Do you think it is too late to reverse the effects of global warming?

Answer 1

Yes the damage is already done. We can do small things to manage what w have left, but the planet will die, because we are burring up our atmosphere.

Answer 2

The premise of your question is that global warming exists due to some cause that can be altered by the efforts of humans. Global warming, more correctly climate change, has existed for ever. Some times it has been warmer than now and other times colder.

This climate change is (has been) caused by natural events and cycles. Specifically, solar cycles, axle tilt, orbital wobble. Humans neither cause these events nor can they change them.

At best humans can adjust to the current trend, however, this becomes difficult because we (humans) do not really understand what is occurring. Rather than working to actually understand what is occurring, much of human energy is wasted 'spinning' actual events into political perspectives which have nothing to do with reality. For example, the often stated allegation that the polar bears are becoming extinct has nothing to do with what is actually occurring. It is true that one group of polar bears are having difficulty responding to the changes in their environment. However, the other polar bear group populations are actually expanding.

The polar ice packs are acting in a similar fashion. While some are receding, others (most) are continuing to expand, in particular at the Solar ice caps. The Al Gore movie showing ice breaking off from ice packs is an example of spinning to gain a political positions. In fact this is a natural event that is called calving. It has always occurred. He has taken a natural event, filmed it, and then used it to make a point that actually doesn't exist.

In other words, there is nothing to reverse.

Answer 3

Yes, and most people have no idea how long it's been going on. It started at the end of the last ice age and accelerated when humans started organized farming and animal husbandry several thousand years ago. While we can try to reduce our impact, we can't eliminate it and probably can't reverse it. Not short of genocide on a wide scale anyway, because the production of plants and animals for food will have to continue.

I'm not saying we shouldn't work on methods to soften the impact when we finally hit bottom (and to delay that time) but we need to be realistic and plan ahead in order to adapt to the inevitable, instead of fantasizing that it might not happen.

Answer 4

Yes and no. The climate of the planet has always been in flux and has remained the same for very short periods of time. Humans are definitely causing some warming, but its hard to tell to exactly what extent. Even though we cannot tell how much of it is our fault, we can take measures to prevent further issues and to possibly reverse existing trends.

Fundamentally, I think we need to realize the planet is always in a stage of flux and that changes are going to occur. We can control the extent of change for the better though.

Answer 5

Not nearly. The earth is fragile, but pretty tough, too. We need to start doing something fast or we'll get to the point beyond which recovery is impossible. Ever think that's what happened to Mars? The Martians just polluted it to death a million years ago?

Answer 6

We can't reverse it. But we can reduce it to a level where we can cope with it. Hundreds of scientists have worked together to come up with an affordable and practical plan. Details:

http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSL052735320070407
http://www.ipcc.ch/SPM6avr07.pdf

Answer 7

it's way to late to reverse the effects. all we can do is slow it down. we could slow it down a whole lot if some people cared.

Answer 8

Some effects are already occuring, and if we stopped burning fossil fuels today they would continue to get worse for quite a few years. But that's no reason not to act now. The problem can be big or small depending on whether we act soon and on how much we manage to reduce carbon emissions. I think we owe it to our kids to do what we can now.

Answer 9

No, since global warming isn't real, there's nothing to reverse.

Answer 10

no its not too late it will be if we wait any longer because the polar bears are on the semi extinction list because they need their ice caps im sure if we take action now we can help out and cold weather can make the ice caps grow back