what affect might global warming have on earth's inhabitenc?

Answer 1

Chuck wrote, None. We will adopt. If the effects are none, where is the need to adopt?

Global warming will make the earth warmer and cause widespread changes in the climate patterns apart from melting of snow caps and rising of the oceans. So, many people will be affected in the long run and many flora and fauna will also be affected again affecting many humans who depend on the plants and animals.

Answer 2

Most species will adapt, some will die out same with plants. Mankind will adapt . Personally I don't think that its going to be as bad as it's been portrayed. The global temps during the Jurassic period were much higher than the temps are predicted to get to and there was plenty of land and water for the dinosuars to thrive upon. People need to realize that the earths ecosystem is not as fragile as some pretend it is, It has been through numerous hot and cold cycles and even suffered cataclysmic events, yet it still maintains life which flourishes. Mankind can adapt to whatever the next cycle is, no matter how bad it gets.

Answer 3

Some of the assertions made in opposition to the hypothesis of anthropogenic global warming include:

The relationship between historic temperatures and CO2 levels, based on ice-core samples, shows that carbon dioxide levels rise after global temperatures rise.

IPCC draws firm conclusions unjustified by the science, especially given the acknowledged weakness of cloud physics in the climate models.

The influential "Hockey Stick" study by Mann has been shown to contain errors .

Using "consensus" as evidence is an appeal to the majority argument rather than scientific discussion. Some have proposed that, because the issue has become so politicized, climatologists who disagree with the consensus may be afraid to speak out for fear of losing their positions or funding.

Climate models will not be able to predict the future climate until they can predict solar and volcanic activity, changes in sea temperature, and changes to cosmic ray levels that make the low level clouds that cool the earth, and take into account other recently discovered feedback mechanisms.

Water vapor, not CO2, is the primary greenhouse gas. Depending on the referenced source, water vapor and water droplets account for 36-70% of the greenhouse effect, while CO2 accounts for 9-26%.

Global warming is largely a result of reduced low-altitude cloud cover from reduced Galactic cosmic rays (GCRs). It is similar in concept to the Wilson cloud chamber but on a global scale, where earth's atmosphere acts as the cloud chamber.

The concern about global warming is analogous to the concern about global cooling in the 1970s. The concern about global cooling was unnecessarily alarmist. Therefore, the concern about global warming is likely to be equally alarmist.

The Medieval warm period, which lasted from the 10th to the 14th century, had above-average temperatures for at least Western Europe, and possibly the whole Earth. This period was followed by the Little Ice Age, which lasted until the 19th century, when the Earth began to heat up again.

Satellite temperature records show less warming than surface land and sea records.

Climatic changes equal to or even more severe than those on Earth are also happening on other bodies within this solar system, including Mars, Jupiter, Pluto and Triton.

Opponents tend to define themselves in terms of opposition to the IPCC position. They generally believe that climate science is not yet able to provide us with solid answers to all of the major questions about global climate. Opponents often characterize supporters' arguments as alarmist and premature, emphasizing what they perceive as the lack of scientific evidence supporting global-warming scenarios.

Many opponents also say that, if global warming is real and man-made, no action need be taken now, because:

Future scientific advances or engineering projects will remedy the problem before it becomes serious, and do it for less money.

A small amount of global warming would be benign or even beneficial, as increased carbon dioxide would benefit plant life, thus potentially becoming profitable for agriculture world-wide.

There is a distinct correlation between GDP growth and greenhouse-gas emissions. If this correlation is assumed to be a causation, a cutback in emissions might lead to a decrease in the rate of GDP growth.

Answer 4

Modest increases in Earth's average temperature will shift climate from privations of the Maunder Minimum (~1645 to 1715 AD) to the planetary 64 million years of Garden of Eden of the Carboniferous Period.

Warm is a pretty good deal. It is much better than the

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Answer 5

The unhappy billion people living by the sea will have to relocate, cause their cities will be submerged. Pus the problems of smaller land area, violent storms etc.
All ecosystems will suffer serious changes and a lot of species will become extinct.(this part is well under way - 40% of amphibian have disappeared in the last 30-40 years). We still can't say what consequences will the lessening of biodiversity have on mankind, but it won't be pretty.

Answer 6

Global warming is to some extent -man made. It is possible to controle & is difficult to meet with the changes it brings. However mans inhibitance will continue with natural calamities Let us be prepared to meet the challenges

Answer 7

If it were true to the degree that Mr. Gore wants up to believe then there will be no further generations. We will all die in an oven called Earth. but since it is not and it is a natural product of the Earth then I am not worried.

Answer 8

Global warming is a fraud cooked up by politicians to make us scared of industrial energy corporations. 20 Years ago they were worrying about the next ice age coming in the form of global cooling. 10 Years ago, it was "Acid Rain" that was destroying the world. When was the last time you heard of that old wives tale? 10 Years form now, when global warming is proven a fraud, there'll be another looming environmental disaster used to scare people and push the Liberal agenda.

Answer 9

Global warming is caused by the sun not man.

Answer 10

You may feel like 1 degree hotter. That's pretty much it.