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Do you think that global warming is happening?

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I am doing a presentation and I am con for France. do you think that global warming is happening in france?

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  1. I don't think there can be any doubt that global warming is happening but how much is due to man-made pollution and how much to a natural cycle of climate change is up for debate.


  2. 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 data that convinced Admiral Truly, short and long.

    http://www.globalwarmingart.com/wiki/Ima...

    http://www.ipcc.ch/SPM2feb07.pdf

    It's (mostly) not the sun:

    http://www.stopglobalwarming.org/sgw_act...

    And the first graph aboves shows that the sun is responsible for about 10% of it.  When someone says it's the sun they're saying that thousands of climatologists are stupid and don't look at the solar data.  That's ridiculous.

    Science is quite good about exposing bad science or hoaxes:

    http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/ATG/polywater...

    There's a large number of people who agree that it is real and mostly caused by us, who are not liberals, environmentalists, stupid, or conceivably part of a "conspiracy".  Just three examples of many:

    "Global warming is real, now, and it must be addressed."

    Lee Scott, CEO, Wal-Mart

    "Our nation has both an obligation and self-interest in facing head-on the serious environmental, economic and national security threat posed by global warming."

    Senator John McCain, Republican, Arizona

    “DuPont believes that action is warranted, not further debate."

    Charles O. Holliday, Jr., CEO, DuPont

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

    http://www.worldpublicopinion.org/pipa/a...

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

    http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/fu... and:

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

    Jerry Mahlman, NOAA

    Good websites for more info:

    http://profend.com/global-warming/

    http://www.realclimate.org

    "climate science from climate scientists"

    By the way, I can't believe anyone is still recommending the "swindle" movie, which has been thoroughly refuted.

    It is simply a political statement which distorts science.  

    "The science might be bunkum, the research discredited. But all that counts for Channel 4 is generating controversy."  

    http://environment.guardian.co.uk/climat...

    Gore's movie may be a little over dramatic, but it has the basic science right.  This movie does not.

    Channel 4 itself undercuts the movie in a funny way.  If you go to their website on the movie you find links to real global warming information.  They also say "Confused now?  Ask the Expert."  The link for questions goes to a respected mainstream scientist who supports (mostly) human responsibility for global warming.

  3. It is not happening any where it is a scam that will cost the poor . It will force them to use public transportation but those that can it could save them more fuel for the air plains ,but u can walk.

  4. global warming is a lie

    join the heresy

    http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=...

  5. a few years ago many people died in France related to climate change.

    it is Global ,hence the name

    and even countries who are effected less directly will be in trouble indirectly ,because their food come from countries that are in the middle of things

    Global warming is a very complex collection of many effects

    this text only covers some aspects of global warming ,mainly agriculture i.e.effects of deforestation and subsequent man made desertification

    water and air polution such as caused by

    industrial contamination ,the contaminating effects of the cities(the internal combustion engine) ,are other stories,

    and all of these are also man made ,such as the high industrial chimneys pumping contamination into the clouds and the burning of tires,some of this polution has been found in the ice in the polar regions

    there are natural cycles in the planets life

    but a lot is influenced by mans existance ,and this is increasing with overpopulation,putting strains on Natural resources and increasing contaminations as well as destructions of essential componants the ensure living conditions for all life forms

    climate change is caused in great parts by desertification ,and most desertification is caused by man

    the thinner ozone layer helps to speed this up.and this is caused mainly by air polution ,also as a result of mans actions

    DEFORESTATION

    in the past

    the Building of the Spanish Armada deforrested Spain

    the Phoenician trading fleet turned Lebanon in a dessert

    Ganges Khan put everything to the sword and torch, then filled the wells with sand,

    the sun finished of the job and whole countries turned to wastelands.

    Today ,

    Slash and burn destroys the protective vegetation (which helps to form the soil ),

    leaving it open to the Sun ,and then ,wind and, water erosion.

    The Plough turns the soil ,killing micro-biotic life (essential to soil building) and accelerates the drying out .

    Pressures of the :vehicles, cattle and rain impact brings the salt to the surface.

    Mono cultures ,aided by chemicals Exhaust and pollutes the soil .

    Adding to this the effects of overgrazing has resulted in large scale desertification.

    and there is less and less water (because of deforestation),to irrigate this production ,Farmers

    are overpumping deep carbon aquifiers

    and plowing more and more unstable lands going into the jungles and onto mountain slopes

    expanding populations and expanding farming ,that has to keep pace with the expanding populations are very strong forces that encroach upon the rainforest's

    clearing them for farming and settlement areas .

    Rainforest's always are in third world countries and always in third world countries corruption and the need for money s highest

    in North Africa,India,Mexico ,millions of people are effected by land loss and desertification and some have died as a result

    ,the Sahara is growing by 7 kilometers a year

    and most of the desserts we know are a results of mans actions ,and they are increasing ,not getting less ,in the dinosaurs days ,there were few desserts.

    collectively this planet is drying up ,

    each degree rise in temperature means 10%crop loss

    and there is less and less water (because of deforestation),to irrigate this production ,

    and there are less and less farmers to do it..

    Arable lands and their farms are lost all over the globe. Many farmers sons abandon farming and head for the cities.

    Northern China is drying up, what once were millions of food producing people, are now hungry refugees ,running for their lives from the all consuming dust storms.

    This will have a great effect on world food prices when they start buying at what ever cost, to feed their people.

    The farmers that are left have to feed some 70 million more people than the year before but with less topsoil.

    Over the last half century,

    Population growth & rising incomes have tripled world grain demand from 640 million tons to 1,855 million

    In the near future the global farming community will not be able to feed every body ,food prices will continue to rise. .

    RISING SEAS

    The northpole is melting ,and we will know it without ice in our life times.

    this does not affect the sea level because it is ice that is already in the water.but the melting ice from Green land and the south pole ,are another matter

    Global warming could be slowed down to some extent,but it will mean global co operation between all countries ,and taking into account human nature and the world politics ,it is unlikely that this will happen,

    At least not untill we are all in the middle of planetary disastres and it becomes a battle for the survival of humanity every where,instead of just some third world countries Source(s) here are a 100 ways to help

    http://www.eco-gaia.net/forum-pt/index.p...

  6. In any case studied, different results emerge. The fact that the earth is in constant motion, tells you change is happening. Some season of that change involves a warming, and then the cooling for a time takes over. When I started a journey south from the north, I was in motion, and started with heat on, then as miles went by, I required cooling of window air, then near The geogia southern border to florida, air conditioning on in cooling mode. The angle and energy of the sun's radiation is what does it all.

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