Does this sound like global warming to u?

Question

right hi i am from scotland we have had 11days if heavy rains and winds a few houses have collapsed because of this as weel as every day we have sun,snow,sleet,rain , hailstones and wind all in one day every day and it so far i know it will the same things again next week also

Answer 1

That sounds like weather.  "Global warming" is a broad theory that deals with climate change and long term fluctuations of weather patterns.  Now perhaps if you had the same type of phenomenom occur over the course of a few years, then yes your climate has changed.  But then again, it is bound to change eventually as all things in nature do.  Change is constant, weather that remains the same is the anomaly.  Did you know that the Romans were able to grow grapes in the United Kingdom, when they first arrived there.  Indicating that it was a much warmer climate at that time then it is now.  Also Greenland is called that for a reason.  The Vikings would not recognize Greenland today, for it was green when they arrived there.  Change is normal, change is constant.  It is wanting things to remain the same that is not normal.

Answer 2

sam

One problem with global warming is that the concept is so vague in the minds of the people. The critical interpretation is basically how it’s explained in school and the news. However most of the public see global warming connected with the ozone and pollutants which cause harmful greenhouse gasses, etc. therefore investigating and fighting for things like alternative energy (ie. Solar, wind, hydrogen, ethanol, biodiesel, etc)

Greenhouse gases are real and do contribute to global warming. Think of the different gas layers like ozone (o3) that circumference the globe as the clear plastic on a greenhouse. Longer rays of light from the Sun go in and reflect off different thermal masses bouncing back and creating shorter lengths of energy that cannot exist the plastic barrier. These beams then just continue to bounce around inside the green house until they’re finally absorbed completely (some do escape but very few), thereby warming the greenhouse greatly even in cold temperatures.

Basically there are 2 ways that this reaction (or lack of) affects the planet. Global warming and global cooling.

1. as we add to the gases in the stratosphere, where the ozone layer is (Carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, etc), we add to the plastic of the greenhouse, trapping more short wave length energy and heating the earth more.

2. as we deplete the ozone (with chlorofluorocarbons or CFCs), we allow more long wave length energy, which bounces back out to space without heating any thermal masses on earth, thereby cooling the planet.

It’s pretty easy to see the results..

Melting ice sheets & glaciers

Floods & droughts

Great hurricanes & cyclones

Seasonal extremes

Seasonal phenomena’s

Species extinction

New & resurgent diseases

There are many ways to stop both global warming and cooling from accruing or at least slow them down until we can discover a way to reverse it, but Stop burning fossil fuels is the biggest.

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Answer 3

I wouldn't doubt it. Global warming is making the craziest things happen and is affecting the weather severely. I'm no expert, but it seems global warming is definitely playing a huge role in your area. The weather in your area is obviously very abnormal and is somewhat related to global warming. I hope I helped. :]

Answer 4

come do my weather, I need some one that can tell me what will happen next week.

Answer 5

Do you usually have rain/snow in the winter.  The hail stones can form when warm air and cold air merge to create thunderstorms.  It is winter there so I would say that the snow and the rain are not to uncommon.  What you need to do is check the past weather conditions to see if this is normal or not.  We've had some crazy wind events in the US as well, but those things happen.  It's weather, and until a trend develops you can't say whether global warming is culprit or not.  When I say trend I mean a good 5 to ten yrs of data.  If I'm not mistaken it does rain a lot in Scotland, now I don't know why your getting this cold air and warm air mixtures but you can't say whether it's related to global warming or not.

Answer 6

sounds like a normal summer in south Texas

Answer 7

It takes the collision of warm air from the south to condense over you with the polar cold air masses.   Comparison with past weather patterns would possibly help to explain the unseasonably warm flows from the temperate and equatorial zones.  Yes, you're probably correct.

Answer 8

No.  It's winter.  You get many winter storms due to the jet stream running right over Scotland.  It will get quieter in the spring.

Answer 9

hey

well global warming is a climate change. so yeah well the wind,rain,etc gets stronger and that's what make them so deadly to us. and yeah that is global warming