How bad is global warming gonna get??

Answer 1

I read that one group of researchers says that global Warming will be at least as bad if not worse than nuclear war.

Personally I am rather skeptical about that assessment, however.

Answer 2

There is actually a theory, that global warming is a natural occurrence. It's based on 3 different factors. The tilt of the earth, the rotation of the earth, and the earths orbit around the sun. Each of these things normally fluctuates. The tilt fluctuates back and forth a few degrees, The rotation speeds up and slows down slightly, and the orbit varies between a circular orbit and an oval shaped pattern. For the earth to freeze or thaw it would take extreme weather. When each of these three factor reaches a certain point at the same time it would cause an extreme, either cold or hot. So you would either get an ice age or a thaw. We are currently in the process of a thaw. The planet will keep getting warmer, until it thaws completely, and then eventually the pendulum will turn back towards a freeze. You can better understand the relation of each factor if you were to graph them. You would have 3 different wavy lines like an alternating current. At the point that all three of these lines would cross at the same time would be the freeze or thaw.

This process actually takes billions of years.
And It will eventually melt everything before it all completely freezes again.

Answer 3

Not very bad. A warmer climate is not bad, it is good. The present climate is not the perfect ideal that must be maintained at all costs! In the past Earth has been both warmer and cooler than it is now. During ice ages it is much cooler. But there have been times where it was so warm that there were no polar ice caps. The Earth and the life on it did very well in the warm times. Not so well in the ice ages though. So warm is better than cold. Who is to say that this moment in Earth's variable climate is the one and only best possible climate? I do not trust people who say all kinds of bad things will happen and who refuse to say any of the changes could be good. They are not revealing all the facts because nothing is totally bad with no good at all.

Answer 4

That is not known. The main variable is what people decide to do. If the current pattern of half-hearted policy and protection of special interests continues, CO2 emissions will continue to rise, causing global warming to et much worse. If, on the other hand, we stop catering to the fossil fuel industry and start supporting modern methods of energy production (which are also cheaper and create jobs and economic growth) we can reduce CO2 emissions drastically (and improve the economy in the bargain).

In the latter cse, it won't happen overnight--but we can limit and eventually stop global warming. We'll still see some sea level rise, more olar ice melting, and a lot of climate change--droughts, storms, floods, ecological disruption, including crop falures.

If we do not act, it will be much, mush worse. How much depends on how short-sighted and stubborn policy makers and special interests are. Take it far enough, and our civilization might come down around our ears. The "we're all gonna die" hyseria is nonsense, however. Even if we insist on being stupid, humanity will survive, though our so-called "civilization" might not.

Answer 5

It could potentially create a climate improper for human life.

Right now, because the weather only changed for about 1 degree (celsius), we notice the icecaps melting, disturbance in oceanic behavior (more storms, more floods)

It also creates erratic events (like california getting snow). I'm in Eastern Canada: usually, our winters are extremely cold and dry. This year, we were barely under the freezing point and we got 3 times our seasonal precipitations in only 4 weeks.

But you CAN notice the Earth is warming up by paying attention to the water levels. Many lakes and rivers have been getting lower and lower, without human intervention. That's because this insignificant little 1 degree celsius means more evaporation. There is more water suspended in the air and less in the lakes. To verify that, you just need to look at the nearest lake or river in you area and search the local news for details about it.

The worst should happen in the next 10-20 years, so get your underground lair ready ;-)

Answer 6

it gets worse the following day... and the following day... and the following day... the topic is that everyone isn't reliable at recognising incremental exchange. The AGW deniers are noticeably undesirable at that - except all the ice is long previous or the sea is over the precise of Manahttan no longer something is erroneous... i'm going to rephrase your question - while do you think of your hair gets longer? of path, it grows on a daily basis, little by utilising little, the topic quite is: while will you spot that your hair HAS have been given longer (too overdue - it has surpassed off!). And the respond, of path, is interior the attention of the beholder... AGW believers tend to be far-questioning and might see the huge image. AGW deniers tend to be short-term navel gazers

Answer 7

When the man in the sun turns the fire down and then like the 70s we,ll have global cooling again.

Answer 8

WE ARE ALL GOING TO DIE!!! eventually and hopefuly by natural causes. It will NOT be by this Global Warming nonsense. Enjoy your life, buy an SUV, drink some whisky and smoke a cigar or two. You might enjoy yourself instead of worrying about the sky falling.

Answer 9

in my opinion, global warming isnt happening any time soon. im tired of people sayin that the world is going to explode in like 10 years. people are plain ignorant fools

Answer 10

Best estimate: About 3 degrees Celsius higher than current temperatures. Whether this is bad or not depends on your perspective. It has been that hot before, and the world survived.