Is this enough to admit a problem (climate change global warming etc)?

Question

In July in southern China, the worst flooding in decades forced the evacuation of some 400,000 people, killing more than150 While in Texas, more than a foot of rain fell in less than a day. While England was suffering through its second flood in less than a month, leaving some $4 billion in damages and 350,000 people without drinking water.
Temperatures in southern Europe soared, topping 107* F. in Hungary more
Officials announced that the temperature in Tibet is rising faster than anywhere else in the world, with warming rising at a speed of 0.3* Celsius every 10 years
In Indonesia, flash floods and landslides inundated villages, destroyed bridges and drove thousands from their homes
Last week in July, temperatures in southern Europe soared, leaving more than 500 fatalities in Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria and Greece

In Montana, a wildfire burned out of control, consuming more than six square miles of land more.
While intense flooding in the southern Sudan displaced more than 12,000 people
As continuous rains forced three major rivers to overflow, the flooding displaced thousands of people in Bihar province in India
Storms linked to climate change have displaced some 200 million people in China, while drinking water shortages in drought-hit regions of the country have affected another million Chinese residents

As rains continued to swamp India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, officials reported that the flooding has displaced at least 20 million people in South Asia
At the same time, officials declared a state of emergency in the Greek islands of Mykonos and Santorini when prolonged drought cut into drinking water supplies
At the same time, flash floods destroyed buildings, washed away houses and displaced thousands of residents of Lagos, the capital city of Nigeria
In central Vietnam, at least nine people died when the region received two feet of rain in four days
In August, the UN reported the first half of 2007 was marked by a significant increase in weather extremes around the world, including heatwaves in Europe, flooding in Asia and snowstorms in South Africa
The same period saw an increased outbreak of dengue fever in Asia, which claimed 98 lives in Myanmar alone

In August, the UN reported that the first half of 2007 saw a virtually unprecedented number of record-setting extreme weather events during that period
In New York City, an intense downpour flooded subways, delayed flights and stranded thousands of commuters
The same storm saw the first tornado ever recorded in the area tear through a southern section of Brooklyn
At the same time, the temperate wine-growing central valley in Chile was hit by its first snowstorm in 50 years
As Australia's relentless drought entered its ninth year, officials declared it was the worst such drought in that country in the past 1,000 years

The above is all 2007 alone and we aren't through the year yet -

Also the above isn't a complete list for the things that have aleady happened and continue to happen -

Shouldn't we be buidling a power source and secure a food source and so on - In what is obviously becomeing a diferent place to live than we became acustomed to ?

Mark A

I suppose if a binch of news clpips from 2007 are a rant then it is a rant

But in winter time you buy a coat and when it rains you get an umbrella

Your behaviour changes according to the weather should I expect less from the government than I do a child ?

Should we not consider how we are going to grow food and supply power - it is the same thing as putting on boots when it is cold -

lordkelvin

Great - absolutely great -

So what are you doing or what should we be doing to adapt to it ?

What exactly is being done for this adaptation process ?

Answer 1

Yeah, in Missouri, the heat index has been the highest consecutive ever recorded. And Colorado, where I used to live, is getting too much rain on a daily basis in some areas.

Answer 2

No one can question if there is climate change or not. Climate change is a fact of history. From about 1000 A.D. to around 1400-1500 A.D. the Earth was warmer than it is now. Then the Earth went through a cooling period that lasted to about 1850 or so. This cooling period has been called the little ice age. In Western Europe, there are glaciers that are receding, and they are finding villages, farmlands and mines. When Greenland was being populated by Nordic peoples, it was green.......hence the name. Historical evidence shows that most of Greenland was used as farm land, and fed the Nordic regions. The 1930's had even more severe weather than we are having now. I have to admit, that as an American, I almost automatically discount any scientific work that is funded by the U.N. The Kyoto treaty is not about saving the planet, it is a tool for socialist, and dictators that want a piece of the American pie. Or if they don't want a piece of it, they want to damage to our economy.
History is a wonderful tool isn't it.

Answer 3

The globe has been warming for over 10,000 years. There used to be glaciers where I live now. You can actually see in some places where the glaciers stopped before they began receding.

You make it sound like natural disasters are a new occurrence and therefore prove something. Natural disasters have been around for millenia. Some are even described in the bible.

We rely on weather data that, in the US, is only 150 years old at best. This is a minute percentage of this planet's 5 billion year history.

Answer 4

Well anyone who doesn't believe that the earth is heating up is just plain stupid as a stick; however, to blame it all on the activities of mankind has not been conclusively proven, so it's okay to be skeptical about that part, seems to me.

My present thinking after doing a lot of reading is that of course global warming is happening and that maybe probably kinda the activities of mankind are helping to accelerate an already natural process.

Answer 5

climate exchange ~ load of rubbish. in basic terms ought to examine the Bible to understand that the Earth has been heating & cooling for hundreds of years. The Earth won't decide for the flow away by using fact all the ice in Antarctica is meant to soften by using fact the earth is getting warmer ~ God gave his sign of the rainbow after Noah's Ark so we would all remember His promise that He could never flood the earth returned. it is an incredible advertising and marketing ploy ~ incredibly making somebody/agencies various of money. Scientists will attempt to sell us something. xxx God Bless

Answer 6

none of this is evidence that the theory you like is worth peanuts. Local variation does not describe the overall state of an entire system.

As you'll discover by searching the web, evidence that man is NOT responsible for 'global warming' is mounting, not to mention evidence that western civilization isn't the culprit in the part that man does create anyway [poor peoples burn in the open for cooking daily -- this is the cause of both deforestation and the Asian Brown Cloud -- the ABc causes atmospheric warming over the Pacific Ocean].

So, no. The sky isn't falling and we shouldn't be abandoning our civilization and cowering in remote valleys.


:-)

Answer 7

I love this new weather change..I hope it reaches 125 degrees next year, And let it rain. time to get rid of a few million useless people anyway...guess THE GOOD LORD will pick and choose,and if I'm one of them,I'll be honored. Hallelujah, praise God.....AH....HAHAHAhahahahahaha ( Is that something like you wanted to hear ? )

Answer 8

no... In any case Climate Change (formerly known as Global Warming) is a natural occurrence and we will adapt to it... The world isn't coming to an end...

Answer 9

Yes. The only solution I see is a massive tax increase, a rapid move to a socialist-marxist society, an end to free elections (starting in 2009) and suspending the Bill or Rights.

Answer 10

The debate is not if it exists...we all know it does...the debate is about what causes it...bring proof of THAT next time.