Global warming?

Question

Do you believe global warming is caused by man alone or merely a natural part of earth’s cycle? Or do you believe its part of earth’s cycle but is also being sped up by man?

Answer 1

I believe that it's part of the earth's cycle, and man has insignificant effect on it.

It is true that the earth has been warming. Some scientist believe, It is coming out of the "Little Ice Age".

However, there is no credible evidence that it is due to mankind and carbon dioxide. We've been coming out of a "Little Ice Age" for 300 years. We have not been making very much carbon dioxide for 300 years. It's been warming up for a long time.

Though, humans are polluting the air and adding carbon dioxide to the atmosphere, but the effect is tiny.

Answer 2

You are, as the British would say, bang on. Cycles of global warming and cooling have always been a part of the Earth because the planet is dynamic and not static.

The problem is that our activities as a civilization has aggrevated this particular part of the cycle. While I don't for one minute suggest that we should return to our hunter-gatherer days, we need to do everything we can to reduce our carbon footprint. Humans have come through previous episodes of global warming all right, but if we continue to degrade the environment the way we are right now, we could escalate this present episode into an extinction level event.

We have a good idea of what we need to do. Let's all hope and pray to whatever deity we hold holy that we don't blow it.

Answer 3

There is geological proof that Earth's climate has always changed - warmer, cooler, it's never stagnant.

Man's contribution to any modern trend is a hypothesis based on computer models. Our most vocal local proponent of the man-induced warming theory (a meteorologist who consistently trumpets that the sky is falling) writes in his weather column today:

"Well, that’ll teach me for going out on a limb. Our on-again, off-again snowstorm is off again, until further notice. Long-range forecasting has always been more art than science, a troublesome task not for the faint-of-heart. A meteorologist’s confidence level goes up when all the various computer simulations agree, when they all print out basically the same solution. And our faith in the forecast goes up a few more notches when there is consistency from one model run to the next. Lately the models have been more erratic than usual, and subsequently unreliable. When the pattern is this unstable and volatile the 7-Day Outlook should come with a warning label, like a pack of cigarettes. We’re not entirely out of the woods (tomorrow’s computer run may look more ominous) but the odds of a significant storm with snow accumulation have dropped off. Our weekend weather will be ... (I truncated for readability). Those (unreliable) computers are hinting at subzero nights in early December. I hope the computers get this wrong too."

Clean and green is fine - let's just not overhaul our economic systems in an attempt to accomplish an unknown.

Answer 4

Most scientists agree that global climate change is due to human activities. Yes, there are normal fluctuations in the climate, such as, ice ages, solar flares, etc. These fluctuations, however, happen in geologic time periods. Remember the last ice age we've had? It was 10,000 years ago. The temperature fluctuations we're dealing with today are just over the last few decades. It's scary to say the least!

Answer 5

The United Nations' Nobel Prize-winning panel on climate change approved the final installment of its landmark report on global warming on Friday, concluding that even the best efforts at reducing CO2 levels will not be enough and that the world must also focus on adapting to "abrupt and irreversible" climate changes.

Man can’t change what man didn’t cause

Answer 6

Okay my dad thinks its a cycle. i think it is global warming. He says it happens every 500 years or something. We don't really know that. All we can do is try and keep our earth beautiful and maybe it will slow down the cycle or stop global warming.

Hope this helps!

Answer 7

Its part of natural earth cycle but surely got sped up by humans by abuse of nature and by the too much use of sciencific innovations and inventions.

Answer 8

What a grandiose creature is man. Certainly it is mankind creating global warming. What else could it be.
I thought we had all agreed to ignore the evidence and go with the "man is responsible" theory. If you are going to change our mind you should let us know in advance so we can all sing from the same hymnal.
I recommend you read STATE OF FEAR by Michael Crichton. It is a story about a fictitious environmental group but it has lots of facts and references that will help you learn a lot about global warming.

Answer 9

I believe its part of the earths natural cycle.
But even if it due to man, Countries like America, China, and
India, will not change their industrial output.

Answer 10

I agree with Blue Eye watch this if you have not already
Al gore"s movie an inconvenient truth, really good and it explains a ton!
EDIT:
garrisonbight don't answer if you are tired of the question you are deff not obligated too, there is no need for you to be rude, ignore it move on to another!!