Is Global Climate Change real?

Question

Okay, just to clarify (because a couple of you made some good points, that this is how the Earth just is)...

I mean, is Global Climate Change caused by the emission of CO2 real?

Thanks for the answers so far!

Answer 1

Yes.

This is science and what counts is the data.

"I wasn’t convinced by a person or any interest group—it was the data that got me. I was utterly convinced of this connection between the burning of fossil fuels and climate change. And I was convinced that if we didn’t do something about this, we would be in deep trouble.”

Vice Admiral Richard H. Truly, USN (Ret.)
Former NASA Administrator, Shuttle Astronaut and the first Commander of the Naval Space Command

Here are two summaries of the mountain of peer reviewed data that convinced Admiral Truly and the vast majority of the scientific community, short and long.

http://www.globalwarmingart.com/wiki/Image:Climate_Change_Attribution.png
http://ipcc-wg1.ucar.edu/wg1/wg1-report.html
summarized at:
http://www.ipcc.ch/SPM2feb07.pdf

There's a lot less controversy about this is the real world than there is on Yahoo answers:

http://www.worldpublicopinion.org/pipa/articles/home_page/412.php?lb=hmpg1&pnt=412&nid=&id=

And vastly less controversy in the scientific community than you might guess from the few skeptics talked about here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_opinion_on_climate_change
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/306/5702/1686

"There's a better scientific consensus on this [climate change] than on any issue I know... Global warming is almost a no-brainer at this point. You really can't find intelligent, quantitative arguments to make it go away."

Dr. Jerry Mahlman, NOAA

Good websites for more info:

http://profend.com/global-warming/
http://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/science/
http://www.realclimate.org
"climate science from climate scientists"
http://environment.newscientist.com/channel/earth/dn11462

KEVIN S - It's not the Sun. Proof:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6290228.stm

Answer 2

There is no credible evidence that global warming is due to mankind and carbon dioxide. Though, humans are polluting the air and adding carbon dioxide to the atmosphere, but the effect is tiny and insignificant.

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

Answer 3

With the way that mankind is taking such good care of the earth i doubt it. NOT! Without carbon dioxide the planet would look like a giant snowball. The carbon dioxide acts as a greenhouse.

Answer 4

Yes and humans likely contributed a small amount of it. It is a huge benefit to have longer growing seasons and warmer nights. Saying that it is entirely horrible and destructive because it is caused by humans shows the total self-loathing that exists on the left.

Answer 5

Sure- The climate can never be static. It's always changing. This is normal and natural. If it's not warming, it's cooling.

This is real and natural as a summer rain.

Answer 6

Yes. But it is natural, normal, and actually a good thing for mankind. Man is not causing it, nor can man control, prevent, or lessen it. To much propaganda, to many gullible people.

Answer 7

Yes, it has been going on forever.
A person I know that studied climate told me that the changing activity on the sun has more to do with it than anything.
He also said that we are about due to start a cooling trend.

Answer 8

well to me i really dont think the world is warming up or freezing.i think this is natural the earth is always changeing.i bet unitedstates wont look like untiedstates 10mil years from now and the climate will shure be different.

Answer 9

yes