Global warming consensus?

Question

I have a question, about those global warming consensuses they take, where do they do them, and when they do them in water how deep do they test the water?

Answer 1

Consensus means a general agreement. There is a global warming consensus because it's generally agreed within the scientific community that global warming is happening.

I wonder if you mean temperatures. These are taken across the surface of the entire planet using satellites. They're also taken by special weather balloons, ships, planes and at a global network ground stations.

When temperatures are taken of the water they are taken at different depths. Satellite radiometrics take the temperature of the surface of the ocean, literally within micrometres of the surface. Bouys and weather ships take the temperature at a depth of approx one metre, other ships usually have an intake lower down in the water - often at the depth of the engine room.

There are instruments all over the sea bed that take deep water temperatures but these don't form part of the global temperature record due to inconsistencies, they record temperatures for other purposes. Close to the surface the sea is churned up enough so that the same reading will be provided anywhere near the surface.

Answer 2

Not sure what your question is. The consensus is among scientist that actually study the phenomenon. Many work for government agencies (in the US for example - National Academy of Sciences, EPA, NASA, NOAA, etc) or the UN International Panel on Climate Change. They so research, publish papers and have meetings globally to discuss the theories and findings. These are the folks who have reach consensus and agree the human activity is causing a significant proportion of climate change. The are not standing on the corner asking the OPINION of anybody who passes by. You need to actually be involved with the research and familiar with the problem.

Answer 3

Here is what we know: Blacktop (roads and parking lots) and buildings heat cities; Air pollution causes lung (and other) diseases, deforestation causing more destruction (duststorms, hurricanes/cyclones all increasing deforestation) and destroys the ozone layer while heating earth surface; fires cause mud slides, deforestation and pollution-more heating surface temperatures; CFC's destroy the ozone layer raising skin cancer rates and killing off endanger species and increased surface temperatures; lighting produces ozone near the surface and raises air pollution levels-more heating; the suns increased magnetic field are causing increases in earthquakes (more destruction), volcanoes (wow, great distruction), sun spots and leading to more heating. Cars, airplanes, ships and most electricity production causes pollution, warmer temperatures and destruction. But most of this is in our control outside of the sun (Volcanoes, sun spots and earthquakes are part of the sun magnetic strength): We need to fix our part! That is why I founded CoolingEarth.org an geoengineering web sight.The USA Mayor's are on the right track, we can have control and economic growth. The fed gov is way out of step-even Congress. We also need a pollution surcharge to balance the field and advance new technologies. Where we are with global warming has never happened before. CO2 has never lead to temperature change, but temperature change has led to increases in CO2. The models are having to be made with little evidence!

Answer 4

Ahh a future climatologist

Answer 5

I believe they take them on Mars, but I digress.