is global warming really hyappening?

Question

like it is going to kill use

Answer 1

The Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC) 1992 defined 'climate change' as changes in climate caused by human interference with atmospheric composition. The task of the IPCC has been to accumulate evidence to support this belief that all changes in the climate are caused by human interference with the atmosphere.

So global warming as defined is human caused, not natural, and only evidence that supports this claim is considered accurate. In other words, scientist are fishing for only the data that supports their claim.

Global warming as it is defined by them is not happening. Man cannot change the weather.

Answer 2

If global warming by definition means that man is causing the earth to warm then no Global Warming is not happening. I state this b/c there is not sufficient proof that is man is causing the warming that we are seeing. Is the planet warming up YES!! There is no doubt that the earth is warming. So the real question is who or what is causing the warming. There's good arguments on both sides. Will it kill us? Some people will be displaced and agriculture may have to be grown in different parts of the world, and sea levels will rise. So New Orleans will officially be underwater if the climate continues to warm. There's a few reasons I feel that it is climate change and not global warming. I'll give one that sticks out to me. The fact that other planets are warming as well. Pluto, Saturn, and other planets are warming like Earth. So it is possible that it's the sun causing us to warm. I'm not saying the man might not play a small role but the overall picture is that the warming is mostly natural with a little help from man. Naturally the earth releases 770 GT/yr of CO2 into the atmosphere. Which is some what counter balanced by photosynthesis and other processes pulling 440GT/yr of CO2 out of the atmosphere. This leaves 330GT/yr of CO2 still in the atmosphere. Man releases 26-27GT/yr of CO2. So if compared to the total released by man and nature, man only releases .03% of the CO2 in the atmosphere. So it's hard to say what the breaking point is. Bottom line I don't feel you can treat the earth's climate like a thermostat. It's far to complex of a system just to throw in a model and see what comes out.

Answer 3

Did you know that during the early 11th Century (1000ish AD) Greenland was a lush and populated continent with farmland as far as the eye could see and thriving villages dotting the country side (which is why the Nordic Vikings named it "Greenland"). And, because this was around 1000 AD, it was well before the Industrial Revolution and all these man made pollutants going into the atmosphere.

Yet now, in 2007 and during the great hype of "global warming"...Greenland is covered in a tundra - essentially a layer of frost (permafrost) that never melts. Now...in all honesty...how hot would it have to be in the 1000 AD-era for Greenland to not only be free of tundra, but also be a thriving agricultural area of the world?

Global warming is happening, yes. Global warming has happened in cycles with global cooling (did you know the first Earth Day was about global cooling?) since the Earth was formed from space dust very likely. What we contribute is minor to what Mother Earth Herself contributes in pollutants to the air.

We are caught in the middle of a natural cycle of temperature change that we, as humans, have little control over. The world naturally heats up and cools off.

Answer 4

There are a few answers to your question.

1. Yes, global warming is really happening. Average temperatures are indeed increasing all over the world, resulting in changes to our environment (melting ice, melting permafrost, less rain in some areas, more rain in others.)

2. It's not going to "kill us." It will make life more difficult for some people, less difficult for others. It will require some people to relocate for sea level reasons, and will require other people to change their way of life (farmers will no longer be able to grow their usual crops in the same location.)

3. We can slow down the speed at which the planet warms by emitting less CO2. Historically, rapid temperature changes result in massive extinctions; slower changes result in fewer extinctions as plants and animals have time to adapt to the changes.

Answer 5

Here's a point you might find interesting.

The recent report that was released by scientific "experts", and others, that claim that global warming is real and an immediate concern, has a very interesting portion in its preamble.

It states that nothing may be added to the report EXCEPT that which supports the report. Ergo, when evidence comes up that debunks the report, it will be excluded from changing the conclusion of the report.

Answer 6

Omigod, Mr. Jello has been promoted to "Dr." But the doctor is wrong, as he's built his answer around definitions that are incorrect or that support his premise without framing them in the proper context. The doc sez:

"So global warming as defined is human caused, not natural, and only evidence that supports this claim is considered accurate. In other words, scientist are fishing for only the data that supports their claim."

But defintions I've culled from reliable sites (see links below) seem to contradict his claim.

"Global warming is defined as an increase in the earth's atmospheric and oceanic temperatures widely predicted to occur due to an increase in the greenhouse effect resulting especially from pollution. Climate change is defined as a study dealing with variations in climate on many different time scales from decades to millions of years, and the possible causes of such variations. Human-induced climate change has the potential to alter the prevalence and severity of extremes such as heat waves, cold waves, storms, floods and droughts."

Yes, there are natural causes and cycles, and yes, we've been able to document since the 1950's that human impacts are having a detrimental effect on environmental conditions and resources across the board. Will it kill us? Well, that scenario doesn't need to come to pass, and since many governments are considering how to identify stop-gap solutions and fund them, I'm hopeful that the doomsday predictions will fail to materialize.

Live sustainably, vote responsibly, contact your elected officials periodically to let them know you are aware, and support products from nations that are investing in a viable, long-term future.

Answer 7

Yes it's really happening and it's really going to be bad, some of our states are running out of water. Watch the Inconvenient Truth by AL Gore it will let you know what's going on, or The Day after tomorrow so you can get an idea of what's going to happen

Answer 8

"The task of the IPCC has been to accumulate evidence to support this belief that all changes in the climate are caused by human interference with the atmosphere"

this right here makes me suspect their motives.
Just as I suspect the motives of the scientists who are funded by the oil industry.

the problem is that NONE of the scientists are truly impartial on this issue. I'm not even mentioning Al Gore's liefest in this.

Answer 9

The notion of "Global Warming" is bullshit!! Of course, the left is always looking for some type of flimsy feel good excuse for what are normal cyclic weather patterns. I suppose a good answer would be “man made.” If you poked ALGORE, there would be enough methane gas to blow up the entire state of California. Not a bad idea, considering the large population of the left and queers alike. Keep the "thumbs down" coming. I like to jerk the lefts' chain!

FYI. You might want to proof read your question before you send it out. Spell check is a "break through" technology to help you do that.

Answer 10

Yes it is really happening, no it is not going t kill you, it is perfectly normal, it has happened many times in the past, so don't panic.

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