Do you believe in global warming, or do you think it's just part of the earth's normal cycle?

Answer 1

I'm quite sure some of it is natural but only a small part of it. We can't expect to continuously rape Mother Earth and not create some damage which is getting worse all the time.

Answer 2

We can affect the environment, but not the temp. I am an avid hunter and love going out in the woods--leave it the way we found it. Meteorology is an ongoing science. We may think that we can augre down in a snow cap and soil, but unless we physically experience the climate changes from a million years ago, we can never EXACTLY know what the hell happened. Where did Al Gore get his meteorology degree from? Why are movie stars and politicains fueling this "fire". Now countries can starve because instead of using our corn for food, we use it for fuel. Which is so disporportionate to the corn in/fuel out that it isn't even funny. Do some research on the mining of nickel for the batteries of the hybrids and find out exactly how much you're helping out the environment.

Answer 3

The scientific data clearly shows that this is NOT a natural cycle.

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://ipcc-wg1.ucar.edu/wg1/wg1-report.html
summarized at:
http://www.ipcc.ch/SPM2feb07.pdf

It's (mostly) not the sun:

http://solar-center.stanford.edu/sun-on-earth/FAQ2.html

And the first graph above shows that the sun is responsible for about 10% of it. When someone says it's the sun they're saying that thousands of climatologists are stupid and don't look at the solar data. That's ridiculous.

Science is quite good about exposing bad science or hoaxes:

http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/ATG/polywater.html

There's a large number of people who agree that it is real and mostly caused by us, who are not liberals, environmentalists, stupid, or conceivably part of a "conspiracy". Just three examples of many:

"Former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich challenged fellow conservatives to stop resisting scientific evidence of global warming"

"Our nation has both an obligation and self-interest in facing head-on the serious environmental, economic and national security threat posed by global warming."

Senator John McCain, Republican, Arizona

“DuPont believes that action is warranted, not further debate."

Charles O. Holliday, Jr., CEO, DuPont

There's a lot less controversy about this is the real world than there is on Yahoo answers:

http://www.worldpublicopinion.org/pipa/articles/home_page/412.php?lb=hmpg1&pnt=412&nid=&id=

And vastly less controversy in the scientific community than you might guess from the few skeptics talked about here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_opinion_on_climate_change
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/306/5702/1686

"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 4

It is global warming and we cant stop it . Why! because it was all written about in a book people like to mock and Its the Bible and it was in there over 2500 yrs ago . Eventually man wont be able to go out side with out mass protection to stop him from burning , and thats been getting worse for a number of yrs Also it talks about the sea levels rising and woe to those along the shore , the pollution of the oceans etc etc .Pick on it if you like but its there in black and white .

Answer 5

No one is denying that there are natural cycles in play. A lot of people are in denial about human-related climate change. Yes, I believe. Even if thousands of scientists were out and out lying, even if the data was totally bogus, even if Al Gore is full of it, we have been treating the planet poorly considering it's all we've got. We are way overdue in cleaning up our act.

People have gone into denial mode every time some new concept comes up that scares them or threatens their way of thinking. I prefer not to gamble with the planet's future.

Answer 6

Yes I believe it, too much odd weather recently not to. I'm from the UK where we like weather, I know I'm not alone in noticing oddities. That's why I believe it, very easy to pick holes in I know.

If you think it's part of a natural cycle you need to come up with an explanation for why a 35% increase in the second most important greenhouse gas does not affect the global temperature. Theory predicts temperature will rise given an enhanced greenhouse effect, so how or why is it not happening?

By the way, One of Earth's natural cycles has us heading for an ice age.

Answer 7

well its 1/2 and 1/2 is natural earth warms up(we are in a mini ice age) but we are speeding up the warm up with green house gasses and all

Answer 8

It's natural.
Before you go anyfuther, just look at this.
http://www.ncpa.org/ba/ba337/ba337.html

Some say that the evidence that people cause global warming is overwhelming.

Scaremongers is what they are.

To many people put blind faith in science with out critical examination. Don't be fooled into thinking that consensus of opinion warrants action.

The sun's influence isn't usually considered either and it is vastly more responsible for earth's temperatures then people.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/02/070228-mars-warming.html
http://nov55.com/gbwm.html
http://www.nationalcenter.org/NPA203.html
http://www.hno.harvard.edu/gazette/1997/11.06/BrighteningSuni.html

Answer 9

Burning millions of years of accumulated fossil fuels in only some decades is not part of a natural cycle.

The corresponding increase in CO2 concentrations is not part of a natural cycle.

The level of energy resulting from greenhouse gases concentration is a natural effect BUT WE ARE INCREASING IT RAPIDLY = we are changing the heat balance of the earth.

Answer 10

Hands down our fault. Going to take a lot of quick thinking and elbow grease to avoid catastrophic human die off in our life times.