Do you believe in Global Warming?

Question

If so, Why?

Answer 1

Yes.

It's real. The argument isn't whether it's happening. The argument is over what's causing it.

EDIT: Wow... reading a lot of the later answers... that's really sad how many people are stubborn or misguided on this issue.

Answer 2

global warming has become a religion, its rediculous how many people actually follow it thanks to Gore's campaign which primarily focuses on it. But anyways yea i do agree with global warming and i dont think theres a scientist out there that doesnt, its clear that the earth is heating up, but at the same time it is still 100% unclear and can not be proved if it is a natural climate change (which the earth has done in history, earth had a mini-ice age in the 1800's, and had an actual ice age and heated up), or if it is caused by humans. Global warming does exist but it is unsure what the reason is for it, keep in mind as the earth warms up we are still 3 degrees Fahrenheits short from the pristine living conditions for plants and humans on earth. it sure cant be a bad thing to be more environmentally friendly also.

Answer 3

Go to any number of web sites that track temperature across the planet over the last 50 years ... notice that the average temperature is rising.

That is global warming. The globe is (on average) getting warmer. At this point, nobody can credibly disagree with this.

However, WHY the temperature is rising and whether or not it will keep rising is still a very contentious debate. If humanity is the cause, it is not obvious that we can do anything about it. It may be too late, since the melting polar ice is now exposing huge peat bogs which are also releasing their CO2 into the atmosophere.

Answer 4

Interesting choice of words. Why would someone have to "believe" in global warming if it was real?

No one believes 2+2=4, as we just know it is, as any one with the time can show it's true.

This is not so with "global warming". Global warming is something you have to have faith in to believe that it's real. Just like a religion.

Global warming is more like a religion than a science. If it were real, then it would not require one to believe.

Answer 5

Yes! Some might say that slight temperature rises are nothing, but if that causes significant polar ice cap melting, it could be problematic. Ever heard of the ice age? Temperature can have interesting global effects.

There is also a strong correlation between the amount of global industrial emissions and the measurable effects we are now witnessing.

Ecosystems are delicately balanced. You may have learned in an old bio or history class that when explorers introduced new animals or parasites into an environment, the resulting changes were huge. Seemingly small changes can have huge environmental consequences.

Answer 6

If you don’t believe in science the question is pretty much moot.

If you do believe in science you don't have to "believe" in Global Warming, it's the only theory we got.

“The concentrations of greenhouse gases produced by man has risen significantly during the historical record and it is absolutely known (by reproducible, verifiable lab experiments on the physical properties of these gases) that these gases cause warming by absorbing the outgoing radiation from the earth. The skeptics have not produced any evidence that this rise in the greenhouse gas concentrations occurred by some natural process and they have also failed to explain how all the industrial emissions could have been absorbed by some natural process during the recent historical period. There is no way to explain the observed greenhouse gas concentrations without human interference, and there is no credible way to claim that the increase in greenhouse gas concentrations has not caused a warming of the Earth’s surface. While there are other natural processes at work and while the climate system is highly complex, trying to discount the role of human involvement in recent climate change is speculation and opinion, not science.” - Asher Siebert.

Answer 7

I do, records had shown that the overall earth temperature has risen sharper than it had been decades ago. Modernisation contribute much of the blame as countries go into massive overdrive to industrialise and get modern. Many products had been spewing earth-unfriendly by-products for years before people ever start noticing the damages, which by now is hard to reverse. The only thing we can do is to prolong the state of the earth so that our future generations will still have the earth to call home.

Wonder why Al Gore is championing so hard for greening the earth now, yet was not doing anything when he was in position of power to do much as the Vice=President?

Answer 8

YES!! everyday we humans give off co2 emmissions that cause the earths temp to get warmer. for example driving cars realeases that gas. if you look at our records of how hott it has been in the pst 100 years you will see that in the past 10 years our earth temp has gone up about 2 degrees celcius!! that is a lot!! We should be prepared because they say in the next 70 - 100 years florida- where i live- will be no more. the iceburgs will melt and the water will rise. WE NEED TO DO SOMEHTING ABOUT IT. yes i am a greenie!! lol

Answer 9

i believe the sun burns hotter from time to time. and i also believe al gore is a terrorist for trying to make us believe there is something we can do about that.

pollution is bad. but there is no way we can pollute at the rate he suggests we do to make such a substantial impact on our planet in such a short amount of time.

do research people! don't buy into propoganda b.s.

(in addition: yes, the temperature has risen in the last 50 years or so. please keep in mind that this is the time frame we are dealing with. 50 years out of billions of years. seem logical?)

Answer 10

The real Question is can humans control earths surface temperature? Yes. See CoolingEarth.org