Is global warming a natural cycle of the earths' revolution?

Question

Or are we really to blame.

Answer 1

Mostly it's us.

Climatologists know all about natural cycles. And they say the data proves that the warming of the last 30 years is mostly not natural. The first link below has a good picture.

This is science and what counts is the data.

"I wasn’t convinced by a person or any interest group—it was the data that got me. I was utterly convinced of this connection between the burning of fossil fuels and climate change. And I was convinced that if we didn’t do something about this, we would be in deep trouble.”

Vice Admiral Richard H. Truly, USN (Ret.)
Former NASA Administrator, Shuttle Astronaut and the first Commander of the Naval Space Command

Here are two summaries of the mountain of peer reviewed data that convinced Admiral Truly and the vast majority of the scientific community, short and long.

http://www.globalwarmingart.com/wiki/Image:Climate_Change_Attribution.png
http://www.ipcc.ch/SPM2feb07.pdf

Natural theories do not explain it. The equations don't work numerically ("quantitatively") unless you include man made greenhouse gases. Which is why:

"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://environment.newscientist.com/channel/earth/dn11462
http://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/science/
http://www.realclimate.org
"climate science from climate scientists"

Answer 2

It is a natural cycle but not necessarily because of the revolution. It has more to do with fluctuations in the orbit path (Milankovitch Cycles) and atmospheric compositions.

We are not to blame. Even with 6 billion people, we cannot manage to drastically alter a planet that's been trucking for 4.55 billion years and going through countless warming and cooling cycles. Now, we aren't doing ourselves any favours by polluting where we live and future generations will definitely have to deal with the problems associated with a warming planet.

Answer 3

Remember the shrinking Ozone Layer, or the Ozone Hole?
Atmospheric Science in the 1970's data was the reason for the shifts away from CFC's production. Corporate Industry did not appreciate being forced to end a profit-making method. Surely their lobby now includes those who politicize the moral imperative of sharing information on global warming causes and solutions. (Players/Investors in the major stock markets). That is powerful group of witch hunters. Peace, man.

I believe the change in the atmosphere to be caused by historically increasing human industrial activity. It is a cumulative change, that has gained momentum.

Answer 4

Only partly. Over the last 700 million years or so, the earth has been locking up a huge portion of it's atmospheric carbon under the earth. In the last hundred years, some intelligent apes came along and started releasing it back into the atmosphere. This is not natural.

Answer 5

No and Yes.........While natural things such as volcanic activity and the such play a small role. The almost ruthless devastation of the rainforest's has brought on more drastic changes first noticed around the second half of the 20th century. Already causing a large decline in the glaciers.

Answer 6

Its both. There are natural climate variations throughout time, but never has weather changed so quickly in the history of the world. We've seen changes in the past 200 years, that should have taken 10,000 years.

Answer 7

natural or not, it doesn't matter.
the problem is that in 20 years the southern part of USA will be a desert and the Northern part will suffer from periodic monsoons (I mean meters and meters of rain)

Answer 8

WE ARE DIRECTLY TO BLAME BIG CORPORATIONS ARE THE WORST BUT ALL OF US ARE WASTEFUL AND DUMB...THE PLANET IS SO FAR THE ONLY ONE WE CAN EXIST ON SO I GUESS WE ARE GENECIDAL EVEN IF WE DON'T THINK RECYCLING, DRIVING LESS AND NOT WASTING WATER WILL HAVE THAT MUCH IMPACT, IT COULD VERY WELL BE YOUR GREAT GREAT GREAT GRANDKIDS OR YOU IN ANOTHER INCARNATION THAT YOU HAVE SACRIFICED YOUR LUXURIES FOR ... PEACE LOVE MODERATION

Answer 9

In my opinion its just a normal cycle phase.

Answer 10

if you saw that al gore thing then looks like a bit of both