could global warming be caused by the sun imploding?

Answer 1

Yes, in fact that is known to be the real reason for global warming although the governments have been keeping very quiet about it in order to avoid widespread panic. The sun has almost run out of hydrogen and so can't maintain its nuclear reactions. Without these reactions the sun is collapsing under its own gravity. When it shrinks to a critical density it will go supernova. That will probably happen in February 08 and it will obliterate the inner planets of the solar system (which include Earth). There is absolutely nothing we can do to prevent it.

That is why everyone who is anyone is trying to escape to Alpha Centauri on the hyperspace bus which the military have been working on in secret for the last 20 years.

Send me £5 000 000 & I'll pull some strings and get you a ticket.

Answer 2

No.

If the Sun imploded Global Warming would be the least of our worries.

Answer 3

The sun is imploding.

The sun has been imploding for billions of years.

The pressure is so great onto its centre that atom nuclei are smashed together to form bigger atoms.

Mostly, Hydrogen atoms are smashed to make Helium. In doing so they release energy and raise the temperature of the core to millions of degrees.

And that is a good thing. The counter-pressure generated by the fusion is the only thing holding up the sun against the implosion.

Of course, some of the heat escapes and heats the Sun's surface to almost 6000 degrees K (11,000 F) and that is why we get light and heat all the way out here.

If the sun did not resist the implosion, its surface would be cooler and there would be global cooling with a vengence...

This has been going on for billions of years. Luckily, we (humans) have found a way to increase our temperature by filling our atmosphere with gasses that let in the light so that it warms us up, yet keep the infrared from escaping back into space as easily. Soon, we be all comfy and toasty.

Pass the SPF 2,000 lotion, please.

Answer 4

If the sun imploding caused it to produce significantly higher levels of solar radiation, then it could cause global warming. In that sense, the answer is yes.

As it happens, though, the amount of energy from the sun has barely varied (an increase of less than 0.6%) over the last 300 years. The present global warming crisis is humanity's fault.

Answer 5

Global temperatures have changed many times over the past billion years. The Sun has its own cycles but has been offering the Earth a pretty uniform amount of heat over the same period as it burns its huge amount of fuel..
The Earth will go through many phases of global warming and cooling before the sun runs out of fuel an expands to a red giant and consume the Earth. Humans will need to have left by then.

Answer 6

No. They've already done research to see if the sun was causing global warming the answer is no.

On july the 11th 2007 A team of scientist announced that the myth of the sun causing global warming was debunked. Here is a link.
http://environment.newscientist.com/article/dn12234-suns-activity-rules-out-link-to-global-warming.html

They examined the records of solar activity for the past 40 years and found there was no activity that would account for global warming.

Answer 7

If the Sun did implode, no one would have to care anymore about Global Warning, cause no one would be left alive !

Answer 8

The sun is not imploding, so no.

Trying to shift responsibility for global warming to something we can't control (such as the sun) is simply abdicating our own responsibility for our actions.

Answer 9

Available theories do not favour implosion but rather favour an expanding atmosphere if the sun's nuclear fuel is used up. If that happens, it wouldn't be global warming; it will be global incineration.

Answer 10

The Sun bombards the Earth with micromasses which are absorbed by atoms as heat. Therfore without the Sun there would be no warming of the Globe.