Does anyone still dispute human involvement in global warming?

Question

Global maps are having to be redrawn as a result of rising ocean levels and shrinking landlocked lakes and seas.

-The Aral Sea in Central Asia has shrunk by 75 percent since 1967 (before/after).
-Lake Chad in Africa has shrunk by 95 percent since 1963 (before/after).
-The Dead Sea is 82 feet (25 meters) lower than it was 50 years ago.
-Sections of the Rio Grande and Colorado rivers in North America, the Yellow River in Asia and the Tigris River in the Middle East now dry out in the summer and at some times of the year the rivers don't even reach the sea.
-The coastline of Bangladesh had to be redrawn because heavier monsoons and rising sea levels are causing more land to be lost to the ocean.
-Some Pacific Islands are also under threat from rising sea levels, including Kiribati, the Marshall Islands, Tokelau, Tuvalu and Vanuatu.

source: yahoo news http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20070906/sc_livescience/climatechangeredrawsworldmaps

Brian -
i did not ask if humans were the primary contributors to global warming, i only assert that we are contributing to, exacerbating, and accelerating a natural geological process

gubmint-
i am not the source of this news, whereas you ARE the sole source of its criticizm. i am merely passing it on as a means to start a discussion.

Answer 1

Why don't we make a pact and quit being enemies over this issue. There are many like myself who happen to believe it's a natural cycle created by Mother Nature. That does NOT mean that I don't believe in conservation, fuel alternatives and protecting our wonderful environment. I support all three, have been conserving for years, plant trees and love our planet. :)

Answer 2

I think the real question is can anyone prove that humans are the cause? "Experts" talk about it but usually the have an agenda. I'm all for doing things that are right and for the right reason. Too many environmentalists are extremist with a gaggle of blind idiots who follow them and accept everything that they say. Tell you what, why don't we stop emissions because it's pollution and if it is causing global warming then look how much better off we are. Scarring people doesn't make them do what you want. It causes the people who already believe you to become fanatic and the people who don't believe you to think your an idiot. by the way, at some point global warming is going to happen and many believe that it is happening now without the help of human pollution.

On another note, government is the most inefficient way to get anything accomplished so why do people go to politicians to get things done and if politics are involved you can't believe anything that is being said, so is it environmentalism or politics?

Answer 3

I still have not seen enough to convince me that humans are the largest effect on global warming. Are they contributing - maybe. Are they the driving force - I haven't seen anything that sways me enough to believe this considering that the earths climate has been through changes before. If it hadn't where I am sitting now would still be a glacier. I just have a hard time believing that we can somehow control the climate. I am still open to reading about it though. A lot of the changes pointed out in this article can be attributed to man but to the way they are treating and using the land and water than their contribution to global warming.

Answer 4

I was at the Jersey shore this summer by a Lighthouse called Old Barney. Just about a 1/2 mile off shore was a land battle ground during the American Revolution, it was reclaimed by the sea in 1811. I just do not have enough information to believe it yet sorry, Either way though we can do better for our world. I still lean towrds it being natural cycle of time, having weather information since the late 1800's is just not enough to run screaming

Answer 5

First of all your example of the dead sea is a manmade problem. Too many people are drawing water away from the river that feeds the dead sea, so thus its decline.

The Dead Sea, Colorado and Tigris river situations have nothing to do with Global Warming and everything to do with man damming rivers and streams that feed them. http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=1332897

So you are twisting this story to make your point.

The story on Yahoo news does not go into any detail

Answer 6

I do not believe that human activity has any more than a negligible effect on Global Warming. They very issues you cite prove that such massive changes are well beyond what little influence man has on a global scale. In fact such large changes in such a short time can only be attributed to natural causes, increased solar radiation for example. Something on that scale.

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Answer 7

Sorry, I still can't get behind the human caused global warming crusade. The scare tactics of Gore and his ilk are nothing more than an excuse to bilk more money out or the public in general.
Besides, most the issues you site appear to have less to do with global warming and more to do with mans manipulation of inland waterways.

Answer 8

I'm curious. What does global warming have to do with the first four of your examples. All of those have been caused by human diversion of the water flow in those bodies of water.

If you're going to make an argument for human contributions to global warming, at least find some examples that have something to do with it.

Answer 9

And all these changes have been going on for thousands of years. The Sahara use to be a jungle. The geologic time frame takes tens of thousands of years to change and is constantly changing. Stating change is occurring does not mean there is man made global warming. The weather changes, it has since the beginning.

Answer 10

Since there is no evidence that we are contributing...yes, I dispute it. To th ink that we are that powerful is a bit narcissistic, in my opinion. The Earth has and always will, take care of itself...not saying that we can't do our part, but my SUV is not destroying the planet.