Since the concentration of CO2 is undoubtably higher than it has ever been before, and if CO2 concentration is the main factor in global temperatures, why are current temperatures well below previous global maximums?
2007-05-15 10:51:27 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Environment ➔ Global Warming
Maus, temperatures are not hotter, you need to look at actual data.
Ashleigh and music, your answers are totally non responsive.
2007-05-15 14:18:03 · update #1
purplelady, your answer is also non-responsive. I wasn't asking about how you feel, I was asking about real data.
2007-05-15 14:50:23 · update #2
Bob, if it is right now, then why isn't it hotter right now?
2007-05-16 07:02:49 · update #3
because "global warming" has been greatly exagerated to scare people
2007-05-15 11:01:47 · answer #1 · answered by Assia 2 · 4⤊ 2⤋
Because CO2 isn't a big factor in Global warming...plus CO2 when hit with UV Rays actually creates ozone. Wow!
Global warming caused by humans is a myth and is only there so that people can make money out of researching something that we will never be able to answer. Nature is way more complicated that we can currently figure out. I'll believe in Global warming when my meterologist can forcast the weather with 100% accuracy. Until then...it's only a hypothesis, not a fact.
2007-05-15 18:01:09 · answer #2 · answered by goldenfir 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Numerous scientists in different locations around the world conducting totally different experiments for different reasons found a common answer.
Air pollution has been limiting the amount of sunlight reaching the surface of the Earth. On average developed nations are receiving 30% less sunlight than they were 100 years ago. This has had a limiting effect on global warming.
It's also a catch-22. As we clean up our pollution problem we allow that sunlight back in which will accelerate the global warming problem.
2007-05-15 18:03:53 · answer #3 · answered by Elmer R 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Actually, CO2 levels aren't higher than they have ever been before. During the Ice Age, CO2 levels were ten times as high. That's a pretty inconvenient truth for Al Gore and Co., huh?
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2007-05-15 18:38:09 · answer #4 · answered by punker_rocker 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
From what I understand Global Warming is actually a misnomer. Yes temperatures are supposed to be higher...BUT it also means that weather experiences more dramatic changes. More tornados, more severe storms, more snow. And where I live...winter didn't even hit until mid-february. We had temps in the 50's in January when normally we would be experiencing temps near zero.
2007-05-15 18:02:30 · answer #5 · answered by Miss Sunshine 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The ‘global’ in global warming doesn’t refer to your school yard.
Here are some quick facts:
2004:…. fourth-hottest on record, extending a trend since 1990 that has registered the 10 warmest years, a U.N. weather agency said Wednesday.
2005:…. the warmest year in over a century, according to NASA scientists studying temperature data from around the world.
2006: Climatologists at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York City have found that 2006 was the fifth warmest year in the past century.
2007-05-15 17:57:05 · answer #6 · answered by Ashleigh 3 · 0⤊ 4⤋
Some good answers so far but they still haven't touched on the fact that the temps are warming overall at a very slight rate but it is enough of a warming to throw the whole world climate out of balance. The earths balance is very delicate and the smallest things can make it go way out of whack. Just like if the earth had a slight tilt not even enough to see it or feel it but it would cause it to wobble on it's axis and it would be catastrophic.
2007-05-15 18:13:27 · answer #7 · answered by Enigma 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Because the whole global warming issue is a ship load of MALARKEY!! or to put it a little more crudely, the whole idea is equivalent to the stuff you put in a farmers manure spreader, which he then spreads on his fields to use as fertilizer. :-) the only difference is the farmer benefits from the stuff he puts on his fields.
2007-05-15 18:18:00 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Eventually the planet will cool and we won't survive it. Basic thermodynamics. The question is are we seeing a Earth wetather/temperature system that is "in control" or "out of control". Personally, I'd rather not wait around to find out. I don't buy in to all of the GW hype, but I do buy into things that make sense. Funny, things that makes both economic and ecological sense can coexist. By the way it is cooler today. :)
2007-05-15 18:13:04 · answer #9 · answered by Beagle 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Because CO2 is not ALWAYS the biggest factor in temperature.
But the data clearly shows it is right now.
http://www.globalwarmingart.com/wiki/Image:IPCC_Radiative_Forcings_gif
2007-05-15 23:10:11 · answer #10 · answered by Bob 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
because global warming may not affect us as badly RIGHT NOW as it will later. like right now, global warming may be affecting india worse right now than it is us. but i am not saying that it will never affect us, it's just not pinpointing us right now. Hope that helps!
2007-05-15 17:59:16 · answer #11 · answered by *fallbaby* 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋