DO you beleive in abrupt climate change?

Question

Di U really think it can happen

I don't want theories

I want answers from the heart and also from people who Know the basics and a little bit of the advanced in this area

Answer 1

Good luck!

I believe that the climate I live in today will drop nearly 30 degrees in about 12 hours.  How's that for climate change?

Answer 2

It's  all  around  us. now  but this is just the begining people.

we are headed  for a pole shift  the signs  are here now . strange weather .  tornado  out breaks  in february . one second warm  next  it's  drop's  to sub zero. ever heard of   lighting fog ....   WAIT  UNTIL  12/21/2012  WHEN  PLANET X  . MAKES  IT'S  PASS  BY EARTH .  THEN  THE REAL SHIFT TAKE'S  PLACE  .THESE'S  ARE JUST PREVIEW'S  OF WHAT'S TO COME .

Answer 3

On earth. Pick any minute of time and look at the extremes on the earth in just one area... temperature... High of 125 degrees and low of say -40 degrees F.  That is 165 degrees of climate change and so abrupt: less than a minute.  I wonder how we survive such extremes from "global" warmness to "global" coldness. Mighty interesting planet we have here and old Mr. Sun seems to keep coming through for us. Almost as though there is a pattern or a design

Answer 4

yes, i've read that scientists found that when climate change happens it seems to have always happened abruptly, probably not quite as abruptly as in 'the day after tomorrow' but over a decade or so, you should check out http://www.iceagenow.com and read his book, it's not too scientific, it's an easy read, totally makes sense and has great reviews from proper scientists, it's called 'not by fire but by ice'.

Answer 5

Adrupt? huh..

Yeah... I do think Global warming is messing up the climate.=]

Answer 6

Locally yes high and low pressure systems can move very rapidly changing the weather from one extreme to the next.

Globally it's not likely unless some unforeseen natural catastrophe occurs.There's just to many influences that impede extreme climate change ie; mountain ranges,oceans and currents,trade winds,and the type of terrain,such as rain forest verses a grassland ecosystem.Last but not least the time of season or solar forcing.

Answer 7

Abrupt changes should be considered a possibility, but an unlikely possibility. Fossil evidence clearly demonstrates that climate has abruptly changed in the past, for different reasons; so it would be ignorant to assume to such changes cannot happen again.

One such possibility of abrupt change is a swift reorganization of ocean currents. Ocean currents play a significant role in mediating global climate. The El Niño/ La Niña cycle is but a hint of how oceanic currents can dramatically affect global weather and climate.

Again, I am not saying that abrupt changes are likely, only that they should but considered as a possibility.

Answer 8

Abrupt as in overnight or over the course of a week?

Only in the case of a catastrophic event, such as a large meteor impacting the earth, a supervolcano erupting, or a nuclear winter.

Answer 9

I know (not believe) an catastrophic event can cause abrupt climate change.

Ponder Yellowstone erupting or an asteroid striking the earth.

or Ponder the Maunder?

http://home.earthlink.net/~ponderthemaun...

Answer 10

Believe does belong just to the heart, not the mind.

We have evidence that very rapid climate change occurred in Europe in the middle ages, a sudden cooling of climate that lasted for centuries.

We have indications that at some times, associated with such events as the volcanic formation of  American western cordillera mountain range, there was a powerful cooling, major ice age.

We have clear indications that the earth's oceans have risen from much lower levels, leaving inundated large areas of cities and farmlands off the coast of India and China or in the Mediteranean.  At one time Australia  and America were connected to Asia with land bridge.

The enormous amounts of water involved suggest that large amounts of ice must have melted from land surfaces, to cover those continental shelf areas. What is not as clear is what period of time was involved. This is the critical point of the question. Did it happen very fast of slowly? Is 500 years very fast for such a change?

Now with major volcanic eruptions the climate change might be much faster,  but for melting ice enough to add many metres to ocean levels? I can't think it would be less than a century, barely perceptible on a day to day basis.

Answer 11

I concur with the second answer.