icecaps and ignore the media.
2007-04-28 22:33:03
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answered by Alex 2
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I am a physicist and grew up in Kansas in the 1950s. We had 120 deg f days in the summer. This is unheard of today. Max 110 f.
Scientist are human the ones which benefit from the conclusion the earth's problems have to do with global warming tend heavily in favor of this conclusion. Those who do not tend to believe the information is not conclusive. I am among the second group.
I have concluded the man made toxins are a problem. Wherever these two problems seem to coinside the appropriate action is a no brain-er. Stop doing it! This should be the first priority.
2007-04-29 00:16:19
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answered by rha c 1
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This is just absurd. The guy got this from some kook website that claims that Al Gore is the anti-Christ.
2007-04-28 23:40:46
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answered by mike t 2
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The earth is trying to heal itself and is throwing tantrums.
I live in Southeast Asia and we really feel the difference; the days are hotter, when it rains it pours, flood are regular at all the unlikely places, destroying lives, crops and properties.
It is a vicious cycle; and it's gonna be a battle between man and nature. And the only way nature is gonna lose is by taking man down with it.
I am working my way for a piece of prime property on the moon...
2007-04-28 21:49:50
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answered by Gilamonster 4
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It's plenty real. People just have such a hard time accepting that they were the ones who drove our planet into such a horrible place, and they will continue to until it is so horrible, it will be simply inhospitable.
Goal for the 30th century: Destroy Mars
2007-04-28 21:41:32
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answered by adamizer 2
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What do you mean, "fiction"? You think this is all a big stage, a special effect in a movie?
You wrote it yourself: "we can see the effect". You do not trust your own senses?
2007-04-28 21:41:14
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answered by Vincent G 7
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