Is it possible that the melting of polar ice, due to climatic variances, may simply be nature's way.......?

Question

of providing us with more water? More badly needed sustenance? Are there any Theorists out there with a similar proposal?

Answer 1

THE MELTING POLAR WATER
is sweet water running into the sea and becoming lost as potable water forever,

the opposite of giving us water ,its taking it away

DISTRIBUTION

25% of the planets surface is land
75%of the surface is water and it is rising

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97%of the Earths water is salt

fresh water is only 3% of all the Earths water
most of it is beyond out reach

now much ice is melting and running into the seas fresh water lost for ever.

STORAGE or Location of % of the fresh water
ice and glaziers 74%
groundwater 800 meters + 13.5 %
groundwater less than 800meters 11.o%
Lakes 0.3%
soils 0.006%
Atmospheric in circulation 0.0035%
rivers 0.03%


frozen land or permafrost is not included and represent an unavailable storage of 40%

so of the 3% about 11.6 ,is easily available to us ,in rivers, lakes and ground water surface aquifers,more and more of this is becoming contaminated

If we want more water we have to harvest it and economize our usage

EFFICIENT WATER USE

IN THE HOUSE
one can connect the sink straight to the toilet cistern and so use the water twice ,first to have a shave and then to flush the toilet
also if you bend the ball valve you can regulate the level of the cistern

Always have your Grey water and Black water separate,so that the sink and shower water goes directly into the garden saving on irrigation and at the same time ,making the sewage smaller and easier to deal with ,

This also goes and irrigates the garden but via a cistern of two compartments and a French drain ,on which you plant trees,

ON THE LAND
Economic systems of irrigation, like drip irrigation
and water harvesting design, using a lot of stone walls ,that condense water in the night
and planting leafy plants ,for the same purpose,

Building wind breaks ,to counter act the drying effects of the wind and farm towards Aggro forrestal ,using as many trees as possible to limit evaporation .
Using shade nets before we have tree cover

and use MULCH

By cutting down the weeds before they produce seeds and leave them where they fall.
They will cover the ground add even more organic matter on top,(you can use saw dust,leaves green or dry),

And when you plant make a little space and plant in the mulch.this is the easiest quickest and by far most beneficial way(for the quality of you soil)to prepare the land for planting.

To prevent weeds from coming all you have to do it turn out the lights,you can even use cardboard or black plastic(this is good for strawberries because they will rot if they touch humid ground,and the bugs can get to them).

Mulch is organic material green or dry that covers the ground,the thicker the better the composting process will turn it in to black topsoil

The humidity is preserved underneath and promotes the development of worms(there exists no better compost than their excrements)and a variety of micro biotic life which together within the mulch produce more topsoil.

The mulch also keeps the ground temperature even and guards against the impact of the rain ,which would other wise brings salt to the surface if on unprotected land.

Mulch also prevents the soil from drying out because of the sun and,wind erosion.

WATER HARVESTING

As far as catching rain is concerned ,we do this all the time ,and have done so already since Babylonian times,and is a part of the more advanced Agriculture,that existed with the Egyptians,,Moors, Arabs and probably many more

Central ,and South American indigenous people had this idea coupled to their pyramids ,catching the water of the slopes and leading it into tanks or onto the fields .

And many others ,today we call this WATER HARVESTING.

Only Modern Man is totally extravagant with the rain water given ,and complains of the wetness ,letting it run off into the rivers lost forever ,With out even attempting to hold on to it .

And then later complains of not having water ,when times are dryer


In Permaculture the rule is to harvest water to the point of Zero runoff.
This means that all of the rain that falls on an area is absorbed by the terrain and not a drop leaves it.

By building dams,ponds or Swales, with inter connecting ditches,

If there are enough of these ;the places ,where before ,the rain water ran over the ground into the rivers and on to the sea ,in a matter of hours or days.

It now runs into absorbent dams or Swales and saturates the ground and eventually reaches subterranean water deposits ,taking many months to do so.

Or it fills up ponds that can be used for Aquaculture.

And so a convex situation that repels water is transformed in a concave ,absorbent one and turning the area in to a sponge.

In Spain and Portugal ,which still display many examples of the conquering Moorish influence one can find many remnants of Water harvesting,such as Aqueducts and tanks underneath the patios ,which collect the rain water from the roofs ,to be used in dryer times.

In Arabia ,on a large scale ,land has been shaped to catch and lead,rain water into sandy areas or to agricultural lands.sand is almost as good as dams because it absorbs water and holds it.

Here in Mexico we collect the rainwater in our school for sustainable agriculture,but it is too near Acapulco to trust the rain water for drinking ,and this holds true for most places ,so we use it for irrigation.
the rain water from a gutter runs via a filter into a tank.
In Europe in my parents house ,when i was young ,we had a rain barrel,where the water from the gutter ended up .
this was usual in those days ,but i have seen few in modern times.

We can use this action also in other ways ,
for example the roof water via a ditch can run trough the chicken house ,cleaning it and end up fertilizing the vegetable plot(this is called the creation of energy flow.

Rain water used to be Ok in times gone by before Air pollution ,
Today i would recommend it only for washing and irrigation

Answer 2

Ok once and for all . When we burn anything to generate heat be it wood , coal , oil , natural gas or the refined gas we use to operate automobiles for the most part the result is carbon is released . The same as forest fires volcanoes and methane gas from the decaying ocean life accumulating on the ocean floors and lakes . Now the only thing that converts this carbon is plant life and trees and some sea life like plankton and kelp all convert carbon to oxygen storing the carbon . We convert oxygen to carbon as we breath . So to breath we need plants and plants need carbon so its a nice balance . The problem is pumping trapped carbon out of the ground and burning it releasing the carbon into the air . SO much carbon that the amount able to be digested and converted by plants is exceeding that conversion ability . Now add in the reduction of rain forests old growth forests and killing of the coral reefs that also convert carbon to oxygen and you can see where we are headed . This is what i call a no brainer . If you have a brain you get it . And as those of us who do get it are begging to say it does not matter if you belief it or not it is happening . Levels have increased higher over the last 100 years to a point that has never been seen before . Average global temperatures have risen like it or not and it is having an effect . In fact we have not been this warm in 3,000,000 years Thats around 2,750,000 more years then anything like man roamed the planet . If we warm up to fast it is not that we will not survive it is that 60% of us will not survive . Starvation and wars may lead to even less then that if China or the Usa say screw you we are taking the food and attack russia who is now growing crops in Siberia .They may launch nuclear weapons . So this is a major world problem and I will be gone by the time the crap hits the fan so listen now and begin to correct this problem . Destroying hemp may have lead to this . The hemp plant converts carbon at a high rate and releases little back in effect scrubbing the carbon from the air . And when burned and inhaled provides a mellowing effect and joyfulness . Keep your head down in the sand and get out of the way and let people with solutions act before it is to late .

Answer 3

Yes, nature is cyclic with its warming and cooling. However, scientific evidence has shown, through cores of polar ice caps, that the rate at which freezing and melting has occurred in the past was not this fast. We are currently artificially accelerating natural processes and the other species on this planet can NOT adjust fast enough to survive. As humans, we live mostly outside of the influences of climate and habitat. Other species do not. That is why global warming is so influencial, despite its natural beginnings

Answer 4

If it weren't for global warming, New York City would be under a mile thick sheet of ice. Canada and Scandinavia wouldn't exist.

Minnesota wouldn't have 10,000 lakes, and there wouldn't be the Great Lakes.

Warming and cooling are natural occurrences caused by the Sun. There is nothing we can do to cause or cure warming. We should enjoy the warm weather before the climate changes again.

Answer 5

There are theories like the one you describe, but they are the minority view.

Here is one from Dr. Richard Lindzen

and another from Fred Singer:

Here is the main Wikipedia article that gives many sources to support the statement that Global Warming as a result of human activity is acknowledged as the scientific consensus:

(sorry Yahoo, won't let me post this many links - you'll have to Google those names :(

Answer 6

nature has gone through a warming period before, but not this drastic. it is obvious that humans contribute grealy to this global warming with our cars and wasting energy and recycleable products. besides, if the ice caps melt, it will do more damage than good. check out the "North Atlantic Current" and you'll find out why.

Answer 7

The "Space Guild" already has this planet in its sights for the future.

Answer 8

I think it's nature's way of cleansing the planet of all of the crap we've done to it.

Answer 9

Nature does not think.

Answer 10

enough with the water already, gimme land lots of land!!