what causes global warming?

Question

doesnt the sun have to do with it.i always thought the sun took half the blame for it(or mayb even more!).

Answer 1

carbon dioxide goes into the air, some go out to space, most particles stay here and absorb heat which makes the climate go up.

basically by fossil fuels.



AND:: its not the sun's fault. u should do yerr research before u start pointing fingers.

Answer 2

The Greenhouse Effect:

1. Factories, Cars, and Power Plants produce carbon dioxide and other GHGs (Green house gasses) that travel into the atmosphere.

2. GHGs in the atmosphere traps heat inside. Usually, most heat from the sun is reflected and dissipated back into space. As GHGs allow sunlight in, the light hits an object or the ground and generates heat, or infra-red energy. Most Infra-red energy is naturally reflected back into space, but GHGs acts as a blanket that reflects it back down to earth, one could think of it like a one way mirror; heat comes in, but doesn't leave.

Think of it this way:
Normal Cycle
Sun ==> Atmosphere ==> Earth ==> Atmosphere ==> Space
Greenhouse Effect
Sun ==> Atmosphere ==> Earth ==> Atmosphere ==> Earth ==> And so on...
The arrows dictate the flow of heat.

3. Planet gets gradually hotter and hotter.

4. Increased flooding, droughts, hurricanes, famine, ocean acidity, and health problems.

5. Everyone dies

Basically, the sun normally warms up the earth to a temperature that we can survive. But, as we increase the level of GHGs in the atmosphere, that same amount of warmth gets magnified to a point where cataclysmic climate change is eminent.

Answer 3

Get over "Global Warming".

It's a frame to make it easier to NOT understand or see the big picture of how the global human population is changing the Planet and creating a less habitable place for all living things.

Many people are starting to become aware of the environmental impacts each and every one of us contributes...

As some of the post here show, they don't have a clue.

Answer 4

Yes, the Sun is the source for all warmth on Earth. The Sun does change its output over time. Now it's just running a little hotter.

This will change in time when the Sun runs cooler, and the Earth will cool off as well.

Man is too insignificant to have any impact on something as huge as the climate.

Answer 5

The sun is not the blame for global warming.

Global Warming is caused by Carbon Dioxide from Power Plants, Emitted from Cars, from Airplanes, and from Buildings. Also Methane, Nitrous Oxide, Deforestation, City Gridlock, Carbon in Atmosphere and Ocean, Permafrost, and Tundra.

For more details see SOURCE below. (Please vote on this Answer)

Answer 6

Your guess is nearly as good as the IPCC's. So far they haven't been able to predict anything before it happens - just come up with theories that sort of fit what's happened in the past.

The IPCC are not so neutral on the issue as not only do their salaries but their careers and also the existance of the organisation they work for, depend on global warming being caused by CO2.

Answer 7

yep the sun,and moon has control on earths weater patterns.
try and stop it and you fail.humans cant control the weather not yet atlest.lol

the only time that we could off destroyed the pattern is if they had used the full power TSAR bomb 100mt and not the 50mt but it was stil damn big. even when there no limit for HBs.

Answer 8

it doesnt have to do with the sun

global warming is caused by too much carbon dioxide being released into the atmosphere by the burning of fossil fuels (mostly by cars, etc). the amount is too much to be taken out by plants and trees, and the excess amount of carbon causes a greenhouse effect and raises the temperature on earth

Answer 9

Well probably more like 99.9%.,, arrive at this figure by figuring out what would happen without the sun.

Answer 10

global warming has been happening for millions of years, it occurs naturally,people are only speeding it up.