When the glaciers melted and retreated 10,000 years ago, was that caused by global warming too?

Answer 1

George Bush did it. He has a secret time machine that Rove and Cheney built and they used it to go back and they took an SUV with them and caused global warming to end the ice age.

Answer 2

It's very simple, and this is something that literally no one disagrees with. In other words, the following 3 facts are agreed upon by all parties in the debate ...

(1) The earth has been going through "man-free" warming and cooling cycles ever since there was an atmosphere and oceans.

(2) For the past 100 years or so, man has been releasing CO2 into the atmosphere at rates faster than plants are convert to oxygen.

(3) Higher levels of CO2 tend to increase the ability of the atmosphere to retain heat.

These facts lead to this premise ... The current warming trend is caused by both man and nature, to some extent. What people can't agree on is which (man or nature) is the bigger cause.

Answer 3

The global warming that happened 10,000 years ago was caused by the entry Venus into it current solar position. As proof Venus is the only planet that revolves counter clockwise. AND it is slowing down so someday it will revolve clockwise like the other planets

Answer 4

Yes, natural global warming.

And we came out of the Little Ice Age some 150 years ago with global warming, but alarmists don't want to admit more than 10% of the measly 0.8 degree temperature change we've experienced since then.

Answer 5

If you're not a lib, you might want to take Newt's advice:

"Former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich challenged fellow conservatives to stop resisting scientific evidence of global warming"

I'd like to help. Here's some scientific evidence for you to stop resisting:

There have been natural changes in the past. But the data clearly shows that the present warming is mostly caused by man.

http://www.globalwarmingart.com/wiki/Image:Climate_Change_Attribution.png

Honestly, did you think thousands of climatologists just ignored the possibility that this is a natural change? They've tried that theory from every angle, and the numbers just don't work. The numbers using greenhouse gases as the primary cause _do_ work.

Note the key word in this quote "quantitative":

"There's a better scientific consensus on this [climate change] than on any issue I know... Global warming is almost a no-brainer at this point. You really can't find intelligent, quantitative arguments to make it go away."

Dr. Jerry Mahlman, NOAA

Good websites for more info:

http://profend.com/global-warming/
http://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/science/
http://www.realclimate.org
"climate science from climate scientists"

EDIT: "Most of those "scientists" that are hyper-ventilating about man-made global warming are not scientists at all, but rather your nightly news weather reporters and others whose degrees are NOT in climatology. There are just as many climatologists who dispute man's effect on the climate as there are those who promote it."

This is too absurd to let pass. Ridiculous. Proof:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_opinion_on_climate_change
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/306/5702/1686

"The fact that the community overwhelmingly supports the consensus is evidenced by picking up any copy of Journal of Climate or similar, any scientific program at the meetings, or simply going to talk to scientists. I challenge you, if you think there is some un-reported division, show me the hundreds of abstracts that support your view - you won't be able to. You can argue whether the consensus is correct, or what it really implies, but you can't credibly argue it doesn't exist."

Dr. James Baker - NOAA

And the hundreds of references to the peer reviewed literature contained in:

http://ipcc-wg1.ucar.edu/wg1/wg1-report.html

Answer 6

Yes, it was those evil republicans and GW denying Conservatives nomads who burnt too much mammoth dung to heat their huts. Not only that, but they give up the Fred mobile, and used beast of burden, how cruel to do such a thing, then they had to feed these things, so they cut down the trees for grazing lands, and it just goes on and on and on.

Answer 7

Obviously, yes. That's called coming out of an ice age.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Ice_Age_Temperature.png

As the planet warmed at the time, clearly it was due to global warming. I hope you're not suggesting we're coming out of an ice age right now. I think we'd see a little more ice outside if that were the case.

Answer 8

Yes. It has occurred many times throughout the history of the earth. The Ice has come and gone many, many times. Some believe many species have come and gone also due to these climate cycles.

We could be next. It is nature at it's best.

Answer 9

Uh, yeah. The planet went from being kinda cold to kinda warm. So, the globe warmed. So, there was global warming.

Answer 10

You bet. But don't try to tell an eco-nut. They'd have to admit that global warming is caused more by natural events than by man. On the other hand, they'd probably claim it was due to Mammoth flatulation (methane) on a MAMMOTH scale rather than something radical, like the SUN! Heaven forbid that anything like COMMON SENSE enter the argument!

According to evidence in geological digs and ice cores, we are still in a warming period between ice ages. And it has been warmer in previous times than it is today. But who is to say what is the "normal" temperature of the earth when it fluctuates up and down from periods of ice age to temperate climates over cycles thousands of years in length.

Al Gore? He's got more hot gas than one of those flatulating Mammoths! But he's getting to look like one lately, isn't he?

And it's very easy to quote "sources" that promote man-made global warming. What you need to do is determine WHERE'S THE MONEY?? Who stands to gain from promoting global warming hysteria? Who is getting the grant money now and who wants to keep that money flowing?

And remember ... science does not work on a "consensus." Science depends on theory that is tested and proven and then tested again. Most of those "scientists" that are hyper-ventilating about man-made global warming are not scientists at all, but rather your nightly news weather reporters and others whose degrees are NOT in climatology. There are just as many climatologists who dispute man's effect on the climate as there are those who promote it. But the money is in promoting the hype, so those who gain attempt to silence those who disagree.

It's an unstoppable event. Because it is caused by nature.