Me and my friend are wondering if anyone thinks global warming is true. If you think it is give us some feed back on why it is. Thanks
2007-10-30 01:53:28 · 15 answers · asked by mvfootballplaya29 2 in Environment ➔ Global Warming
True, and mostly caused by us.
The scientific data shows that. Contrary to what has been said, scientists have tried _very_ hard to explain this by considering only natural factors. They can't get the numbers to work right if they do.
But when they add in man made greenhouse gases they can make the numbers work. Like this:
http://www.globalwarmingart.com/wiki/Image:Climate_Change_Attribution.png
And so, most every scientist in the world (there are a few exceptions) thinks it's real. Proof:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_opinion_on_climate_change
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/306/5702/1686
We know for sure that it's not caused by changes in the Sun:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6290228.stm
Great websites for more info:
http://profend.com/global-warming/
http://environment.newscientist.com/channel/earth/dn11462
2007-10-30 02:44:59 · answer #1 · answered by Bob 7 · 1⤊ 4⤋
It is true that global warming is happening but not for the reasons we think. Everyone says that we are causing global warming with using cars, making factories, and so on. The truth is, it's not our fault. Every once in a while the
Earth heats up and then it cools down again. There was an ice age, now the ice is melting, after we die from heat the Earth will cool down and there will be another ice age. It goes over and over and over in a cycle. The only sad part is that humans will never get really far. =(
2007-10-30 17:00:14 · answer #2 · answered by Cooℓ Smιℓεys :D 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes, Virginia, there is global warming. There is a natural component o climate change (cycles if you will) but there is also a man made cause. That has been well documented and by now denyers are as silly as people who claim evolution is false or Elvis is still alive.
You can see news stories that support this all the time - not stories of the fear or predictions but stories of consequences.
Two recent examples: 1) shipping firms are planning to use the Northwest passage which was previously unavailable to them. We'll have ships going from Japan to Northern Europe across the north in the next decade or so. 1.5) The coast guard is planning on opening a base to explore lands now opened by the melting ice. 2) Several northern towns are being relocated because their permafrost bases have melted, turning them into quagmires.
2007-10-30 13:11:12 · answer #3 · answered by davster 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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.
2007-10-30 10:32:01 · answer #4 · answered by theREALtruth.com 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Personally I don't think global warming is true. It's not completely made up but it has been taken out of context I believe. The Earth has had an ever changing climate since day one so today is no exception. The governments are all taking advantage of this change to win votes etc.
2007-10-30 09:00:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋
Is the Earth in a cycle of warming? Yes.
Is "global warming" a phenomenon that is caused by mankind? No.
Is it being used to destroy civilization & cause a scare mentality in people? Yes.
There is more pollution from the eruption of one volcano than there is from all man made sources, per year, combined.
2007-10-30 10:47:20 · answer #6 · answered by †Lawrence R† 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I can understand why tou think it might not be, it would make life a lot simpler after all.
Below is a link to some easy to understand information.
http://www.realclimate.org/index.php?p=448
2007-10-30 10:06:40 · answer #7 · answered by John Sol 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It depends on how you define global warming. The IPCC, the UN arm that post information on global warming defines global warming only as being man made. Then they look for evidence to prove their theory and ignore data that doesn't support their theory.
This I don't think is true. There's far more data to suggest the Sun is the source for all warmth on Earth.
2007-10-30 09:04:11 · answer #8 · answered by Dr Jello 7 · 5⤊ 6⤋
Of course Carbon Dioxide keeps the earth hot, green house effect. the poles will melt, the humans will have to scape, animals will die, plants will get extinct, results= oxygen will decrease.,...
2007-10-30 10:01:58 · answer #9 · answered by :) 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I will believe it when I swim in salt water while reaching the summit of Mt. Everest.
bty Garrison....why the anger and shouting and you really did answer the question after all.
2007-10-30 10:07:05 · answer #10 · answered by mad embalmer from the north II 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋