Does anyone know what the correct temperature for the earth is?

Question

perhaps we should ask that eminent climatologist al gore...after all, he was the one who alerted us all to the dangers of "global cooling" and the coming ice age back in the seventies. this guy really knows his stuff...

Answer 1

There is no "correct" temperature. There is only a short term average. That average changes over long times scales, like thousands of years or longer. It is lower during ice ages and higher between ice ages. Nobody really knows why, but there are tons of theories.

Answer 2

There is no correct temperature as it is always changing.

Answer 3

42

Answer 4

Actually, it doesn't sound like you do any homework whatsoever...

Answer 5

Do you have a link that Al Gore claimed ever claimed that there was "global cooling"?

Of course you don't. Now could you go away and finish playing with your blocks before your nap.

Answer 6

First, Al Gore isn't a climatologist, so the fact that you think he is speaks wonders for the amount of research you've done on the subject. Second, Al Gore wasn't warning people of an imminent ice age in the 70's. Third, Earth doesn't have a correct temperature. That's an idea spouted by ignorant denialists who believe that Earth's climate fluctuates around some base temperature rather than responding to forcings (e.g. we're currently experiencing one half of a warming and cooling cycle).

Answer 7

Depends on location, season and many other factors.

Too many variables to put a definitive answer on.

Answer 8

You really should watch An Inconvenient Truth. Gore actually does talk about this; the regular cycle of ice ages and warm spells and all that good stuff. When you've actually looked at your sources, come back and ask a real question.

Answer 9

no, there is not one. but there is a correct temperature for humans and animal life and that is about what it is now.

Answer 10

The "correct" global temperature to best sustain our current human developed infrastructure is about 59.4 F.  The "correct" global temperature for species that have evolved to thrive in certain climates would be about 59.4 F.

Answer 11

15 celsius or 59 Fehrenheit