Can it be proven that global worming is man made and not a natural happening?

Question

Global warming is a natural hapening, its the earths way of healing its self. If this was an issue then why is the temp during the winter the same it has been every year?

Answer 1

I don't think it's been proved beyond a shadow of a doubt. But we would probably be best off to treat it as if it IS really man-made. At least we would have no regrets many years down the road.

Answer 2

The temp isn't the same every winter - this last winter was the hottest on record (records date back to 1622).

Global warming isn't entirely manmade, the world has always warmed and cooled of it's own accord. Never in the half billion years of data has it warmed at anything like the rate it's doing now.

Many people claim it's natural - ask them to produce the evidence; they can't. At best they can account for about 12% of the warming due to natural cycles in the sun and the earth. Incidentally, the same figure that the propoenents of global warming attribute to natural variations. By attempting to deny global warming the skeptics have actually confirmed the accuracy of the data used to support it.

Answer 3

In terms of true scientific proof through the experimental process, it is not possible right now. Scientists would have to create some sort of environmental model, than investigate the effect of putting greenhouse gases into that environment to see if there is a causal relationship. Right now, all we have are the correlations between human greenhouse gas emissions going up, and the temperature going up. However, I am far from a skeptic that we are the cause. It is like saying that smoking doesn't cause cancer. A true scientific experiment was never done, and can never be done to determine whether smoking can cause cancer in a healthy human. Scientists cannot randomly get people to smoke in a controlled experiment. But in our minds, the correlation between breathing known carcinogens and higher rates of cancer is so strong, we don't need a true experiment to let us know there is a causal relationship. Humans are pumping tons of carbon into the air, carbon dioxide is a known greenhouse gas, and there is evidence of global heating. Even if we are NOT the cause, we are certainly contributing to the effect of warming, whether it is a natural cycle or not. So these ignorant, conspiracy-driven skeptics need to wake up to some common sense. We are certainly not contibuting to global cooling. So let's stop wondering if we are the cause and start doing something about it.

Answer 4

It may very well be a natural happening, but I believe that we are speeding it up dramitaclly and will have severe adverse effects on the planet if we don't slow it down. Every other creature needs time to adapt to what's happening around them. If global warming doesn't slow down how is the planet going to adapt? It probally won't. TPK (total planet kill)

Answer 5

The natural cycle at this time would be heading into an ice age, not a hot spell. In fact, the earth was heading that way until the indrustrial age began.

Answer 6

Thats a tough question, all i can say is the same thing seems to be happening to mars getting warmer, shrinking of the ice caps. And i dont think there are any humans there.

Answer 7

well the depletion of the ozone layer is allowing more of the suns heat reach the earth thus melting the ice in the North Pole. When all of the ice melts how high will the oceans raise considering that most of the land was originally under water.

Answer 8

This may be true that this is a natural happening to fix it self BUT it wouldn't have to fix itself if humans didn't screw it up
SO either way u cut the pie IT'S STILL OUR FAULT

Answer 9

It's obvious that all the emissions we release into the air from factories, cars, etc. is not healthy. Everywhere you look someone is getting cancer or some kind of disease. We are killing ourselves and the planet.

Answer 10

With over 90% certainty, yes. 2000 of the greatest climate scientists from all over the world did this report released February 2007. I'm not sure why people still debate it.

Here's a link:
http://environment.about.com/od/globalwarming/a/ipcc_report.htm

If people who try to question global warming would just read it we wouldn't worry about arguing about it anymore.

It used to be a Gore vs. Bush thing, but now Pres. Bush agree's with it. Why are people still questioning it?