Wild Fires, Diseases, Extinction, Hurricanes, Blizzards, Earthquakes, Desalinization of the Oceans, and the Rockies in the World Series, are all blamed on Global Warming.
And why do I get the feeling "Global Warming" can be substituted with "America" or "George Bush" ?
2007-10-26 03:01:16 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Environment ➔ Global Warming
Global warming does it all. The Rockies must play well in heat. OR your other choice is you being the one 2 cause it all. You probably hurt us alot 2. You have serious Conservative issues.
Hope-It-Helps
2007-10-26 03:04:55 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
From Trevor "Apart from earthquakes and the World Series global warming is a direct contributor to all the factors you mentioned."
There you have it form a typical believer. The world series will not be a 'directly' attributed to global warming, but he's left the door open there for a chain of causality.
It's not obvious to more sceptical people where believers draw the line on what can be attributed to GW, but I think blaming GW for Rockies in the World Series is not out of the question.
(Hi Trevor) - Peace bro. They are your words not mine. It stands to reason that anything that is not a direct cause does not discount an indirect cause. Why would you put an adverb in a sentence if was meaningless? I give you credit for not padding out your sentence with meaningless words.
The point is (and I think you'll agree) all the examples suggested by the poster are fair game for believers with the possible exception of the Rockies which was an apparent attempt at absurdity.
2007-10-26 03:26:45 · answer #2 · answered by Ben O 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
It can't be blamed for overpopulation. It is a cause of GW, therefore you can't blame a cause on a result.
And Trevor may be wrong on one point: tectonic rebound due to melting arctic ice may cause an increase in earthquakes too.
Interesting point about possibility of lowering stress on some tectonic boundaries. I'll have to look into that. I still have a feeling the increases in localized stresses will be greater than the decreases in other locales, i.e. I don't think it will yield a net benefit, but it is still a valid point.
Tomcat, if you want an answer, post your question like everyone else. It will cost you points to get an answer from me.
2007-10-26 03:15:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Apart from earthquakes and the World Series global warming is a direct contributor to all the factors you mentioned.
Wildfires - hotter climate and drier in some places clearly means more fires.
Extinction - The planet is warming faster than many species can adapt, there is also extensive loss of habitat, food chain disruption, increase in certain predatory animals etc.
Hurricanes - Spawned over oceans with a temp of 26 to 27°C, warming oceans means more areas at these temps.
Blizzads - Warmer temps mean more evapouration from the seas and oceans and so an increase in precipitation of all kinds.
Desalinization of oceans - meltwater runoff from melting glaciers, ice caps, ice sheets etc introduced freshwater to the seas and oceans, thermal expansion reduced density.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Just to comment on the valid point that Grizz made (below). Global warming may cause earthquakes due to tectonic rebound but conversely this can also reduce the liklihood of an earthquake. As the tectonic plates move the stresses and strains along the plate boundaries either increase or decrease, if they increase the chance of an earthquake goes up, if they decrease the chance goes down. There's an equilibrium of sorts.
Also, the forces exerted on tectonic plates from below and within and far greater than the forces from above. In this respect global warming wouldn't be the cause of an earthquake as such but could be the trigger to set one off or to prevent one from happening.
It's not an area we know much about. We don't know much about earthquakes at the best of times and we know even less about how they could be affected by global warming.
- - - - - - - - - - - -
To Ben O: Rather than playing with semantics and deliberately distorting what I said, why not question the validity of the science behind the points I raised.
You may want to look up 'apart from' in a dictionary - it means to put aside, to put asunder, to treat as independent, to separate from, to remove.
2007-10-26 03:11:03 · answer #4 · answered by Trevor 7 · 3⤊ 5⤋
Global warming is the cause of a variety of adverse effects.
Many scientists believe a relatively stable climate was the reason Man developed an advanced civilization.
Big climate changes are very bad for us. We've been lucky about nature not causing one. We certainly shouldn't be causing one ourselves.
2007-10-26 03:25:57 · answer #5 · answered by Bob 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
The election of Hillary Clinton
2007-10-26 03:09:35 · answer #6 · answered by Diane M 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Global Warming will not be blamed for the Bush Administration, that is our own fault
2007-10-26 03:08:59 · answer #7 · answered by Thomas G 6 · 6⤊ 1⤋
Nuclear winter!
2007-10-26 13:03:43 · answer #8 · answered by booboo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was going to give you some smart assezed answer... but the more I think of your question the more I realize that EVERTHING is going to be blamed on Global Warming.
GOOD ONE...
2007-10-26 03:10:54 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
Grizzbr1,
If we were in the middle of a glacial advance, instead of a glacial retreat, do you think there would be 6 billion humans on this ball?
2007-10-26 03:22:36 · answer #10 · answered by Tomcat 5 · 2⤊ 3⤋