Do you believe in global warming?

Question

Why or why not?

Answer 1

Irrsponsible Agriculture ,
and expanding populations and its effects are the planets biggest enemies

some still believe that nothing is wrong ,they will also be convinced when the price of food and beer hits the roof ,because of third world problems in food production and Global potable water shortage

are We responsible ?is it the Sun?
or is it God who wants to punish?
or is it Gaia who wants to clean some parasitic infestation?
who cares ? that is not important any more

WHAT IS -is that we are gonna be in trouble

The Earth has many problems because of man
this is undeniable ,how much we are responsible for Global warming is debateble ,But there is a definate change in Global temperatures that is affecting nature in a bad way.

this text only covers some aspects of Climate change ,i.e.effects of deforestation and subsequent man made desertification ,because of irresponsible farming using chemicals ,over pumping carbon aquifers,over grazing ,wild fires (because of slash and burn gone out of control)

water and air polution such as caused by
industrial contamination ,the contaminating effects of the cities(the internal combustion engine) ,are other stories,

and all of these are also man made ,such as the high industrial chimneys pumping contamination into the clouds and the burning of tires,some of this polution has been found in the ice in the polar regions

there are natural cycles in the planets life
but a lot is influenced by mans existance ,and this is increasing with overpopulation,putting strains on Natural resources and increasing contaminations as well as destructions of essential componants the ensure living conditions for all life forms

the thinner ozone layer helps to speed this up.and this is caused mainly by air polution ,also as a result of mans actions

in North Africa,India,Mexico ,millions of people are effected by land loss and desertification and some have died as a result,

And now many animals are becoming sick because of changes in temperature ,
vital links in the food chains are disapearing affecting other species further along in the chain

90% of the feral (wild) bee population in the United States has died out.

In the Netherlands bee diversity is down 80 percent in the sites researched, and "bee species are declining or have become extinct in Britain."

wildflowers that depend on pollination have dropped by 70 percent

we are witness to a mass exstinction ,for the first time since the dinosaurs, of the earth's estimated 10 million species, 300,000 have vanished in the past 50 years. each years, 3,000 to 30,000 species become extinct.

everything is happening so fast it is not possible to monitor things any more.

,the Sahara is growing by 7 kilometers a year
and most of the desserts we know are a results of mans actions ,and they are increasing ,not getting less ,in the dinosaurs days ,there were few desserts.

collectively this planet is drying up ,

each degree rise in temperature means 10%crop loss

and there is less and less water (because of deforestation),to irrigate this production ,
and there are less and less farmers to do it..
Arable lands and their farms are lost all over the globe. Many farmers sons abandon farming and head for the cities.

Northern China is drying up, what once were millions of food producing people, are now hungry refugees ,running for their lives from the all consuming dust storms.
This will have a great effect on world food prices when they start buying at what ever cost, to feed their people.

The farmers that are left have to feed some 70 million more people than the year before but with less topsoil.

Over the last half century,
Population growth & rising incomes have tripled world grain demand from 640 million tons to 1,855 million

In the near future the global farming community will not be able to feed every body ,food prices will continue to rise. .

RISING SEAS
The northpole is melting ,and we will know it without ice in our life times.
this does not affect the sea level because it is ice that is already in the water.but the melting ice from Green land and the south pole ,are another matter

here are a 100 ways to help
http://www.eco-gaia.net/forum-pt/index.p... Source(s) http://www.greenpeace.org/international/...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/natur... Source(s) Lester E Brown is the director and founder of the global institute of Environment in the United states .he has compiled a report based on all the satalite information available from NASA,and all the information that has
come from Universities and American embassies WORLD WIDE ,
his little book--a planet under stress , Plan B has been trans lated into many languages and won the best book award in 2003

Answer 2

I believe the REAL issue is reducing excessive consumption and production of waste materials. Global warming is abused as a scare tactic that diverts attention away from valid environmental issues and solutions. Regardless if material and consumer excess is affecting temperature and climates, it affects the health of the environment; and that should be enough reason for deterrence and prevention.

I feel the media culture is pushing for the environmental issues to be framed in a controversial way (as "global warming"), to incite conflict which grabs attention and pushes ratings. Unfortunately, I feel this is abused to discredit valid environment concerns and values shared across political lines. So it is creating unnecessary division where there could be unified efforts.

Part of the "waste" I would like to see addressed is the move away from partisan conflict and campaigning, and toward cooperative solutions. Instead of wasting valuable resources competing to discredit opposing views -- including air time, printed books and other propaganda, lawsuits or other adversarial campaigns -- why not invest that time, energy, and other resources into programs that solve the problems directly?

In general, I feel the whole "global warming" debate detracts from addressing real problems, and merely exploits issues politically instead of reducing waste.

Answer 3

The biggest problem with this issue is that virtually every source of information has it's own agenda. Both sides have a huge amount at stake both politically and financially. Neither side can afford to lose. Personally I tend to believe that global warming is occurring but I'm somewhat skeptical about the cause(s). With so much at stake it's a shame their isn't a reliable and unbiased source of information.

Answer 4

~Is the Earth getting warmer (on average). Probably.

Are humans causing it? No one KNOWS.

Did you know that the same type of people who are now complaining about human caused global warming also complained about a coming ice age as recently as the 1970's and 80's?

Did you know that the Earth continually goes through cycles of heating and cooling?

Did you know that subtropical trees used to grow in Germany not that long ago? My friend's grandfather used to tell stories about them.

Did you know that several other planets in our solar system are getting warmer at an even faster rate than the earth? Our SUV's don't affect the weather on Pluto (even if it isn't a planet any longer).

Did you know that every time that you exhale you release a greenhouse gas? NOW CUT THAT OUT.

Answer 5

I believe that humans can affect the climate of the world, though not as much as the way the world is set up itself. For instance, say the temperature continues to rise 1 degree a year over the next ten years, but then there is a supervolcanic eruption which causes a year of smoke blocking out the sun. Which has the greater effect? I still think we should all do whatever we can to minimize the damage we do, but it may not save the future.

Answer 6

there are two views (or more) out there.....
1. Yes, the proof? look at the world, the weather, the floods, the other unatrual things that will destory all life.
2. No, the earth has been thought even greater changes in its history, humans can not impact the earth that much...
what I think?
well.....I don't believe that people are causing global warming, and I think that it is too late to stop it, but.....looking at the weather.....I'm kind of worried

Answer 7

Global warming is no longer something to believe or not believe in. It's evident what is going on, and there is nothing to disprove. How could you nullify global warming with all of the evidence?


Sure, global warming is a theory...but then again, so is gravity.

Answer 8

Global warming is how the earth bounces back from ice ages. So, yes.

Global warming is not how the American corporations are going to cause the next ice age. So, No.

Answer 9

Yes I do believe in global warming, Why because the earth is warming over time for example over the winter here in CT were I live Over winter it only snowed 2 times and we had tematures in the 40's and 50's REGULARLY

Answer 10

What do you mean by 'believe in'? Average global temperature (as close as we can measure it) has increased in recent years, so there is 'global warming' after a fashion.

However, the quasi-religious beliefs that a) it's an imminent disaster of Biblical proportions, and b) that humans had anything to do with it; are absolute arrant nonsense.

Answer 11

LOL...No.
Because I think for myself and paid attention in basic ecology.
The planet flexes it's weather patterns on purpose. That's why there's fossils of animals in the wrong places.
Besides, how can we have "warming" when the record high temps in the US have mostly been in the 1940's?
AND...(if you are old enough) if you paid attention back in the 1970's, everyone was freaked out because the new ice age was on its way. Same stories, different swing.